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• Ski Patroller And Avalanche Dog Have The Ultimate Bromance

  26-10-2023 23:13 via powder.com
  
  Meet Tony, a recent addition to Snowbird, Utah's avalanche dog crew.Tony, a black lab, was selected by Snowbird patroller Paul Spranklin to join the team this year. Cute isn't the half of it. Here's Tony's story.Tony isn't just cute—he's wicked smart, too. There's a lot that goes into successfully picking and training an Avalanche Rescue Dog.
  Learn about the process and follow along as our Avalanche Rescue Dog In-Training, Tony, and his handler Paul, embark on their journey. pic.twitter.co
  
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• Tahoe Snowboarder Logs First Day On Snow

  26-10-2023 20:42 via powder.com
  
  Ryan Williams -- Lead Editor of the Adventure Network brands, including POWDER -- is getting after it: yesterday, October 25th, he caught his first bit of air time for the season, tweaking out a grab on a jump built in the Lake Tahoe, California area. Williams is an X Games medalist, so he knows a thing or two about going airborne.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Ryan Williams (@ryanw.shred.on)
  This recent winter blast has been widespread across the Mountain West. Missoula, Montana, w
  
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• Idaho Resort Revels In Season's First Storm- "The Snow Is Here!"

  26-10-2023 20:33 via powder.com
  
  Like several other ski resorts throughout North America, Silver Mountain, Idaho, was hit with its first major snowfall of the year this week.To share the stoke, they posted a video on Instagram yesterday, October 26th, documenting the snowy goodness.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Silver Mountain Resort (@silvermountain)
  That's what I'm talking about! Some things get old as you age, but those first storms of the season never do -- seeing all this pre-season hype has me feeling like a
  
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• Wyoming Resort Wakes Up To 15+ Inches Of Snow

  26-10-2023 20:12 via powder.com
  
  Grand Targhee Resort, Wyoming, just got slammed with snow.In a post shared to X today, October 26th, Utah Daily Snow provided an impressive look at Targhee's "Stick of Truth" -- the resort's snow stake -- which was buried during the recent storm. Happy October! Our friends to the north (@grandtarghee) really got clobbered in this storm! #wywx pic.twitter.com/xosrpVXlWl— Utah Daily Snow (@WasatchSnow) October 26, 2023Nothing to see here, folks. Just a little early season "dusting."Joking! W
  
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• Forecasts Predict "Slight Chance" For First Major Snowstorm To Hit The East Coast

  26-10-2023 19:33 via powder.com
  
  Skiers east of the Mississippi River have been impatiently waiting for the first signs of winter. Light dustings have fallen in New York and Vermont, but winter has yet to set in. According to YouTube channel Direct Weather, there's a "slight chance" of a major snow storm developing in the latter half of next week.Check out Direct Weather's video from October 25th, 2023 explaining that while the storm is unlikely, it's not completely out of the realm of possibility to see deep snow on Novem
  
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• Michigan Ski Resort Stirs Controversy With "$10,000 Pass Sales Contest"

  26-10-2023 18:57 via powder.com
  
  This past weekend, October 21st, Mount Bohemia, a legendary Michigan-based ski resort, stirred the pot when they announced that they would give $10,000 to whoever gets the most people to sign up for a Mount Bohemia lifetime pass. Additionally, per the contest's rules, if you get six of your pals to buy a Mount Bohemia lifetime pass, you get one yourself for free.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mount Bohemia (@mountbohemia)
  Before you make up your mind about this contest, a little con
  
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• Three Acronyms for Backcountry Skiers

  26-10-2023 17:39 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.Oh lord - please no more acronyms. These silly phonetic tools are pervasive in our lives. From internet jargon to the corporate world, our society LOVES acronyms. So, they are overused, over relied on, and generally annoying in our everyday lexicons. When I started my own avalanche education years ago I rolled my eyes when I realized that s
  
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• Skier's Chairlift Cable Grind Never Gets Old

  26-10-2023 14:30 via powder.com
  
  The idea of grinding a chairlift cable on skis is wild, something only a 13-year-old would think is possible after slamming one too many energy drinks.But hey, some skiers, like speed-riding aficionado Valentin Delluc, aren't particularly concerned with the bounds of everyday reality.Instead of stressing over whether a given stunt can be done, Delluc says to himself, "Oh yeah, I got that. Easy."Hence this viral video, wherein Delluc realizes the impossible -- it turns out you can grind a chair l
  
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• Mt. Hood's Timberline Lodge Transformed By Season's First Major Storm

  26-10-2023 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Earlier this week, the Pacific Northwest's first major snowstorm of the season arrived, depositing several inches of snow at multiple ski resorts throughout the Cascades and elsewhere.Of these resorts, Timberline Lodge, Oregon, fared swimmingly, reporting yesterday, October 24th, that they had received "A foot of snow."View this post on InstagramA post shared by Timberline Lodge (@timberlinelodge)
  That's the good stuff right there. This wasn't the first dainty dusting of fall -- no, Timberline L
  
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• For a Ski Season Without Injury, Here Are Workouts and Training Tips

  26-10-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Hitting the slopes is an inherently risky endeavor. To protect your knees, shoulders and wrists this winter, here’s a 20-minute strength workout to start now.
  
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