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• 20+" of Snow Allows Snowmass To Open Top-to-Bottom Terrain

  05-12-2025 21:17 via powder.com
  
  While other ski areas are hurting for snow, Aspen Mountain and Aspen Snowmass are celebrating a storm that allowed them to open terrain. The Colorado ski resorts have received 21" of snow this week, adding a healthy amount to their 13" base depth.
  This last storm allowed the resort to open one of its four mountains, Snowmass, from top to bottom. As of Friday, December 5, 2025, Village Express is open and allowing terrain access from Sam's Knob to Snowmass Village. Aspen Mountain will join Snowma
  
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• Ski Mountaineering at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics—Everything You Need To Know

  12-12-2025 23:39 via powder.com
  
  Cameron Smith of Team USA in action during the Sprint Race during the 2025 ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Championships Sprint Race on March 6, 2025 in Monthey, Switzerland.FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty ImagesWhat Is Ski Mountaineering?Ski Mountaineering, or SkiMo as it is often referred, will make its much-anticipated debut as the newest Winter Olympic sport at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.Olympic SkiMo will bring together 36 competitors (18 men, 18 women) competing for t
  
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• Telluride Ski Patrol's Contract Negotiations Are Heating Up

  12-12-2025 23:15 via powder.com
  
  Telluride Professional Ski Patrol's contract negotiations with the resort's parent company, Teleski, have reached a critical point.
  As the ski area opened for the 2025/26 ski season earlier this month, its ski patrollers officially started work without a contract.
  The union then announced that it rejected Teleski's most recent contract offer on Thursday, December 11, 2025.Keep reading for more.The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on a newsstand near you, or click here
  
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• National Weather Service Issues Warnings as Widespread Snow Hits Multiple States

  12-12-2025 22:55 via powder.com
  
  Widespread cold and snow are set to hit several states across the northern half of the United States ahead of the weekend, where the National Weather Service has issued Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories, advising of slick roads and challenging travel conditions.The band of chilly weather stretches from eastern Montana through West Virginia, also including the Dakotas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, too, face National Weather Servic
  
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• The Professional Skier's Guide To Whitefish, Montana

  12-12-2025 22:07 via powder.com
  
  Sponsored StoryWhen Parkin Costain was young, he had a ski routine he called “dishwashers.”He’d find a dense clump of trees, which weren’t uncommon at his home resort of Whitefish Mountain Resort, Montana, and ski straight through them. Did he ever get taken out by the trees? Nope. “I was pretty good with my line choice,” he said. Costain maintained that skill into adulthood. Now a globetrotting professional skier, he’s appeared in Teton Gravity Res
  
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• Washington Ski Season Delay Continues, but Hope May Be on the Horizon

  12-12-2025 21:25 via powder.com
  
  As a period of heavy rain and flooding passes through Washington, the outlook for local skiers is looking grimmer—and wetter—with resorts revealing that, no, the chairlifts won’t be spinning this weekend.Still, cooler temperatures could start to turn the season around as soon as next week.Keep reading for more.The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on a newsstand near you, or click here to have a copy shipped directly to your front door.Mission Ridge's Mimi
  
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• Snowmobiler Rescued After "Very Large" Avalanche Buries Them in Montana Backcountry

  12-12-2025 20:30 via powder.com
  
  In the backcountry near Cooke City, Montana, a snowmobiler was fully buried for between 12 and 15 minutes after being caught by a “very large” avalanche, but survived, according to local avalanche forecasters.The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center first encountered and reported the slide on Thursday, later learning more details about the buried snowmobiler.The Center said that the snowmobiler was wearing an avalanche transceiver and riding with a partner, but it isn’t kn
  
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• American Ski Legend Lindsey Vonn Claims Historic Victory in Switzerland

  12-12-2025 18:38 via powder.com
  
  Another chapter has been added to the fairytale comeback story of American ski racing legend Lindsey Vonn.On Friday, she sped down the downhill course in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and, with the fastest time of the day, won and set a new record—on a reconstructed knee, no less. Vonn, 41, is in her second season after exiting retirement with dreams of competing at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy. With the win in Switzerland, she became the oldest skier ever to win a World Cup race.
  
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• Editor's Picks: The Best Ski Helmets of 2026

  12-12-2025 18:00 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.Staying safe on the mountain is no joke, and wearing a ski helmet is a great way to increase your margins for error. They have been shown to reduce the chances of a head injury by nearly 60 percent, one of the leading contributors of death following a ski crash. They protect from skull fractures and lower the likelihood of concussions or traumatic brain injuries, all of
  
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• Chairlift Chatter: How to Find Dopamine When Your Off-Season Won't End

  12-12-2025 17:09 via powder.com
  
  Intro.If there’s a common thread that ties our staff together (other than the obvious of our employer and our mutual obsession with skiing), it’s that we’re all passionate writers, believe it or not. It’s true that while you might read mostly gear pieces from Max, news from Ian and Matt, and news, with a sprinkling of gear and feminist propaganda from me, we all enjoy branching out from time to time.For some time now, the four of us have been considering how we could &lsq
  
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• The Coziest New Ski Lodges in the Alps

  11-12-2025 23:48 via nytimes.com
  Five of the most notable newcomers to Europe’s winter resort scene are small hotels with distinctive personalities — and enough amenities to keep indoor types happy too.
  
