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• UK's highest phone box faces axe by BT

  20-10-2016 16:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Fight to save phone box on Cairngorm in Scotland gathers momentum as the local council joins campaign by residents, mountaineering bodies and businesses The traditional red phone box, which sits 2,150 ft up Cairngorm at the skiing base station, is an iconic feature at the resort. But after the resort ranger found a note from BT inside it, saying it was to be scrapped to save money, locals have been fighting to save the UK’s highest phone box, claiming it not only serves as a popular touris
  
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• Crews Begin Annual Snow Clearing Of Montana's Beartooth Highway

  23-04-2024 22:28 via powder.com
  
  Beartooth Highway in Montana is closed all winter due to heavy snowfall (it provides access to Beartooth Basin Ski Area, after all), but MDOT crews have just begun clearing the road for summer. A video posted to YouTube from a Montana Department of Transportation plow driver states, "April 16th, 2024... as you can tell from the pictures yesterday, we made it up the hill quite a ways." Watch below.Once you see the route Beartooth Highway leads, it's easy to understand why this road closes du
  
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• Jackson Hole Announces New Sublette Lift For Next Season

  23-04-2024 20:15 via powder.com
  
  Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming, will replace its four-seater fixed-grip Sublette lift with a faster and more powerful detachable quad this summer. JHMR plans to have the new lift ready for the 2024-2025 season.The replacement lift—a Leitner-Poma—will reduce Sublette's ride time from eight to four minutes, climbing approximately 1,600 vertical feet at 1,000 feet per minute. JHMR is replacing its 37-year-old predecessor due to its age.The original Sublette Lift ferries skiers up
  
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• An Ode to Free-Heel Corn Skiing

  23-04-2024 17:00 via powder.com
  
  Powder aims to feature only the best products and services.If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.As the days lengthen, basking the world anew in renewed sunlight, the valleys return to a verdant green, and a fresh energy imbues the mountains. The promise of summer returns. But to the rider of snow, spring has its own unique meaning. High in the alpine, where ample snow remains, the skier is promised not with the fertile abundance awaiting winter’s end, but wit
  
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• Trevor Semmens Breaks Down His "Near-Disaster" Crash On McConkey's

  23-04-2024 16:10 via powder.com
  
  Towering over the looker's left side of the KT-22 lift—a Palisades Tahoe classic—stands McConkey's (previously known as Eagle's Nest—Palisades changed the name in honor of the late, great Shane McConkey), an imposing, near-vertical face that's functioned as a big mountain test piece for years and years. A skier descends McConkey's at Palisades Tahoe, CaliforniaCourtesy Palisades TahoeThe zone's weighty reputation is well-deserved. Popularized by the likes of—you guessed i
  
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• Review: Salomon Shift Alpha BOA 130 Boot

  22-04-2024 16:00 via powder.com
  
  Powder aims to feature only the best products and services.If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.Size skied: 27.5Stated Weight: 1,785 grams per boot (26.5) – w/o spoilerShell: 1,436 gramsLiner: 380 gramsStated Flex: 130Binding Compatibility: Pin Bindings, GripWalkStated ROM: 55°Forward Lean: 13.5° + 4° ramp angleStated last width (27): 98-104mmThe Salomon Shift Alpha BOA 130 will be available soon.Intro:Despite what the industry wants to tell you,
  
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• Alta Announces Closing With Comical Photo

  22-04-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Closing days at ski resorts makes you think of ponds (because of pond skims), slushies (because of the snow texture) and maybe corn (also because of the snow). But is there any other food closing days make you think of? Think about it as you stare at the photo posted by Alta, UT, below. Photo of the Day | 4.21.2024Hot Dog! Thanks for a great season. We'll see you next fall🌭📷: @Photo_Johnhttps://t.co/MRJ6yODizO pic.twitter.com/16C04SAYy3— Alta Ski Area (@AltaSkiAre
  
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• What It’s Like Backcountry Skiing One Hour Away From Downtown Los Angeles

