Another year has come and past, and either we’re just getting old or things are changing faster than ever in the world of skiing—not to mention the world at large. 2015 brought us skiers both new opportunities and new challenges for our sport, from new equipment that’s changing the ski-touring market to the specter of global warming that looms increasingly over the future of the sport. Here are some of the highs, and the lows, of the past year in freeskiing.