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• Mammoth Reminds Skiers Of Increased Penalties For Breaking Closures

  06-03-2024 23:51 via powder.com
  
  Ski Patrol at Mammoth Mountain, CA, is back with another message to skiers about the breaking of their avalanche closures following large snowstorms.This message is timely, as the resort was hit with 40 inches of snow from the same storm that hammered most California resorts over the weekend. The mountain currently has a 115 inch base depth.A Ski Patroller is filmed speaking directly to the camera in a serious tone, saying, "these closures are for your safety, and the last thing we want is
  
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• Van Lifer Braves California Mega Storm In A Truckee Parking Lot

  06-03-2024 23:48 via powder.com
  
  Where were you when the snowstorm of the season hit the Sierra Nevada this past weekend? By a fireplace? In a warmer, snowless state?Some people prefer more extreme alternatives. As the storm rolled in, van lifer and YouTuber Foresty Forest was camped out in a Truckee, California, parking lot. His shelter? A trusty, kitted-out 4 x 4 van.It wasn't a storm your average van lifer would recommend waiting out in a parking lot. Over the past few days, Palisades Tahoe—a ski resort 20 minutes away
  
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• Mountain Guide Drills Holes In The Tails Of Brand New Skis To Improve Backcountry Functionality

  06-03-2024 23:00 via powder.com
  
  Mountain guide Mark Smiley recently drilled a hole straight through a new pair of Atomic Bent 100s to improve the skis' backcountry functionality.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mark Smiley (@smileysproject)
  It's a gear modification that certainly isn't for the faint of heart—you blow this, and you've blown a pair of skis.Several commenters weighed on Smiley's move, curious about why he did it (keeping skin tail clips more secure, Smiley says).Another group of skiers raised a c
  
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• East Coast Skiers Are Radder Than You

  06-03-2024 22:10 via powder.com
  
  Conor Pelton, aka Peltski on Instagram, released a video of him skiing the White Mountains in New Hampshire to Instagram today that has East Coast skiers sympathizing with the skier and West Coast skiers shocked by the conditions. Using an Insta360, Pelton records footage of himself skiing a wooded trail that requires a lot more dodging of dirt and trees than usual due to the lack of snow coverage. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Conor Pelton AKA Peltski (@peltski)
  Sadly, i
  
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• New Hampshire Is Home To One Of The Oldest Running Lifts In America

  06-03-2024 21:45 via powder.com
  
  Black Mountain, NH, the oldest ski area in the state, also has one of the oldest overhead cable lifts in the country: the J-Bar. About a year ago, Black Mountain and the surrounding community restored the historic J-Bar to its original appearance.Although the ski area did not open this season, citing weather challenges, energy costs, and staffing shortages, a couple years ago, in 2019, Teddy Hubbell, who runs the YouTube channel Teddy's Lift World, paid a visit to the J-Bar a
  
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• Nation's Largest Ski Resort Draws Fire For Insensitive Social Media Comment

  06-03-2024 21:18 via powder.com
  
  In a now-deleted social media comment, Powder Mountain, Utah, suggested a local skier concerned with increasing pass prices should go ski elsewhere, drawing community ire. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Brandon Hegoas (@bhegoas)
  "I can fly to Europe and ski for 10 days and it would be cheaper than buying 10 day tickets to a resort I'm an hour drive from. Make it make sense," Utah skier Alex Mather wrote below a recent post from Powder Mountain.Powder Mountain replied with a pla
  
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• Two Young Ladies Drop Into Jackson Hole's Corbet's Couloir For The First Time

  06-03-2024 20:52 via powder.com
  
  One year ago at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY, two young skiers give Corbet's Couloir a stab--and learned the hard way why even many adults struggle with this double-black diamond run. While both girls ultimately fall after taking the drop from the cornice edge, there's no shame in learning new terrain this way. The video states that they were both okay afterwards. Watch below. Originally skied in 1967 by Lonnie Ball, who was forced to take the plunge after dangling from the top of
  
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• Wind Buff Buffet: Conditions Report From Palisades Tahoe

