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• New Mexico Ski Resort Announces The Completion Of New Lift

  28-08-2023 23:00 via powder.com
  
  The North American chairlift upgrade arms race continues. Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico, announced late last week, August 25th, that it had finished replacing the Pioneer Lift with a newer model, set to open during the 2023-2024 winter season.See the Facebook announcement below.From the caption: "The brand new Pioneers Lift is officially spinning, chairs and all! Don't hop on just yet though - load testing is underway to make sure she's ready to sweep us off our feet all season long." While fully
  
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• Summer Ski Jumping Is The Ultimate Adrenaline Rush

  28-08-2023 22:06 via powder.com
  
  French skier Anthony Robert knows a thing or two about skiing fast and flying through the air.Today, August 28th, GoPro shared a YouTube of Robert going huge on a ski jumping dryland setup.Check it out below.On its own, ski jumping is a gnarly little corner of snowsports. Based on my estimations, crashing in this snowsports niche feels like leaping out of a moving car on a freeway, which is something that I, like most people, hope to never experience, even by proxy. I'd provide some crash videos
  
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• Big Sky's New Tram Cabins Complete 5,000 Mile Journey

  28-08-2023 21:11 via powder.com
  
  Big Sky Resort, MT has been working for nearly two years on the new and improved Lone Peak Tram. The resort reached a significant milestone on August 28th, 2023, when both tram cabins completed their 5,000+ mile journey from Switzerland. The journey started 37 days ago. Check out the delivery in the video provided by Big Sky Resort below:Tram-Cabin-Arrival_VERTICAL (0:30) More details from the press release sent to Powder by Big Sky Resort:"The eagle(s) have landed. Following a 37
  
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• US Forest Service Denies Midwest's Largest Ski Resort's Expansion Plan

  28-08-2023 20:48 via powder.com
  
  On August 25th, the U.S. Forest Service denied Lutsen Mountains, Minnesota's request for expansion approval. The resort, arguably the largest in the Midwest, currently boasts 1,000 acres of terrain along the North Shore of Lake Superior.With the proposed expansion, it intended to increase its size by 495 acres while constructing seven new chairlifts alongside two new base areas. Other infrastructure and amenity upgrades were presented as well.Shutterstock/Life Atlas PhotographyIn respons
  
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• Are Snowcats Technically The World's Most Expensive Lawnmowers?

  28-08-2023 19:43 via powder.com
  
  There's an old joke repeated by skiers looking to get a giggle out of their in-the-know friends. It usually goes something like, "Where do they store the moguls for the summer?"We know that moguls aren't physical half-domes of plastic covered in snow, and while it's fun to imagine that they are, their origin is easily explained after experiencing a powder day as the once-groomed slopes start to sport bumps.It begs a related question- what do ski resorts do with snowcats in the sum
  
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• Chairlift Buried By Snow At Chilean Ski Resort

  28-08-2023 19:37 via powder.com
  
  Last week, resorts across Chile and Argentina received multiple feet of snow during an epic storm. In the case of Nevados de Chillán, a Chilean ski resort, the snowfall was so intense that a chairlift was completely buried.A video shared by Nevados de Chillán today, August 28th, showed the buried chairlift alongside other powder-day shenanigans. See it below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Nevados de Chillán (@nevadosdechillan)
  This video was filmed last weekend,
  
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• Luxurious French Ski Resort Sees First Snow Of The Season

  28-08-2023 18:11 via powder.com
  
  Earlier this morning, August 28th, Val Thorens, a ski resort in the French Alps, announced that it had received its first snowfall of the season. And this wasn't just your light, high-altitude dusting. Images shared by the resort of its base area show several inches of the white stuff.View this post on InstagramA post shared by ❄️ Val Thorens ❄️ (@val_thorens)
  Another Instagram post from Val Thorens captured the early-morning snowstorm in action.View this post on Inst
  
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• Powder Review: Moment Voyager XV Evo Binding

  28-08-2023 17:42 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.In a nutshellMoment’s Voyager XV Evo is, in our opinion, the full-featured touring binding to beat. It’s got all the features, reliability, and performance you need to get deep into the mountains, and ski aggressively.Stated Release Value Range: 7-15Weight (including screws and 102 mm brakes):Toe: 162 gHeel: 280 gTotal: 442 gPin
  
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• Climate crisis means quarter of European ski resorts face scarce snow

  28-08-2023 17:00
  
  Comprehensive analysis calls into question whether such resorts have a future as global heating intensifiesA quarter of European ski resorts will have scarce snow every other year with 2C of global heating, a comprehensive analysis has found. It calls into question whether such resorts have a future as the climate crisis intensifies.The study took into account artificial snowmaking, without which half the resorts would have scarce snow every other year at 2C. Current action and policies mean the
  
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• Swiss Town Blanketed By Season's First Snowfall

  28-08-2023 15:22 via powder.com
  
  The alpine resort town of Zermatt, Switzerland woke up this morning to a familiar, but somewhat unseasonable sight- fresh snow.The storm marks Zermatt's first winter storm of the season, and while only a dusting accumulated in town, the high alpine looks like a mid-winter wonderland.Check out the photos captured on Zermatt-Matterhorn's webcams throughout the day of August 28th, 2023:Mattherhorn Glacier Paradise WebcamView the 5 images of this gallery on theoriginal article Photos from Zermatt Ma
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin Checks In From Chile's Winter Wonderland

  28-08-2023 14:35 via powder.com
  
  Where does a world-class skier go to train at the end of August? Chile, of course!Ski racing GOAT Mikaela Shiffrin recently made her annual pilgrimage to Ski Portillo, Chile's most famous ski resort, for time on snow ahead of the 2023-2024 World Cup season.Shiffrin posted the following images and videos on August 27th, 2023 from the snow-loaded slopes of Portillo (it snowed nearly 100 inches there last week). Click the arrow to the right to progress through the slides.View this post on Instagram
  
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