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• Cho Oyu Speed Ascent Update: A Storm Arrives

  04-10-2023 23:22 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. Benedikt Boehm and Prakash Sherpa are currently stationed at advanced base camp, where a storm front has deposited roughly three feet of snow thus far. Usually, the arrival of snow is good news for skiers, but ski mountaineers play by a different set of rules than the rest of us. Instead of
  
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• "Yeah Buddy!"- Pro Skier Puts Together Perfect Big Mountain Powder Line

  04-10-2023 22:42 via powder.com
  
  This fall, professional skier Parkin Costain is starring in Legend Has It, Teton Gravity Research's latest annual romp.It's a well-deserved position in the spotlight for Costain, who's been not-so-quietly stacking impressive footage and building his big mountain skiing chops over the past few seasons.The evolution of his skill is particularly evident in this clip shared by Costain last week, which features one of the gnarlier last-minute backflips I've seen in a long time.View this post on Insta
  
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• Arizona Ski Resort Tests Snowguns As Temps Plummet

  04-10-2023 21:51 via powder.com
  
  Yesterday, October 3rd, Arizona Snowbowl, Arizona, announced that it had begun testing its snowmaking systems on the Upper Ridge.In the announcement, the resort shared images of the nighttime snowmaking operation.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Arizona Snowbowl (@azsnowbowl)
  From the caption: "The snowmaking machines are in place and our team fired them up for a test run on Upper Ridge last night! ❄️Temperatures are dropping up here on the mountain and the official star
  
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• Lucky Ski Patrollers Score First Powder Turns Of The Season

  04-10-2023 20:29 via powder.com
  
  Well, it's happening. Somewhere in North America, people are powder skiing.And by somewhere, I mean Silverton Mountain, Colorado, a unique resort known for offering heli-assisted runs and expert terrain.Yesterday, October 3rd, a team of patrollers hit the resort's high-altitude terrain for some early-season powder turns, as shown in a series of photos shot by ski guide Marc Kloster.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Silverton Mountain (@silvertonmtn)
  From the caption:"TODAY!! The early
  
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• Arapahoe Basin Resumes Snowmaking- When Will They Open?

  04-10-2023 19:50 via powder.com
  
  As of today, October 4th, Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, has begun snowmaking in earnest.The resort saw a wet bulb temperature of 24 degrees Fahrenheit this morning -- wet bulb is a measure that factors in air moisture and temperature -- creating near-optimal conditions for snowmaking up and down the High Noon ski run.Yesterday, A-Basin saw a snowstorm which, according to a resort representative, provided "us with a great base that we were able to build on today."Snow gun firing at Arapahoe Basin Oct
  
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• AccuWeather: El Niño Could Deliver "Record" Snow During Winter '23-'24

  04-10-2023 19:27 via powder.com
  
  Another day, another El Niño winter weather prediction.Up next are thoughts from AccuWeather, a forecasting group that thinks the ongoing El Niño could deliver massive -- potentially mirroring the storms we saw last season -- snowfall to certain areas in North America during the winter of 2023-2024.This El Niño forecast, like those that came before it, further cements the predicted North-South divide in North America regarding snowfall. Essentially, most forecasters, in
  
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• Powder Review: Rossignol SKPR 3L Jacket and Bibs

  04-10-2023 18:08 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 nutshellThe Rossignol SKPR 3L kit is one of the more interesting outerwear combinations I skied in last year, and while it doesn’t quite hit the “backcountry specific” mark that Rossignol set for it, it’s still got a solid feature set for the right skier. Size Tested: XLMaterials: SYMPATEX Membrane 45/45KPockets
  
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• Oregon Ski Area To Build First New Chairlift Since The '80s

  04-10-2023 17:30 via powder.com
  
  Late last month, Mt. Ashland, an Oregonian nonprofit ski hill, announced plans to build its first new chairlift since the 1980s.The new chair, slated for completion sometime in the next two years, will service a beginner and intermediate-focused portion of the mountain previously accessed by a  Poma surface lift that was removed roughly 40 years ago.Mt. Ashland plans to name the new chair "Lithia" and reports that its construction is being facilitated by a $2 million donation from the Sid a
  
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• How to Shop for Your First Backcountry Setup: Part 1

  04-10-2023 17:00 via powder.com
  
  IntroSo, you want to get into backcountry skiing? Great, awesome, stoked! Just hand over your credit card, along with one of your non-essential organs–a kidney will do–and walk out of the ski shop with a shiny new kit and a whole bunch of debt. If you fill your virtual shopping cart with everything you “need” for backcountry skiing, that grand total number can be absolutely astronomical. That’s why we’ve put together this guide, to help you get set up, and sti
  
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• Sammy Carlson Drops Top-Notch Point Of View Edit

  04-10-2023 14:33 via powder.com
  
  Yesterday, October 4th, professional skier Sammy Carlson graced the airwaves with a new POV video entitled VISION.The edit is a compendium of POV footage shot while filming YUP and North Of Now, alongside unseen moments from previous seasons.If you'd forgotten that Carlson remains at the top of his game, let this edit remind you that he's not going anywhere. Carlson, now 34, has had one of the most distinct and eye-catching trajectories in freeskiing.He exploded onto the scene in the late 2000s,
  
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• Cho Oyu Speed Ascent Update: Back To Advanced Base Camp, Summit Preparations, And Encountering Nirmal Purja

  04-10-2023 00:29 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. Benedikt Boehm and Prakash Sherpa have returned to advanced base camp after an acclimatization push up the flanks of Cho Oyu.Yesterday, October 2nd, after a night of fitful sleep at Camp 2, Boehm and Sherpa attempted to climb to the summit of Cho Oyu. Note that this wasn't the complete spee
  
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