Winter Sports Activities

Individuals engaging in various winter activities such as pulling kayaks, toboggans, and sleds across snowy landscapes, capturing the adventurous spirit of winter sports.

Overhead view of small boy being pulled up hill in bright green

Man dragging surf kayak across snow covered beach in winter storm Homer Kachemak Bay Alaska

Silhouette of a man; Man pulling a toboggan

ice skating

The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is considerate by some to be the world''s toughest, and just finishing can be the reward. This year the start line was in Whitehorse, Y

Overhead view of small boy being pulled up hill in bright green

Sledding

Beargrease

Digging a hole in the ice for scuba diving, Lake Baikal, Olkhon Island, Pribaikalsky National Park, Irkutsk Province, Siberia, Russia, Europe

Iron Dog snowmachiner races by spectators at the start of the 2009 race, Big Lake, Southcentral Alaska, Winter

Switzerland, Splugen, sleddog race

Two male friends snow hiking on ice rink

Skier in the snow, telemark, Sweden.

Europe, Sweden, Skelleftea, ice skating with sled

People Snowshoeing, Interior Alaska North Of Fairbanks, Winter

Diver

Reportage with a ski patrol team at the Avoriaz ski resort in Haute Savoie, France. The team are responsible for marking out the ski slopes, providing first aid to skiers, evacuations on the slopes as well as off piste and controlled avalanches. The patrol team evacuate a woman who has injured her knee.

Man kiteboarding in snow

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish territory. (Editorial Use Only)

A man snow shoeing along the Truckee river while it snows in Truckee in California

ANDORRA. Estación de ski de Soldeu (Soldeu - Tarter); pistas / clase de ski

Father and daughter holding ski poles while standing on snowcapped mountain against clear blue sky

Silhouette of a man ice fishing

Man spraying ice

Caucasian snowboarders standing on snowy platform

Teen boy playing hockey on an outdoor rink on a frozen lake in Canada.

Side view of small boy trekking through snow in scenic countrysi

Skier skiing down a slope, Mountain landscape, Seiser Alm, Langkofel mountain range, South Tyrol, Italy

Doug Allan, BBC cameraman, preparing to enter ice-hole for underwater filming, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Flyfisherman Fishing in Spring Snowstorm Alaska

Line of People Cross Country Skiing

Divers, ice-diving, White Sea, Karelia, Russia, Arctic, Europe

Divers preparing for ice-diving, in Lake Baikal, Olkhon island, Siberia, Russia, Eurasia, Europe

Long distance ice skating, Sweden.

An avalanche expert cuts out layers of snow to determine the current avalanche threat in Aspen, Colorado

Curling Bonspiel on Frozen Idaburn Dam, Oturehua, Maniototo, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Europe, France, French Alps, Haute Savoie, Chamonix, avalanche training

Children playing hockey, Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada

Couple skiing in front of Agawa Rock with 35 pictographs, shores of Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario

Snowmobile with Arctic Guide in Petuniabukta of Billefjorden under stormy conditions. Winter landscape on the island Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago. Scandinavia, Norway. (Editorial Use Only)

Ice fishing, ice fishing ** Ice Fishing, ice fishing 4yz-Fr0

Sledding

Sled dog race on frozen fjord, Saatut near Uummannaq. Harnessing and getting ready for the start. Qualifier for the Greenland Championships 2018. (Editorial Use Only)

Sled dog racing, Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Teenage boy sits on frozen lake by ice hole with fishing pole

Three people skiing across snow from Ny Alesund to Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

USA, Colorado, Ice skating at Blue Mesa Reservoir

Worker Wearing Spiked Shoes Standing in Wet Plaster During Pool Build.

Scandinavia, Lapland, Finland. Gulf of Bothnia. Sampo, icebreaker. Tourists in red wetsuits to swim in the track of the icebreaker

A man by the edge of the ice

USA, Colorado, Blue Mesa Reservoir, Ice skating

Injured Alaskan Husky packed in a basket of a dog sled, musher, dog sled race near Whitehorse, Fish Lake behind, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

37th Bieg Piastow Cross-Country Ski Competition. Poland.

Dog sled races are a popular winter passion for many mushers in northern climates such as British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska, a hardy blending of animals and human strength.

Fisherman practicing ice fishing in Lake Inari, Lapland, Finland

Teen boy playing hockey on an outdoor rink on a frozen lake in Canada.

