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• Cho Oyu Speed Ascent Update: A Successful Journey To The Top

  09-10-2023 23:12 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. This past weekend, on October 7th, Benedikt Boehm and Prakash Sherpa raced to the top of Cho Oyu's summit in 12.35 hours. The team started the journey around midnight on October 6th and made it back down on the 7th without using supplemental oxygen. Boehm notes that the initial plan of reac
  
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• New York Ski Resort Captures First Snowfall Of The Season

  09-10-2023 21:23 via powder.com
  
  East Coasters, the time has come: it's officially started snowing at a New York ski resort.Yesterday, October 8th, Whiteface -- a New York-based ski resort with the most vert in the East --  reported that it had seen its first snowfall of the season at high altitudes.In yesterday's Facebook post, Whiteface anticipated that more snowfall was on the way. And guess what? Those predictions panned out.Today, October 9th, the New York ski resort showed off its second helping of early-season snowf
  
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• Skiers Find Fresh Autumn Snow On Washington State's Highest Peak

  09-10-2023 20:06 via powder.com
  
  You know what they say: if you want to ski in October, you'll probably need to go high.A Washington skier (@K3rm1t on YouTube) heeded such adages earlier this month when he and some friends ticked off a classic Mount Rainier line that had benefitted from a recent snowfall: the Camp Muir Snowfield.Camp Muir is a collection of stone structures beneath Mount Rainier's peak. In the summer, its population balloons, filling with climbers hoping to tick off one of the many available ascents on the flan
  
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• "Welcome To The Mountains!"- Finnish Ski Resort Opens For The Season

  09-10-2023 19:36 via powder.com
  
  This past week, Levi, a Finnish ski resort, opened for skiing on Friday, October 6th.The resort shared the opening weekend excitement in a recent Instagram post.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Levi.ski (@levi.ski)
  As you probably ascertained from this video, Levi is leaning heavily on preserved snow to open this early in the season -- the white ribbon prevails.At the end of last winter, the resort gathered snow and buried it under massive tarps. Then, this fall, Levi uncovered the sn
  
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• El Niño Could Deliver "Huge Snowstorms" To The East This Winter

  09-10-2023 18:53 via powder.com
  
  With winter rapidly approaching, forecasters are taking a stab at what the continuing El Niño will mean for snow conditions throughout North America.In a forecast uploaded late last week, forecasting group Direct Weather calls for "huge snowstorms" this winter along the eastern seaboard.Here's the deep dive.Now, I'm no weatherman, but I've spent much of this fall looking at El Niño forecasts (skiers and long-range forecasts, name a better duo), and Direct Weather's predictions appr
  
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• Powder Review: Montane Fireball Lite Jacket

  09-10-2023 18:06 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 nutshellMontane's Fireball Lite jacket is a great insulator for those times where you just need a little extra warmth, that can still move and breathe with you.Size Tested: XLMaterials: Featherlite™ Air nylon stretch outer and lining, Recycled 40g/m2 Dynamic Eco Insulation in the core body and hood, Thermo Grid brushed back stret
  
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• Know Before You Go!

  09-10-2023 17:57 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.It's a simple refrain repeated at trailheads around the nation: know before you go! What does it mean? The Know Before You Go (KBYG) platform was founded in 2004 after a series of deadly avalanches in Utah. The avalanche center realized there was a gap in the public’s understanding of avalanche safety. So, they made a basic system of
  
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• Mount Washington, NH Sees First Measurable Snow Of The Season

  09-10-2023 14:04 via powder.com
  
  New England skiers rejoice! Mount Washington, New Hampshire received its first measurable snow of the season on Sunday, October 8th, 2023.It wasn't much, but October snowfall on the peak of Mount Washington is an early sign that winter is just around the corner for the northeast. Take a look at the Instagram post shared by the Mount Washington Observatory below:View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mount Washington Observatory (@mwobs)
  From the caption:"The summit saw its first measurable
  
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• West Virginia Resort Welcomes First Snowfall Of The Season

  09-10-2023 13:31 via powder.com
  
  It's not unusual for ski resorts in the North American west to see their first snowfall before the middle of October, but what about West Virginia...?Snowshoe Mountain is West Virginia's largest ski resort by nearly all metrics, and with a peak elevation of nearly 5,000 feet above sea level, the popular resort is known for getting snow while the rest of the surrounding area receives rain.Instagram account Ski Southeast posted a video of Snowshoe's first snowfall of the season on Sunday, October
  
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