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• Mammoth Mountain Makes Exciting Announcement About This Year's Season

  22-03-2023 23:26 via powder.com
  
  Header image credits: Peter Morning (@petermorning)/Mammoth MountainHere's a math problem for you—what do you get when you add historic snowfall with a ski resort that has a flexible operating schedule? If you guessed extended "winter" operations, you'd be right.That's just the teaser. Check out the Instagram post to learn more about what California's absurd snowfall totals mean for Mammoth Mountain. Skiing operations until at least the end of July? Now you can see why I put "winter"
  
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• Vermont Skier Shares Breathtaking Moment Before Dropping Into a Run

  22-03-2023 22:55 via powder.com
  
  Have you ever sat down and imagined the "perfect" ski run? What traits would you include? Untouched powder is a safe bet, but what else? Maybe it's a run from the past, skied once—revisited countless times in memory. The time of day creates possibilities, too. I'm thinking of dawn patrol laps down a remote Swiss peak or headlamp-assisted cruises through British Columbia's backcountry. This daydreaming just became a little easier, thanks to some inspiration from TikTok user and skier @
  
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• Powder Review: Moment Wildcat Tour

  22-03-2023 16:00 via powder.com
  
  In a nutshellThe Wildcat Tour is a “specialty” ski that I find myself reaching for more often than expected thanks to its great float, ability to make consistent turns in less than stellar conditions, inoffensive weight, and incredible performance in deep snow. Women who tour, particularly in places where the snow stacks up, should not feel constrained to owning a single pair of backcountry skis. 
  Length Skied: 174 cmWeight: 1735 gStated Dimensions: 141-116-131 mmStated Sidecut:
  
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