Low angle perspective of a skier zipping up his gear sled while another skier gets ready for hike into a backcountry cabin.

Warden shovels a path through the snow to Monchsjoch Hut

A man packs up a pulk sled in a snowy parking lot

Ice Speedway Event, Hans Dohm Eisstadion, Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany, Europe

The great canoe race of Quebec City Quebec

Ice Speedway Event, Hans Dohm Eisstadion, Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Siberian husky sled dog racing. Mushing winter competition. Husky sled dogs in harness pull a sled with dog driver.. Siberian husky sled dog racing

Fisherman ice fishing on the frozen lake

man hooks one on the ice

Reportage with a ski patrol team at the Avoriaz ski resort in Haute Savoie, France. The team are responsible for marking out the ski slopes, providing first aid to skiers, evacuations on the slopes as well as off piste and controlled avalanches. The patrol team come to the rescue of a woman who has injured her knee. They place a vacuum splint on her.

Canoe ice racing across the St Lawrence River ,Quebec,Canada.

North America, USA, Idaho, Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, Driggs

Italy - Lombardy Region - Livigno - Sledge Race

Man dogsledding, near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada

Getting everything ready for ice diving, Reichraming, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

A ski instructor shows students a trick in Kirkwood, California.

Dog sled races are a popular winter passion for many mushers in northern climates such as British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska, a hardy blending of animals and human strength.

Winter in Berlin 2025 Berlin, Germany - 20th Februrar 2025: People skate on the frozen crooked Lanke, a lake in Berlin, on a winter morning. Berlin

Man, musher running, driving a dog sled, team of sled dogs, Alaskan Huskies, frozen Yukon River, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

Woman cross country skiing

Running, mushing sled dogs, Alaskan Huskies, dog team, child, young boy, musher, dog sled race near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

Girl tobogganing downhill

Three 11th Airborne Division Soldiers snowshoe and ski along the trail in Arctic Valley Ski Area, near Anchorage, while participating in the Arctic Angels Winter Games Feb. 2, 2023. The annual Arctic Angels Winter Games, which included this year snowshoeing, downhill skiing and cross-country skiing, is an event aimed at promoting Soldiers readiness in the rugged climates of Alaska and the Arctic.

Inuit Hunter Ellesmere Island Northwest Territory Canada

Scuba diver inside the maina (sawed triangular entry hole) with melted ice ready to go diving under the ice, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia

Winter rafters and canoeists (Editorial Usage Only)

The camera takes off his feet in winter sportswear, hiking boots, trekking poles. Trekking in natural relief, walking on a snow-covered field road

Hikers

Kristy Berington And Team Run Down The Trail On Long Lake Shortly After Leaving The Re-Start In Willow, Alaska During The 2016 Iditarod

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Rodney Whaley, a Tennessee Army National Guardsman, trains with his dogs March 2, 2008, in Alaska, for the upcoming 2008 Iditarod, billed as "The World's Last Great Race." The two-week dog sled race in Anchorage, Alaska, will take Whaley over frozen rivers, jagged mountain ranges, dense forests, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast. Whaley, who is being sponsored by the Army National Guard, will become the first Tennessean in history to compete in the race.

Stockholm, Sweden Two men ice bathing from a dock into a frozen lake.

Dog musher Zack Steer leaving Dawson City, Yukon Quest 1, 000-mile International Sled Dog Race 2010, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

Valdez Alaska USA

Teen boy ice fishing on a frozen lake in Canada on a winter day.

Reportage with a ski patrol team at the Avoriaz ski resort in Haute Savoie, France. The team are responsible for marking out the ski slopes, providing first aid to skiers, evacuations on the slopes as well as off piste and controlled avalanches. The patrol team evacuate a skier who has a knee injury.

Running sled dogs, Alaskan Huskies, dog team, Carbon Hill dog sled race, Mt. Lorne, near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

Side view of man with backpack skating on frozen lake

Fishing through the snow storm

Family playing broomball with their dog

A man cross country skiing on the coast at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, New Hampshire.

Snowshoeing Sun Valley Idaho USA

Stand-up paddler on Lake Constance, Radolfzell, Constance County, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

USA, Catching Shee Fish through a hole in the ice using a net.

Switzerland, Splugen, Sleddog race

Ski tourer in the snow, practice of an avalanche buried search with probe, Wattentaler Lizum, Tuxer Alps, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

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