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As the 2026 Winter Olympics loom large\u00a0and ski season ramps up, it can be hard to keep the mountains off your mind. But when you can\u2019t quite make it to the slopes, sometimes it helps to appreciate all the other ways skiing and snowboarding permeate our culture.<\/p>\n
The \u201980s and \u201990s popularized ski movies, the 2000s perfected ski\/snow video games, and now YouTube hosts endless ski clips and films. But some of the best ski and snowboard content was made for television. From sitcom staples to classic cartoons, ski-themed TV episodes almost always take your favorite characters out of their standard settings and drop them onto the mountain. There\u2019re a few standout episodes that always come to mind, but there\u2019s likewise a slew of lesser-known ski-themed TV episodes.<\/p>\n
So whether you\u2019re looking for a laugh, or just want to get reinvigorated for the season (and snow that\u2019s on the way<\/a>), here are 10 of the best ski- and snowboard-themed episodes of television<\/a>.<\/p>\n 10.\u00a0 Skidresa Welcome to Sweden is a lesser-known Swedish-American TV series created by Amy Poehler\u2019s brother Greg Poehler. While Amy and fellow Parks and Recreation alum Aubrey Plaza guest star as themselves, Greg stars as Bruce Evans, an American money manager dating a Swedish woman. In a fish-out-of-water story, Bruce follows his Swedish girlfriend overseas as she moves back to Stockholm. Season two\u2019s \u201cSkidresa\u201d sees the overly confident Bruce talking up his skiing prowess, despite never having skied before. He inevitably winds up on the bunny hill with a group of Swedish children in ski school. While the episode may not serve as the best entry point into the series, as far as ski-themed TV goes, it gets points for featuring a real resort, and scenes of actual actors skiing.<\/p>\n 9. Road To Rupert Throughout its tenure, the animated sitcom Family Guy has featured a handful of ski- and snow-related cutaway gags and moments, but \u201cRoad to Rupert\u201d stands out as one of the only episodes that makes skiing part of its plot. Family Guy\u2019s \u201cRoad To\u2026\u201d series pairs Stewie and Brian up for buddy comedy style adventures that typically take them far away from Quahog. Though not entirely ski-themed, the episode features enough skiing to earn a spot on this list. When Stewie\u2019s beloved teddy bear is accidentally sold in a yard sale, he and Brian track down the bear\u2019s new owner to Aspen, Colorado. Inevitably, a ski race ensues, complete with a pair of rocket-skis.<\/p>\n 8. Ice Station Sabrina Likely because of budgeting and insurance issues, most live action ski-themed TV episodes seldom feature any actual mountains, or any actual skiing. Writers come up with clever ways to keep the winter or ski theme alive, without having to strap skis onto the show\u2019s leads. Often, characters get injured or stranded, preventing them from making it to the slopes. Sabrina\u2019s ski episode follows that formula. En route to a winter cabin, Sabrina, her boyfriend Harvey, and her classmate Brad crash into a snow bank and wind up stuck in an abandoned fire tower off an old mountain road. The twist? Brad\u2019s a witch hunter, so Sabrina can\u2019t use her magic.<\/p>\n 7. Stealing First As Told by Ginger is a beloved Nickelodeon preteen drama produced by Klasky-Csupo (of Rugrats, Rocket Power, and Wild Thornberrys fame). Complete with a moody theme song by Macy Gray, the show was an earnest attempt at after-school-special-style drama. \u201cStealing First\u201d sees Ginger ducking permission from her mother and going on the class ski trip, despite the fact that she can\u2019t ski. Relatable early ski moments ensue, like the anxiety Ginger develops around her first chairlift ride. Sadly, Ginger was pulled from streaming in late 2025, so there\u2019s no legal way to watch this one (unless you\u2019ve got it on DVD\u2026 or VHS), but maybe the show\u2019s die-hard fandom and features in articles like this one will eventually bring it back.<\/p>\n 6. The One Without the Ski Trip Leaning into the idea that actors typically don\u2019t, or can\u2019t, ski in ski-themed episodes, Friends calls out the trope directly in their episode\u2019s title. \u201cThe One Without the Ski Trip\u201d starts with Ross and Rachel fresh off of their breakup and vying for the attention of their friends. Rachel invites everyone but Ross to her sister\u2019s cabin for a ski weekend, but when the group runs out of gas, they\u2019re forced to lean on Ross for a rescue.