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• "Same Spot, Different Season"- Photos Put Last Season's Snow Into Persepctive

  25-09-2023 23:07 via powder.com
  
  It was a winter season that Utah residents will never forget. Snowfall records broken at ski resorts left and right—endless powder days on tap. Countless avalanches barrelling down Little Cottonwood Canyon.Like a bad habit, anyone who experienced the winter of 2022 and 2023 in Utah will have a hard time giving it up.That includes Deer Valley Resort, a ski area in Utah that just shared a series of before and after photos featuring the Lady Morgan Ski Patrol Shack.The before? Buried. Winter
  
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• Cho Oyu Speed Ascent Update: Acclimatization, Tingri, And Base Camp

  25-09-2023 22:25 via powder.com
  
  This article is part of an ongoing series covering Benedikt Boehm and Prakash Sherpa's planned speed ascent of Cho Oyu, Tibet -- the 6th highest mountain in the world. For background information, click here. Dyanfit and Benedikt Boehm provided two updates on Boehm and Prakash Sherpa's ongoing trip in Tibet over the past few days.First, in the September 23rd update, Boehm checked in from the hills outside of Tingri, where he and Sherpa were training to acclimatize their bodies before the upcomin
  
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• New Zealand Ski Field Hit With 'Incredible' Spring Storm (3+ Feet)

  25-09-2023 20:00 via powder.com
  
  Like their friends across the pond in Australia, New Zealand has had a tricky ski season featuring low snowfall and warm temperatures.However, late last week, the island nation's fortunes changed, with several resorts, like Ōhau Snow Fields, reporting large quantities of fresh snowfall.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Ōhau Snow Fields (@ohausnow)
  On September 23rd, Ōhau received 100 cm of snow, or 3.2 feet. Talk about finishing the season off with a bang."Winter is fin
  
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• Drone Pilot Captures Stunning Footage Of Snow On Last Day Of Summer

  25-09-2023 19:07 via powder.com
  
  September 22nd was the last day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. It's a seasonally confused time of year -- sometimes it snows during the end of the summer, and sometimes it's blisteringly hot.This year, the scales swung in favor of chillier temperatures and early-season snow at Alta Ski Area, Utah. Here's a drone footage recap of Alta's high-altitude snow shot by The Daily Pow last weekend.According to ABC4 News, Alta didn't see snow until the end of October last year, so some September fl
  
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• Idaho Ski Resort Using Ex-Military Helicopters To Build Impressive Chairlift

  25-09-2023 18:27 via powder.com
  
  Sun Valley is headed towards the completion of its new Flying Squirrel and Challenger Lifts ahead of the 2023-2024 winter season.In a September 24th YouTube upload, the resort introduced the star of the operation: a Blackhawk helicopter.As noted in this video, the Blackhawk -- also known as a UH-60 -- operated by Timberline Helicopters is ex-military. Before being used for chairlift construction, Timberline Helicopters' Blackhawk did a 40-year stint in the armed services.Now, the Blackhawk is be
  
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• El Niño Will Dominate Winter '23-'24, But What Is It?

  25-09-2023 18:04 via powder.com
  
  If you're a skier who reads skiing news, odds are you've seen the term "El Niño" a lot this fall. Maybe you read a forecast that says the El Niño will bring loads of snow to Colorado. Or read a forecast that says the opposite. Meteorology, it turns out, is an inexact science, particularly when discussing weather events weeks or months in the future.But these forecasts often don't discuss the specifics of what an El Niño actually is. Here's the lowdown on this natural phenome
  
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• Rest In Peace Robb Gaffney

  25-09-2023 17:54 via powder.com
  
  The world lost a good one over the weekend.Robb Gaffney, the author of the iconic book Squallywood, passed away at his Lake Tahoe home on Saturday, September 22nd, 2023. Gaffney had been battling acute myeloid leukemia for four years.Scott Gaffney, Robb's brother, shared the news of his passing on Instagram. The comments are flooded with love and support. See below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Scott Gaffney (@scottgaffski)
  Scott captioned the post with a simple: "On
  
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• Remembering When A Drone Nearly Crashed Into A Ski Racer On Live TV

  25-09-2023 14:13 via powder.com
  
  Drones are everywhere seemingly everywhere nowadays, but there's one professional sports organization that has banned them from all events- The Federation of International Skiing (FIS).The FIS is skiing's governing body, responsible for creating rules and regulations for alpine skiing, cross-country, and snowboarding events across the world.The organization banned the use of aerial drones after a drone nearly struck Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher during a 2015 race in Madonna Di Campiglio,
  
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