  22-04-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  It's true—Los Angeles, California, isn't usually thought of as a ski destination. Instead, when the city is named, images of crowded highways, sunny beaches, and tanned celebrities come to mind.This video from Mediocre Amateur should change that perception a bit.In the video, Mediocre Amateur embarked on a backcountry skiing mission to Mount San Antonio, which, depending on the traffic, is about an hour's drive from downtown Los Angeles. As it turns out, the backcountry zone Mediocre Amate
  
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• Dave and Jake Moe Deliver Priceless Acceptance Speeches at U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame

  21-04-2024 22:38 via powder.com
  
   The Founders of 'The Skier's Magazine' Are Immortalized.Some serious Powder Mag lore right here! Press play to watch their speeches.Class of 2023 - Jake & Dave Moe Tribute Video & Acceptance Speech (22:32)
  
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• Spring Is Here, And So Are The Wiggles

  21-04-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Solitude Mountain Resort, UT, posted a video of skiers "wiggling" now that Spring is in full swing. What is wiggling, you may ask? Watch below. Spring is in full swing, and that means wiggling! 😍🐍
  🎥: @GoPro #GoPro pic.twitter.com/nDCaknHO09— Solitude Mountain Resort (@SolitudeMTN) April 20, 2024
  I, too, used to be ignorant to the infectious spring tradition of wiggling. Like most skiers, I love a good traverse track with ups and downs and rollers and hits
  
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• Red Bull's Unrailistic Competition Returns To Åre, Sweden

  21-04-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Red Bull and Jesper Tjäder's Unrailistic, which is headed to Åre, Sweden, on April 25th and April 26th, is set to once again push the boundaries of competitive freeskiing.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Red Bull Snow (@redbullsnow)
  You might recognize Unrailistic from Tjäder's popular video series of the same name. In these viral edits, Tjäder constructed and shredded an increasingly wacky slew of rail features that wavered between freeskiing and something you mi
  
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• In Utah, the Town of Alta Thinks Small, With a School to Match

  21-04-2024 09:01 via nytimes.com
  
  As a throwback ski destination, Alta, thinks small, with a one-room public school to match.
  
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• Grand Targhee Issues Stark Warning Against Throwing Snowballs During Closing Weekend

  20-04-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Grand Targhee in Wyoming issued a strange request along with its closing weekend announcement in a caption posted to Instagram yesterday. Officials wrote, "it’s closing weekend and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! We want everyone to have fun in the sun and be safe." Being safe, apparently, means "no throwing snowballs at any time." See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Grand Targhee Resort (@grandtargheeresort)
  The saving grace is that this request cam
  
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• Alta Gives Nod to ‘Frank’ With 10 Tips for Closing Weekend

  20-04-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Alta Ski Area, Utah's closing day is rapidly approaching, which means the time for Frank—a legendary spring celebration—has almost come. To get everyone ready for the final turns of the year and the ensuing excitement, Alta Ski Area dropped a "ten tips" video to ensure all in attendance don't get too squirrelly.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Alta Ski Area (@altaskiarea)
  You might've noticed that, at no point during this video, Coleman, Alta's operations manager, used the
  
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• Mt. Bachelor Announces Targeted Closing Date

  20-04-2024 00:32 via powder.com
  
  Mt. Bachelor, OR, is joining the masses of resorts switching operations due to the changing season. In other words, spring operations go into effect Monday, April 22nd. However, the end is not near. Mt. Bachelor plans to be open for skiing and riding through Memorial Day weekend, conditions permitting. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mt. Bachelor (@mtbachelor)
  The resort's spring operating hours go into effect on Monday, April 22nd. Their lifts are scheduled to s
  
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• Loon Mountain, NH Releases Plans For New Pulse Gondola

  19-04-2024 22:02 via powder.com
  
  Loon Mountain Resort, in partnership with RiverWalk Resort and South Peak Resort, just announced their plan to build a new pulse-movement gondola lift. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Loon Mountain Resort (@loonmtnresort)
  Installation of the lift is scheduled to begin in spring 2025, and will connect RiverWalk with the base of Loon’s newly-expanded South Peak terrain—and nearby Timbertown Quad chairlift. See the South Peak terrain and the Timbertown Q
  