<\/p>\n 5. Back Bowl\/Game Day Boardsport authenticity is always off the charts in Rocket Power. From the show\u2019s Dogtown-inspired setting, to the way the action is animated, to the jargon the characters use, Rocket Power shaped the way countless millennial youths viewed the Southern California lifestyle. Primarily a surf and skate show, Rocket Power took several trips to the mountain throughout its original run. Typically, episodes were split into two segments, and while segments like \u201cSnow Bounders\u201d and \u201cBig Air Dare\u201d featured fun snowboard-centric plots, \u201cBack Bowl\u201d stands out as one of the best. While on a weekend trip to Mount Baldy, Otto and Twister break off from the group to ski the mountain\u2019s out-of-bounds back bowl and wind up getting lost in the process. Season two\u2019s \u201cRadical New Equipment\u201d deserves a shoutout here too, for doing its best to normalize para snowboarding.<\/p>\n 4. Heartbreak Cory For fans of Boy Meets World, \u201cHeartbreak Cory\u201d made major waves, putting the show\u2019s central couple in jeopardy and starting a six-episode rift between them. Like in Sabrina and Friends\u2019 ski episodes, there\u2019s no actual skiing depicted here, and the bulk of the episode takes place in a single location: the lobby of a ski lodge. Cory and his classmates go on a school ski trip, but when Cory sprains his ankle getting off the bus, he can\u2019t go out on the slopes with his beloved Topanga. Forced to stay inside, Cory passes the time by getting to know the lodge attendant, Lauren (played by guest star Linda Cardellini). Their chemistry set off a love affair that rattled fans of the TGIF lineup for weeks to come. Cardellini would reprise her role as Lauren later in season five, and again in season six.<\/p>\n 3. The Ski Lodge In a 2021 article, Variety championed \u201cThe Ski Lodge\u201d as the best Frasier episode of all time. Shakespearean in its plotting, the whole episode is a mess of overlapping love triangles brought on by misunderstandings. James Patrick Stuart of General Hospital fame guest stars as Guy, the ski instructor. As with most live-action ski episodes, no actual skiing takes place and the bulk of the episode occurs in a single location. Somehow, like Boy Meets World, Fraiser\u2019s ski episode is also the 14th episode of the show\u2019s 5th season.<\/p>\n 2. Asspen South Park\u2019s \u201cAsspen\u201d is among the greatest ski-themed TV episodes of all time. Kenny\u2019s season-long absence sees Butters promoted to a member of the core four, as the boys and their families take a trip to Aspen in an episode structured like a TV-special. Stan is inadvertently thrust into a race to save the youth center (complete with a sports training montage set to the montage song also featured in Team America: World Police). Meanwhile, the boys\u2019 parents deal with a pair of silly timeshare salesmen. The episode is complete with iconic, quotable lines that internet users are still making memes out of today. Remember: \u201cif you french fry when you pizza, you\u2019re gonna have a bad time.\u201d<\/p>\n 1. The Gang Hits the Slopes Always Sunny\u2019s \u201cThe Gang Hits the Slopes\u201d starts strong straight out of the gate. The episode opens with the core cast on an actual mountain, sporting real skis, and proceeds to follow Dee, Dennis, and Mac down the slopes as the actors are swapped for pro skiers performing over-the-top stunts. Charlie pizzas into some outdoor tables and we jump into a retro-style title card. While Mac and Dee try to revive the spirit of problematic \u201980s ski movies (quickly learning that it\u2019s a terrible idea), Frank works to convert the resort into a private club. The whole thing culminates in a race between Charlie and Dennis for the soul of the mountain. The episode\u2019s real resort setting and use of actual ski clips push it to the top of this list. 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Welcome to Sweden (Season 2, Episode 3)
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Family Guy (Season 5, Episode 9)
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Season 4, Episode 10)
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As Told by Ginger (Season 1, Episode 3)
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Friends (Season 3, Episode 17)
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Rocket Power (Season 2, Episode 9)
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Boy Meets World (Season 5, Episode 14)
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Frasier (Season 5, Episode 14)
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South Park (Season 6, Episode 2)
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It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 11, Episode 3)
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