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• Vermont Resort Remains Closed Following Devastating Flash Flood Damage

  11-07-2023 20:36 via powder.com
  
  Okemo Mountain Resort experienced torrential rain and flash flooding in the early morning hours of Monday, July 10th, 2023.The resort suffered damages from the storm, and has been closed the last two days. They plan on remaining closed tomorrow, Wednesday, July 12th.The video below shows floodwaters in Ludlow, Vermont, just miles from Okemo:Okemo released an official statement yesterday evening about the temporary closure of the resort following the storms. Please read below:"With the ongoing we
  
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• Tom Wallisch Shows That Mammoth Is Still Firing In Mid-July (Watch)

  11-07-2023 20:06 via powder.com
  
  Mammoth Mountain, California is still open for skiing and snowboarding thanks to a record snow year, but how much snow is actually left on the mountain?I was in Mammoth Lakes a couple of weeks ago for three days of glorious summer skiing, and while the snow was fantastic then, it's been fairly warm over the few days.Let's check in on the snow conditions via professional skier Tom Wallisch's most recent Instagram upload:View this post on InstagramA post shared by Tom Wallisch (@twallisc
  
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• Pro Skier Tom Wallisch Shows That Mammoth Is Still Firing In Mid-July (Watch)

  11-07-2023 20:06 via powder.com
  
  Mammoth Mountain, California is still open for skiing and snowboarding thanks to a record snow year, but how much snow is actually left on the mountain?I was in Mammoth Lakes a couple of weeks ago for three days of glorious summer skiing, and while the snow was fantastic then, it's been fairly warm over the few days.Let's check in on the snow conditions via professional skier Tom Wallisch's most recent Instagram upload:View this post on InstagramA post shared by Tom Wallisch (@twallisc
  
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• Birk Irving Makes Nickelback Sound Like The Best Band To Ever Play

  11-07-2023 19:39 via powder.com
  
  Nickelback has a bad reputation on the internet. For whatever reason, about a decade ago, it became 'cool' to say that they're a terrible band.They had countless #1 hits, won multiple awards, and seemed to have a grip on the American pop-rock fusion that was taking place at the time. But, rather than being adored, they were torn down by internet trolls as one of the first victims of meme culture.In truth, I'm not a big Nickelback fan myself. With that said, they sound like the best band in
  
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• Volcano Skier Has More Style Than He Knows What To Do With

  11-07-2023 18:14 via powder.com
  
  As a self-proclaimed skiing and snowboarding internet connoisseur, it's my job to stay on top of what's going on across the industry. As a result, I spend countless hours watching social media clips.There's a lot of great content out there, but the bad far outweighs the good. Every once in a while though, a video will stop my dead in my tracks. My endless doom scroll is halted and I enjoy a brilliant piece of skiing.The video below, my friends, is the first video I've seen in quite a while
  
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• Antti Ollila's Throwaway Clips Are Still Mind-Blowingly Good

  11-07-2023 17:09 via powder.com
  
  Professional skier Antti Ollila is good, like... really, really good.So good, in fact, that he casually dropped an Instagram post of seven fantastic clips on a random Sunday in July that totally blew my mind. He calls these clips 'extras', as in they weren't good enough to make an edit he's working on.Check them out below. You'll see what I mean:View this post on InstagramA post shared by Antti Ollila (@anttiollila)
  Imagine being that good. Must be nice. That little tail tap on the tub
  
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• Sun Valley Asks Guests To 'Excuse Noise And Dust' As Black Hawk Helicopters Install Impressive New Chairlifts

  11-07-2023 16:40 via powder.com
  
  The airways have been busy around Sun Valley, Idaho this summer.The resort is in the middle of a huge transformation project that involves replacing two high-speed detachable quad chairlifts, cutting new glades, and improving snowmaking.The Warm Spring Enhancement Project is set to change the face of Sun Valley for years to come (for the better, I might add), but it comes with construction woes, and apparently the use of Black Hawk helicopters. Check out the Tweet from Sun Valley below
  
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• Prime Day Deals for Skiers

  11-07-2023 16:13 via powder.com
  
  The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.We’re a long way out from any of the significant ski holidays. Opening day isn’t even a glint on the horizon, the last few resorts who have held out this far are close to closing, skiing is about to enter its summer hibernation. So take the batteries out of your beacon, make sure you’ve got storage wax on your skis. Clean
  
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• Solitude Auctioning Chairs From State's First Ever High-Speed Quad Lift

  11-07-2023 15:54 via powder.com
  
  Solitude Mountain Resort, located in Utah's Big Cottonwood Canyon, is auctioning off 75 pieces of history on August 1st.The resort is in the process of replacing the historic Eagle Express with a new six-person lift slated to open next season. 75 chairs from the old lift will be auctioned for charity online.More details below:🚨 Eagle chair sale update! 🚨75 Eagle Express chairs will be auctioned off online, starting August 1. The auction will close after Summer Fest weekend on Aug
  
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• The Virginia Ski Resort With A Rich History Of Downhill Grass Skiing

  11-07-2023 15:15 via powder.com
  
  What does a skier do when the snow has melted and the summer sun is beating down on the mountains? Today, the majority of us elect to ride a mountain bike, but some of our forefathers of the 1970s rode skis... on grass.Grass skiing is a dying sport, but there are a few that still participate by rolling down the grassy trails of places like Bryce Mountain Resort. Check out the fantastic short film about the resort's rich grass skiing history below:Bryce VA: "There is a rich history of gravit
  
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