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• Vail Resorts Reports Decrease In Skier Visits For Winter '23/'24

  19-04-2024 20:21 via powder.com
  
  In an April 14th investor release, Vail Resorts—the conglomerate purveyors of the Epic pass—reported a 7.8% decrease in skier visits at its ski areas this season compared to the prior year. Vail Resorts alluded that unfavorable conditions during the first part of the 2023-2024 season were likely to blame for the dip in visitations.Vail, Colorado.Kruck20/Getty ImagesWhile Epic pass visits at Vail Resorts eventually bounced back when the snow finally began to fall in the latter
  
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• Quaint Wyoming Ski Resort For Sale

  19-04-2024 20:12 via powder.com
  
  Meadowlark Ski Area and Lodge is located in the Big Horn Mountains between Buffalo and Tensleep, Wyoming just off highway 16. This resort boasts over 1,100 ft vertical drop, with lakeside and majestic Big Horn Mountain views. In other words, it is good year-round as a four-seasons resort. It is also up for sale. See below. Meadowlark Resort can be a four-seasons operation. Courtesy of Meadowlark Resort.Dubbed the “Little Jackson Hole” of the Big Horns, Meadowlark Ski Area h
  
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• Arizona Snowbowl Extending Ski Season Into May

  19-04-2024 18:41 via powder.com
  
  Arizona Snowbowl has decided to offer an additional bonus weekend of skiing in early May, spinning its lifts on the 4th and 5th.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Arizona Snowbowl (@azsnowbowl)
  On social media, the resort cited "great conditions around the mountain" as the impetus for its decision.Arizona will remain open seven days a week until April 28th before closing between April 29th and May 3rd. The resort will then reopen on May 4th and 5th for its seasonal send-off. Tickets for
  
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• Fire Reported At Historic Timberline Lodge, Oregon

  19-04-2024 17:54 via powder.com
  
  Thursday night, at approximately 9:30 p.m., a fire was reported at Timberline Lodge, Oregon, according to a social media post from the hotel and ski resort.The fire burned in Timberline Lodge's headhouse attic and exterior roof area.The hotel evacuated all guests, and no injuries were reported.First responders arrived soon after the fire began and extinguished it by approximately 11:00 p.m., continuing to spray water on the burned area amid high winds to prevent re-ignition.The hotel is closed u
  
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• Tree Skiing Is The Ultimate Art Form

  19-04-2024 17:21 via powder.com
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article is in response to Ian Greenwood's op-ed that opposes tree skiing. As an east coaster, I couldn't let his slander stand unanswered. Enjoy."Look! Over there.", I exclaimed as I pointed to the looker's left of the chairlift ascending Sugarloaf Mountain, Maine. "There are some trees!"My family, riding on the quad chairlift with me, simultaneously began to laugh. "Yes Matthew, those ARE trees!", my Dad jeered with a smirk.My definition of "fun". Smugglers' No
  
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• Another Peak: Reflections On A Ski Season Well Spent

  19-04-2024 16:53 via powder.com
  
  "The snow will come." I tried to remember the words of my roommates (and pretty much everyone who had been here last season in Tahoe) as I trudged up the ridge of Siberia Bowl at Palisades Tahoe, CA. It was my first winter in Tahoe, and the furthest I'd ever lived from the ocean. All hail The Palisades. Photo: Ella Boyd/Powder MagazineElla Boyd/Powder MagazineI lived plenty close to the lake (I stared it at from my room, in fact) but I hadn't once used the surfboard I'd br
  
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• Cody Townsend Shares Pond Skim Dreams

  19-04-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Cody Townsend posted a video to Instagram recently of him pond skimming, writing, "I’ve only entered the best, the original and the most classic pond crossing of all time, the Cushing Classic at Palisades Tahoe, CA, three times."But, as Townsend "brags", he has also won the pond skim 3 out of 3 times. Watch below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Cody Townsend (@codytownsend)
  You can see why. Cody Townsend not only makes it across the pond, he actually butters across it
  
