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• Professional Skier Makes First Turns Of The Winter Season At Alta Ski Area

  20-10-2023 23:31 via powder.com
  
  Last Friday, October 13th, after an early season storm, professional skier and mountaineer Caroline Gleich ticked off an important annual milestone at Alta Ski Area, Utah: first turns of the season.Here's the photo recap.This might go without saying, but Gleich's trip up Alta didn't involve riding the lifts -- Alta won't open until November 17th. Instead, she did what any go-getter skier would do given the circumstances: earned those turns.Gleich wasn't alone in enjoying the early-season bounty.
  
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• Japanese Ski Resort Opens For Winter; The "Fastest Opening In Japan For 25 Years"

  20-10-2023 23:01 via powder.com
  
  Another resort joins the roster of Northern Hemisphere ski areas now open for the 2023-2024 winter.Today, October 20th, Yeti Snow Resort, Japan, opened its runs to excited skiers.View this post on InstagramA post shared by スノーパーク イエティ【公式】 (@yeti_snowresort)
  Typically, I would include the caption of Yeti's opening day post here, but it's Japanese, and I don't speak Japanese. Plus, Google Tran
  
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• Cody Townsend Reminisces On The "Deepest Day" Of Last Year's Legendary Winter

  20-10-2023 21:00 via powder.com
  
  I know, I know, you've probably already heard it by now: last winter, across the American West, produced some of the best skiing conditions seen in decades, with multiple resorts smashing historical snowfall records.That said, it's fall -- the perfect time to get the pre-season stoke going -- so why not revisit the winter that few of us will forget via a clip from professional skier Cody Townsend?In this one, Townsend makes salivation-inducing turns during the "deepest day" of last year's legend
  
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• No Snow? No Problem- Skiers Make Entire Edit Without Snow

  20-10-2023 20:29 via powder.com
  
  It's a topic I've addressed before: skiers sometimes become so lost in their passion for the sport that they behave in ways that might leave snowsports outsiders concerned.This assessment has never been more true post-release of European ski crew BuldozLife's latest video, which involves eight straight minutes of skiing without snow.And no, the crew didn't just visit an artificial ski slope and call it there. Instead, they took their skis pretty much everywhere they are not supposed to go, from
  
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• Commenters Show Approval For Breck's New Terrain Park Plan

  20-10-2023 18:54 via powder.com
  
  Yesterday, October 20th, Breckenridge Ski Resort, Colorado, shared its new terrain park plan for this upcoming winter, an announcement that quickly proved popular amongst local freestyle skiers.Breck delivered the news in an Instagram video featuring terrain parks manager Brendan Treffinger and day crew attendant Scooter Bowen.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Breckenridge Ski Resort (@breckenridgemtn)
  Here are all the details, per Breck's Instagram caption:"Our large features are movi
  
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• Utah Town Aims To Reclaim 'World's Longest Shot Ski' Record

  20-10-2023 17:44 via powder.com
  
  Utah, a state known for its strict liquor laws and an adverse disposition to consuming it, is home to a mountain town that doesn't particularly care what the folks in Salt Lake City think about their enjoyment of liquid libations.Park City, UT, the aforementioned town, is embroiled in a heated rivalry with Breckenridge, Colorado for the title of 'world's longest shot ski', and is aiming to reclaim the record October 21, 2023. The video below shows participants at last year's event thro
  
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• Breaking Down the New Lange Shadow Boot

  20-10-2023 17:33 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 winter Lange announced their new Shadow series of boots as the next progression for high-performance inbounds ski boots. The Shadow uses two new technologies, dubbed “Suspension Blade” and “Dual Pivot” to deliver a different-feeling ski boot experience. I dove, in depth, into how the Shadow skis in our full revi
  
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• Powder Review: Lange Shadow 130 MV Boot

  20-10-2023 17:31 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 NutshellLange’s new Shadow line of boots offers a noticeably different and exciting take on inbounds performance.Size Skied: 27.5Weight: Shell: 1575 gLiner: 424 gTotal: 1999 gStated Flex: 130Binding Compatibility: GripWalkForward Lean: 12-16°Stated last width (26.5): 100 mmThe Lange Shadow 130 MV is available now.IntroFor a b
  
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• How to Transition Efficiently

  20-10-2023 17:00 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.It's Intro to Backcountry Month - Presented by BCA, and the transition from skiing, to walking uphill, and back again consistently frustrates new backcountry skiers. So let's dive in! You don’t have to be a skimo racer to see the value of speeding up your transitions, and you don’t need to have ten years of experience to make it
  
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• Colorado Skiers Report First Known Avalanche Of The Season

  20-10-2023 15:07 via powder.com
  
  Two skiers reported the first known avalanche of the season to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) on October 15th, 2023.The avalanche occurred in a backcountry area southeast of Aspen on 'Mountain Boy Peak' near Independence Pass. Thankfully, nobody was injured in the incident. Keep reading for more information from the CAIC.The first reported avalanche of the season was submitted via observation! This avalanche was remotely triggered just below the ridge of Mountain Boy
  
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• Higher Parking Violation Fines Coming Next Month In Big And Little Cottonwood Canyons

  20-10-2023 14:33 via powder.com
  
  Salt Lake County, Utah, announced on October 17th, that starting next month, parking violation fines will increase in the Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons, which are home to several popular ski areas like Alta, Snowbird, Brighton, and Solitude.Previously, tickets were $25. Come next month, they will range from $75 to $150. Common violations include parking in no-parking zones, avalanche zones, and across white lines on the pavement.Here are the details of the coming change.View this post on Ins
  
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• Pro Skier Stan Rey Charges Through Slough To Get His "Juices Flowing"

  20-10-2023 14:14 via powder.com
  
  Professional skier Stan Rey is back with another blistering big mountain run.Yesterday, October 19th, the professional skier shared a high-speed line from last winter where he attempted to outrun his slough. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Stan Rey (@stanrey7)
  From the caption:"This line called to me from across the valley but I knew it was gonna be next to impossible to beat my slough to the bottom so I decided to take a chance and just hang on and send right through it! It turned o
  
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