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• British Columbia Ski Resorts Are Buried, Here's How Much Snow Has Fallen

  11-12-2025 22:50 via powder.com
  
  The atmospheric river that's hit Coastal BC and the American Pacific Northwest with torrential rain has stayed cold enough to deliver an epic storm to interior British Columbia.
  Parts of BC have seen nearly two feet of snow in the last 24 hours alone, and many of the resorts in the interior have picked up healthy totals. Kicking Horse, Whitewater, and SilverStar all have opening days this week. This storm has given them a fantastic base to kick things off with.
  According to our buds at Powdercha
  
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• Mount Mansfield Sets New Record, Vermont Ski Resorts Enjoy Deep Snow

  11-12-2025 22:07 via powder.com
  
  The Mount Mansfield snow stake, in Vermont, is having an impressive run. The stake on Vermont’s highest, 4,000-plus-foot peak recently reached a snow depth of 50 inches, marking the earliest in the season that this milestone has been achieved.WCAX, which reported the news, also noted that snow depths on Mount Mansfield have only reached 50 inches in December during 18% of the seasons since record keeping began in 1954.Typically, the 50-inch mark
  
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• New Lift To Be Built at Whistler, Plus Our Biggest Takeaways From Vail Resorts' Earnings Report

  11-12-2025 21:44 via powder.com
  
  Vail Resorts has released its earnings report for Q1 of the 2026 fiscal year, which ended on October 31, 2025.
  As a publicly traded company, the resort ownership conglomerate is required to publish its quarterly earnings reports. While there's a lot of nuance to these reports and we're definitely not financial analysts, it does provide a bit of insight into what's happening with one of the biggest companies in skiing.
  Vail's Q1 highlights showed that while the company saw a higher net loss compa
  
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• Smugglers' Notch Ski Resort Surpasses 100 Inches of Seasonal Snowfall

  11-12-2025 21:36 via powder.com
  
  The tale of two winters continues. Much of the West is desperate for snow. Meanwhile, Vermont is stacking up inch after inch.At Smugglers’ Notch Resort, for instance, the season total just crept past 100 inches of snow. The powder came during a storm cycle that, over the past five days, deposited 17 inches. As a result, Smugglers’ Notch is spinning the Sterling Lift with access to 29 trails. The resort plans to open beginner terrain on Friday, December 12.While there's plenty of snow
  
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• Ski Trails Are Finally Back on Google Maps After a Hiatus. Here's Why.

  11-12-2025 18:24 via powder.com
  
  After a hiatus, ski resorts have returned to Google Maps.The feature, which first disappeared in October 2024, includes trails, lodges, and ski lifts, pairing Google’s vast mapping data with the kinds of things skiers look for when scoping trips. Its absence sparked a minor outcry on social media, with at least one person petitioning Google to bring the mountain maps back. A handful of supporters who signed the petition noted that they used Google Maps to plan prospective ski trips. T
  
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• AI Is Terrible. These 8 Generated Skiing Images and Videos Prove It

  11-12-2025 16:36 via powder.com
  
  One of the scariest parts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for creatives like writers, photographers, and designers is the worry that AI will replace the need for actual human creatives.
  While those of us in these professions know that our minds and skills could never be replaced or replicated, there's no doubt that there are folks who would rather save a dime and use AI, even if the results are lackluster.
  In skiing specifically, the general argument from those of us opposed to AI has been that
  
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• 3 Ways to Make Skiing a Better Workout

  11-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A day on the slopes can be great exercise, but only if you do it right.
  
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• Washington's Ski Season Is Delayed Until Further Notice

  11-12-2025 00:03 via powder.com
  
  For the most part, the ski season remains on ice across Washington as resorts hold off on confirming opening days.While Mission Ridge, a mountain near Wenatchee, has plans to reopen on Friday, December 12, 2025, after previously kicking off the season, many of Washington's major ski resorts are waiting for better weather before welcoming skiers.The problem isn’t a lack of precipitation. Instead, it’s the kind of precipitation.“It’s raining where you are, it’s rainin
  
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• Ikon Pass Changes Access to Arapahoe Basin—Here's What Skiers Need To Know

  10-12-2025 20:39 via powder.com
  
  The IKON Pass has made a few key changes that pass holders, especially those in Colorado, might want to pay attention to.
  A low-snow year across the American West has folks who purchased ski passes grumbling, with some completely unable to use them, and others souring over their $1200 entry fee to the white strip of death. There's no doubt ski areas are feeling the pressure to provide a top-notch experience, which is no easy task when Mother Nature isn't cooperating.
  Colorado's Arapahoe Basin Sk
  
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• Heading to Lake Tahoe This Winter? Officials Ask Skiers To Use “Anything but One Person per Car”