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• Level 1 Drops Preview Of SuperUnknown 21 Course

  19-04-2024 14:30 via powder.com
  
  The 21st iteration of Level 1's SuperUnknown is officially underway, with a crowd of talented ams and established professionals descending on Mammoth Mountain, California.Yesterday, Level 1 gave a cheeky preview of the event's course.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Level 1 (@level1)
  SuperUnknown is one of those events in freeskiing. It's been running since 2004, billed as an opportunity for lesser-known yet talented skiers to grab a slice of the limelight.Essentially, up-and-coming s
  
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• YouTuber Takes On Massive Ski Jumps At The Swatch Nines

  19-04-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  In the past couple of years, ski YouTuber SteepSteep has utterly and completely blown up, going from a niche creator to a household name amongst skiing's younger members. His rise in popularity had led to more than a few incredible opportunities—the latest of which was attending and hitting the jumps at the Swatch Nines.I won't come out and say that SteepSteep is an "average" skier. Compared to the general population, he's an absolute ripper with plenty of tricks in his bag. Still, he func
  
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• Brundage Selling $20 Lift Tickets For Bonus Weekend

  19-04-2024 01:02 via powder.com
  
  Brundage Mountain in McCall, ID, is celebrating the end of the 2023/24 ski season with a bonus weekend and $20 lift tickets to top it off. The resort announced their final weekend, writing, "join us in sending off the 23/24 winter season with a toast, and one final run down the mountain. Last Tracks will take place at 4pm on Sunday, April 21st, atop Bluebird Express.This Saturday and Sunday, are the final 2 days to visit the slopes at Brundage!" See below. View this post on InstagramA
  
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• Pro Skier Attends The Event That's "Redefining Ski Culture"

  19-04-2024 00:07 via powder.com
  Jib League, a recent addition to the freeskiing event circuit, bills itself as an alternative to the major competitive disciplines, like slopestyle and halfpipe.Professional skier Alex Hackel recently attended the Innsbruck, Austria Jib League stop to provide an inside look at the developing competition series and learn exactly how it does things differently.Founded by skiers Ferdinand Dahl, James Woods, and Øystein Bråten, Jib League functions in two parts.First, there's an open ja
  
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• Skier Takes His Mom Down "Blackcomb's Scariest Runs"

  18-04-2024 22:42 via powder.com
  
  Mother's Day is rapidly approaching, and what better way to show some motherly appreciation than taking your mom down some terrifyingly steep runs?For YouTuber and skier James Pavelick, that was precisely the plan.Here's Pavelick and his mom taking on some of the burliest terrain the Blackcomb side of Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, has to offer.Pavelick's mom, who's 60, stepped up to Blackcomb's Saudan Couloir, Blow Hole, Sapphire Bowl, and CBC trees.The thing about Blackcomb is that, unl
  
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• Chairs From Historic Michigan Lift Being Auctioned For Charity

  18-04-2024 21:05 via powder.com
  
  The Highlands, formerly known as Boyne Highlands, is a four-seasons resort in Northern Michigan. Now, it's doing a Chairs for Chair-ITY auction for Interconnect, which begins today.Officials explain that Interconnect was one of the original chairlifts that has been operational since the resort's opening in 1963, and the funds will be allocated to local community organizations. See below.The community organizations consist of Little Traverse Humane Society, Snow Angel Foundation, Harbor Springs A
  
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• Skiers And Snowboarders Evacuated From Big Sky's Shedhorn Lift

  18-04-2024 19:47 via powder.com
  
  On Wednesday, at approximately 11:40 a.m., Big Sky Resort, Montana's Shedhorn lift experienced a mechanical issue, forcing the resort to stop its operations and eventually evacuate those who remained on the lift.In an email exchange with POWDER, a resort spokesperson wrote that all the stuck skiers and snowboarders had been evacuated via rope by 2:02 p.m.View the original article to see embedded media.In a comment below a Reddit post documenting the incident, one Big Sky guest who got stuck on t
  
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