Stars on the Slopes

Victoria Beckham on a ski vacation in France, 2007.

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John Lennon falls while skiing near St. Moritz in 1965.

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Six months before Prince William popped the question, he and Kate Middleton took a ski trip to the French Alps last March. The two were seen getting cozy at the mountain-top restaurant and sipping on mulled wine and champagne.

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Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, and Clark Gable ski with Ernest Hemingway's son Jack in Sun Valley, 1946.

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Heidi Klum and Seal’s clan bundled up to hit the slopes in Aspen in 2009 and made sure their goggles were fastened tightly.

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Jackie Kennedy takes Caroline on a ski vacation to Sun Valley with RFK's family in 1966.

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Ricky Martin is over the hill. The singer turned 40 this past Christmas Eve, shortly before hitting the slopes in some very chilly weather. Martin tweeted that he’s a big fan of "snowskiing but it's kinda tough when it's -23C/-10F."

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During her tumultuous relationship with Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson seemingly had more than the weight of her skis on her shoulders during at holiday vacation to Aspen in 2008. The actress and family make annual trips to the Colorado ski city and this past December, Hudson brought along her new boyfriend, Muse frontman Matt Bellamy.

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In 1988, Brad Pitt accompanied his then-girlfriend Shalane McCall to the 5th Annual Steve Kanaly Celebrity Ski Classic.

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Actress Lana Turner hits the slopes in 1955.

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Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani take their son Kingston out to the slopes of Deer Valley, Utah, December 2008.

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Two years after filming Downhill Racer, Robert Redford enjoys a ski vacation in 1971. A decade later, he established the Sundance Institute in the ski town of Park City, Utah .

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Avatar star Zoe Saldana spent the 2010 holiday with her fiancé and fellow actor Keith Britton in Aspen. Despite the fact that she can’t ski very well—slipping and sliding during a lesson—Saldana seemed at peace riding along on the chair lift.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) President Dmitry Medvedev (right) at a ski resort near Sochi, in January 2009.

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Princess Diana with William and Harry on a 1994 ski vacation in Lech, Austria.

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Actress Esther Williams offers a skiing snowman a Coke in Sun Valley, Idaho, 1951.

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Aspen regular Jack Nicholson takes a break from skiing while on vacation in 1997.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger posed for Annie Leibovitz in Sun Valley, Idaho, for Vanity Fair's June 1997 cover.

Stars on the Slopes

From Kate Hudson to Jackie O and Brad Pitt to Prince William, see celebrities on the mountain. Plus, John Lennon takes a spill and Marilyn goes for a run!