  10-12-2025 20:31 via powder.com
  
  As the ski season gets underway around Lake Tahoe, local officials have a simple request: Use “anything but one person per car.”In a release, the Lake Tahoe Destination Stewardship Council, which includes groups such as Palisades Tahoe and the California Tahoe Conservancy, noted that the roads around Lake Tahoe are primarily two-lane. That can contribute to serious ski season traffic as people scramble to visit the area’s ample selection of resorts, particularly during storm sy
  
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• Authorities Say Woman Used Stolen Bank Info in "Multi-Year, Multimillion-Dollar" Ski Pass Scheme

  10-12-2025 19:27 via powder.com
  
  A South Carolina woman pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after participating in a multimillion-dollar scam that fraudulently sold “discounted” Epic, Ikon, and other ski passes, according to the District of Utah U.S. Attorney’s Office. The accused, Jamilla Greene, started the elaborate scheme in November 2020 and continued it through May 2024, prosecutors said.She and her co-conspirators advertised “discounted” passes through tar
  
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• The Off-Limits Nature of Politics In Skiing—And What It Means In A Fraught Time

  10-12-2025 18:13 via powder.com
  
  In July, POWDER, the long-running if more lately resurrected skiing periodical—once perhaps the most core title in all of snowsports—ran an article that broached what may be the most problematic topic in all of skiing: politics. The piece was entitled “The Unexpected Ways Trump Tariffs Are Affecting Skiing.” There, in mostly unremarkable language, gear editor Max Ritter briefly detailed several impacts the Trump administration’s new tariffs might bring to skiin
  
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• Thinking About Skiing in Japan? This Film Will Convince You

  10-12-2025 17:08 via powder.com
  
  Anyone who has ever dedicated their life to the pursuit of a single thing will likely understand how burnout feels.
  At first, you think that there's no way you could ever get sick of pursuing whatever the thing is that you're chasing, because you love it so much, but over time, as the pursuit of it takes over your life, it becomes more challenging to find balance between that pursuit and everything else. After all, humans are multifaceted—our minds are not single tracks, our existences not
  
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• Why Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, Decided To Add a Real Snow Stake

  10-12-2025 16:58 via powder.com
  
  Out with the old, in with the new.Next time you venture onto the website of Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, to look at the webcams, you’ll encounter a reimagined snow stake. The fresh model includes Arapahoe Basin’s iconic “Flaming A” logo, positioned alongside a pair of little skis that double as measuring sticks. Check it out below. The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on a newsstand near you, or click here to have a copy shipped directly to y
  
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• "Skiing Is Supposed To Be Fun"—A Lesson Every Sports Dad Could Learn From

  10-12-2025 16:37 via powder.com
  
  This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.I Try Not To Be a Sports DadAnd yet here I am, on the side of a slalom course at Snowking Resort, and I’m livid.
  I watch as skiers fly by in descending bib order. Bib 32. Then 30. My kid, wearing bib 31, missed his start. I wait as the rest of the field navigates the course, then watch as my son takes his run at the end of his age group, per
  
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• Aspen Ski Patrollers Reach Contract Agreement Ahead of Highlands & Buttermilk Opening Days

  10-12-2025 13:11 via powder.com
  
  Just as the snow really starts to stack up on Aspen's four mountains, the resort's ski patrol unit has reached a new contract agreement with management.
  Aspen Professional Ski Patrol Association (APSPA) is one of the oldest patrol unions in the country, having been formed in 1986. The union represents patrollers from all four mountains: Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, and Snowmass.
  Collectively, Aspen's ski areas are owned and managed by Aspen Skiing Company (ASC), which represents
  
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• GorpCore or Not? Peak Performance Hosts Urban Rail Jam

  10-12-2025 12:12 via powder.com
  
  While some ski outerwear brands are working to broaden their consumer bases by blurring the line between technical apparel and high fashion, Peak Performance is taking a different approach.
  Rather than bringing GORE-TEX ski shells to the city and calling it 'gorpcore,' they decided to bring skiing to the city, and the result was simply 'core.'
  In honor of the brand's second storefront opening in Vancouver, British Columbia, Peak Performance teamed up with CHEF LLC, Red Bull Canada, UBC Ski &
  
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• AI-Powered PEAKS Model Improves OpenSnow Predictions for Skiers Seeking Powder

  09-12-2025 22:15 via powder.com
  
  OpenSnow, a weather service that caters to skiers searching for deep powder, has debuted PEAKS, a new weather model that delivers better accuracy in mountain terrain with help from machine learning AI.Joel Gratz, OpenSnow’s founding meteorologist, described the model in a recent blog post. PEAKS took 18 months of development, training, and testing before going live on OpenSnow this month. It’s now creating every precipitation forecast OpenSnow releases, with plans for it to powe
  
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• Viewers Stunned by Ski Mishap That Turned a Chairlift Into "Final Destination"

  09-12-2025 22:04 via powder.com
  
  Another beautiful day starts on the mountain. You’re cresting the top of the chairlift, chatting with your buddies about where you think the snow is best. Then, in a flash, you see it. A cruise missile. A javelin. A crossbow bolt.It’s none of those things, actually, but if you don’t act fast, you’ll still get a mouthful of p-tex and aluminum.
  In a now-viral video, Jovvany Villalobos documented what can happen if the skier on the chairlift in front of you doesn’t kee
  
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