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• Eastern Canada's Largest Ski Resort Reporting First Snowfall Of The Season

  10-10-2023 20:59 via powder.com
  
  Snow lovers rejoice. Winter is slowly is creeping in across the northern half of the continent.Eastern Canada's largest ski resort, Mont Tremblant, recorded its first snowfall of the season on Monday, October 9th, 2023. The resort took to social media to share photos of the wet and heavy snow that accumulated on the summit.See below:View this post on InstagramA post shared by Tremblant (@monttremblant)
  From the caption: "The scenery changed colour last night ❄️ We received the very
  
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• The Indy Pass Adds 50+ Partner Resorts For Winter '23-'24

  10-10-2023 20:17 via powder.com
  
  Today, October 10th, the Indy Pass -- a mega pass featuring ski days at independently owned and operated resorts worldwide -- announced the inclusion of 50+ new partner resorts. The associated press release also noted that Indy Passes are once again on sale. To participate, you'll need to join the waitlist.Indy Passes provide two ski days at each of the 180+ partnering resorts. At allied resorts, Indy Pass holders received ticket discounts but no free ski days. The cost of a standard Indy Pass i
  
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• Sister Summit Opens Voting For Rookie Invitees

  10-10-2023 19:55 via powder.com
  
  The second year of Sister Summit -- a 100% female backcountry skiing and snowboarding gathering, competition, and retreat -- is coming next winter with not one by two stops.In advance of the excitement, the Sister Summit organizers are looking for one rookie skier to bring to the Revelstoke, British Columbia, event. The following event in Engelberg, Switzerland, will also see an invited rookie.To select the first-round rookie, Sister Summit is hosting a voting session on its Instagram page. Tap
  
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• Colorado Ski Resorts Brace For First Major Snow Of The Season

  10-10-2023 19:05 via powder.com
  
  Colorado, snow is headed in your direction.Meteorologist Chris Tomer predicts that the "first strong cold front" of fall is barrelling towards the Centennial State, with the snowy fruits of this storm coming to bear over the next few days.Here's Tomer's prediction for the coming days in Colorado.The arrival of early-season storms like this begs the question: will there be enough snow for resorts in Colorado to open?Honestly, it's unlikely. While Colorado's enduring opening date front runners --
  
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• Maine Resort Tests Snowmaking To Prepare For Winter

  10-10-2023 18:09 via powder.com
  
  Signs of winter's impending arrival are starting to make their presence known on the East Coast. Last weekend, on October 8th, Whiteface saw its first snowfall of the season.And this morning, October 10th, Sunday River, Maine, fired up its snowguns for the first time this season, conducting its "annual snowmaking test." Here are a few photos of the preliminary snowmaking effort.Bubble chairs above the snow guns.Maddy Hansen/Sunday RiverSnow guns and sunrise.Maddy Hansen/Sunday Ri
  
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• How to Shop for Your First Backcountry Setup: Part II

  10-10-2023 18:00 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.Last week, as part of our Intro to Backcountry Month - Presented by BCA I laid out some general guidelines for shopping for your first backcountry setup. But, each piece of gear is different, shopping for skis is a unique process than looking for new boots, or new bindings. So we're back with a little breakdown of specifics for each part of
  
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• To The Void And Back

  10-10-2023 17:41 via powder.com
  
  On January 7th, 2023, up-and-coming professional skier Cole Richardson collided with a tree while skiing in Japan. The impact eviscerated his liver and pancreas, damaged several other internal organs, shattered his elbow, and left him temporarily unable to lift his arms after suffering nerve damage to his brachial plexus.Cole was taken to a hospital in Sapporo, where he spent a month in bed, hooked up to various life support devices. During this initial month, his doctors told him that he likely
  
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• Colorado Resort Completes Towers For New Terrain-Unlocking Lift

  10-10-2023 17:34 via powder.com
  
  Yesterday, October 9th, Keystone Resort, Colorado, announced on Facebook that it had completed tower installation for its new Bergman Express lift.In the post, the resort showed off the new towers and the Bergman Express base station.Check it out below.From the caption: "It's all coming together! Yesterday we installed all 16 of our lift towers for our brand-new, high-speed, six-passenger chairlift, Bergman Express! With this lift, we'll have access to 550 new acres of lift-served terrain in Ber
  
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• Indy Pass adds 50+ Partners, Pass Sales Resume

  10-10-2023 16:59 via nyskiblog.com
  
  Grand County, CO. (October 10, 2023) – The Indy Pass announced today that 54 new partners have signed on for the ’23/24 season, including some big resorts in Europe, Japan, and Western Canada, and dozens of independent Alpine and Nordic resorts across North America. With a vast network of trails linked by more than 80 modern lifts, the Skiwelt is one of Austria’s largest and most popular interconnected circuits. Featuring dozens of on-mountain F&B huts and nine authentic vi
  
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• Skier Makes Legendary "Air Turn" Attempt

  10-10-2023 14:30 via powder.com
  
  The air turn, wherein a skier launches themselves sideways through the air before landing on the snow mid-turn, is a thing of beauty, particularly when the snow's waist deep.And no, I'm talking about your standard hop turn. An air turn done right is a full-on feat, involving considerable finesse to pull off correctly, as demonstrated by skier @kj_kato in this mouthwatering clip filmed last winter.View this post on InstagramA post shared by KJ (@kj_kato)
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• Sun Valley Shows Off New Challenger Chairlift Mid-Station

  10-10-2023 13:45 via powder.com
  
  Resort infrastructure improvements throughout North America continue to forge ahead. Yesterday, October 8th, Sun Valley, Idaho, shared a peek at the mid-station of its new Challenger chairlift.The mid-station exists to preserve access to the terrain network of the Greyhawk lift, which was removed this past summer.Views from the new Challenger mid station 🏔✨Serious progress being made at this site as we wrap up week 25 of the Warm Springs Enhancement Project! The snow capped surrou
  
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