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• Solitude, UT Ski Patrollers Take Giant Step Towards Unionizing

  14-02-2024 22:11 via powder.com
  
  POWDER has learned via press release that Solitude Mountain Resort's ski patrollers have submitted a petition for union representation today, February 14, 2024.According to the release, 94% of eligible patrollers have signed unionization cards. They are organizing as The Solitude Ski Patrollers Association and intend to join the United Professional Ski Patrols of America (UPSPA, CWA 7781).Solitude's Apex Express (12/26/19)Shutterstock/Mystic Stock PhotographyThe announcement comes j
  
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• Skiers Share Rare Encounter With Elusive Mammal

  14-02-2024 21:31 via powder.com
  
  A man posted some unique footage to Instagram earlier this week of a rare encounter with a seldom-seen animal."Watch closely….This little creature, known as a stoat or ermine, is rarely ever seen in the wild. It changes it’s fur color from winter to summer." View this post on InstagramA post shared by Kerwyn Jones (@kerwynjones2)
  These animals can be found in a variety of habitats such as the snow desert, rocky scree, alpine grassland, crooked wood, and woodland. If y
  
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• Colorado Ski Area Hosting 33rd Annual Valentine's Day Mountaintop Matrimony Ceremony

  14-02-2024 21:12 via powder.com
  
  Loveland Ski Area, CO, has a unique way of celebrating Valentine's Day at their resort. In an Instagram post from officials at Loveland three days ago, the resort announced that they are running "Loveland’S 33rd Annual Mountaintop Matrimony– Marry Me & Ski For Free" today.  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Loveland Ski Area (@lovelandskiarea)
  The 33rd Annual Marry Me & Ski for Free Valentine’s Day Mountaintop Matrimony ceremony and reception is
  
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• Snowboarder Records As Skier Plows Into Him From Behind

  14-02-2024 20:45 via powder.com
  
  A snowboarder was recording his first day using a new board and Insta360 when a skier careened into him from behind. In a video uploaded to R/skiing yesterday titled simply, "RIP this season," the snowboarder's footage shows the graphic collision on the slopes. View the original article to see embedded media.In the above video, the skier appears to be playing his own game of Chinese downhill (first one to the bottom wins, no rules) and then he cuts straight across to collide with the s
  
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• Alaskan Ski Resort Currently Has The Most Snow In North America

  14-02-2024 20:14 via powder.com
  
  Alyeska Resort, Girdwood, AK, just passed 500 inches of snow on the season, and they claim they are the resort with the most snowfall in North America. Four years ago, Cody Townsend and his wife Elyse Saugstad went skiing with the Alyeska Freeride Team, and this footage gives you an idea of some of the terrain on tap at this resort. The resort had a party on February 13th to celebrate this monumental occasion. Today officials at Alyeska wrote, "after our 500” party yesterday, thi
  
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• Aspen Wins Valentine's Day With Clever Dating Profile Posts

  14-02-2024 19:38 via powder.com
  
  It's February 14th, and we all know what that means: ski mountains on Tinder? Aspen Snowmass, CO, took Valentine's Day matters into their own hands by posting a series of comical mountain personifications to Instagram, imagining each peak's profile and what kind of match they would be looking for. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Aspen Snowmass (@aspensnowmass)
  The funniest part is they didn't change their age for the Valentine's Day dating slideshow, and even while Tinder i
  
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• Review: Moment Countach 110

  14-02-2024 17:00 via powder.com
  
  Powder aims to feature only the best products and services.If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.In a nutshellMoment's Countach 110 brings a compelling combination of stability and maneuverability to their line, and we think a wide range of skiers will get along well with it.Length Skied: 182 cmWeight: 2099 gStated Dimensions: 140-110-130 mmStated Sidecut: 19.5 mRecommended Mount Point: -8 cm The Moment Countach 110 is available now.IntroWhen Moment rejiggered their
  
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• Utah Ski Resort Opening One Hour Early Over Holiday Weekend

  14-02-2024 15:15 via powder.com
  
  Deer Valley Resort in Utah is making a lot of skiers happy this weekend. Officials of the resort announced that "on February 17-19, 2024, we will be extending chairlift operations to give you more time on the mountain!" "All chairlifts scheduled for the day will open an hour earlier, at 8 a.m." The conditions are shaping up for a great weekend of skiing at Deer Valley, with a mid-mountain base of 74 inches, snow in the forecast for Thursday, and a season total of 225 inches so far (not
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin Says Palisades Tahoe's Course Is One Of The "Toughest" Stages In The World

  14-02-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Officials at Palisades Tahoe, CA, are gearing up for a big few days of racing at the end of this month. But before that, they remind us just how hard their course is. "The Red Dog course is one of the toughest stages in FIS Alpine racing. Don’t take our word for it - just ask Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin, who won on this very course in 2017!"View this post on InstagramA post shared by Palisades Tahoe (@palisadestahoe)
  Shiffrin, with her 95 World Cup wins, explains that
  
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• Taos Opens Kachina Peak, Now 100% Open

  14-02-2024 13:02 via powder.com
  
  Taos Ski Valley took to social media on February 13, 2024 with an announcement that powder hounds and big mountain skiers have been waiting for: Kachina Peak is OPEN.By opening the lift, and the subsequent terrain, Taos joins Crested Butte in recently announcing that  100% of their terrain is open. See the social media post below:Kachina Peak looms over Taos' adjacent terrain like the fictional K-12 in John Cusack's Better Off Dead. It beckons adventurous skiers looking to test themsel
  
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• Chris Davenport Witnesses "Classic" Telluride Avalanche Control Work

  14-02-2024 02:50 via powder.com
  
  Chris Davenport recorded a Telluride Helitrax (heli-skiing) bombing mission for us all to enjoy, and he urges everyone to put their sound up for this one. The famous big-mountain skier wrote below the video, posted to IG yesterday, "So awesome to be in Telluride and catch a classic @telluridehelitrax bombing mission on Ajax PK. Heads up Colorado!" View this post on InstagramA post shared by Chris Davenport (@steepskiing)
  Ajax Peak is an iconic mountain that towers over the town of Tell
  
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