  06-03-2024 20:16 via powder.com
  
  Palisades Tahoe's KT-22 reopened on March 4, 2024 following a three day storm closure. Unfortunately, the 90+ inches of fresh skied more like 6 inches due to 100+ mph winds battering the snowpack.The winds died down yesterday, March 5th, and produced one of the best conditions known to skiers: buff, and lots of it. Check out my short run down West Face Alternates below:View this post on InstagramA post shared by Matt Lorelli (@matt_lorelli)
  As an East Coaster who moved West, (I've accepted
  
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• Arapahoe Basin Updates Skiers On Season Passes For Next Season

  06-03-2024 20:16 via powder.com
  
  In a Facebook post shared earlier this week, Al Henceroth, Arapahoe Basin, Colorado's Chief Operating Officer, provided an update on future season pass offerings at the resort despite the uncertainty surrounding the Alterra Mountain Company acquisition.Henceroth made a point to note that on March 21st—when passes for next winter go on sale—an A-Basin-only season pass will be available "priced very closely to this season's pricing."As is often the case with resort conglomerate acquisi
  
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• Australia's Largest Ski Resort Begins Work On New 6-Seat Chair

  06-03-2024 20:04 via powder.com
  
  Perisher, located in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, Australia, is the Southern Hemisphere's largest alpine resort. The resort has begun working on a project that aims to have a brand new 6-seater chairlift installed on the mountain by Winter 2025. They've broken ground, and have shared an update with their followers. See below.Perisher is made up of 7 mountain peaks, including Mt. Perisher (2,054m), Mt. Back Perisher (2,014m), Mt. Piper (1,830m), Mt. Blue Cow (1,994m),&n
  
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• Small Wisconsin Ski Area Holding On To Winter Despite Early Spring

  06-03-2024 19:59 via powder.com
  
  Despite a warm Wisconsin winter, Trollhaugen Ski Area isn't ready to throw in the towel quite yet.Yesterday, the resort shared videos of snow-covered slopes, telling its clientele, "Don't let Mother Nature trick you into thinking it's over quite yet."View this post on InstagramA post shared by Trollhaugen | Dresser, WI (@trollhaugen_wi)
  It's been a tough winter for snow enthusiasts in parts of Wisconsin, with certain regions experiencing unseasonably warm temperatures and low snowfall. Earlier t
  
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• Colorado Heli Skier Caught In Huge Slab Avalanche

  06-03-2024 19:09 via powder.com
  
  A skier shared POV footage from a heli-skiing trip in the San Juan Mountains on March 1st, 2024. He inadvertently captured the experience of being caught in a slab avalanche with this footage, showing exactly what happens when you find yourself sliding down as part of the top layer. See below.Video by YouTube/EvPow PMH.Backcountry skiing is any type of skiing that exists outside of a resort, or out-of-bounds. While the rewards are high, the risks are high, too, as these areas are not patrol
  
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• New England Ski Resort Owner Gets Honest About Challenging Conditions: "I Don't Want To Ski... And Neither Should You"

  06-03-2024 19:01 via powder.com
  
  Yesterday, Jon Schaefer, the owner of Berkshire East Mountain Resort in Massachusetts, kept it honest online, announcing the temporary closure of Berkshire and writing, "I don't want to ski Wednesday - Friday... and neither should you."The resort closed today due to warm temperatures and will reopen on Saturday, March 9th.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Berkshire East Mountain Resort (@berkshire.east)
  In a world of ski resort marketing designed to make every day look like the perfect
  
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• Rare Weather Phenomenon Spotted At Idaho Ski Resort

  06-03-2024 15:15 via powder.com
  
  Footage surfaced recently of thundersnow spotted on March 1st at Bogus Basin, ID, during Winter Storm Orzelle (the same storm responsible for Northern California's recent snow totals). The Weather Channel posted footage from the event, noting the extra-rare sighting of a cloud-to-ground lightning strike. Watch below.You may have seen thundersnow predicted in your weather forecast if you live in an area cold enough for precipitation to freeze, but have you ever actually seen it in actio
  
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• Kirkwood Mountain Resort To Implement Parking Reservations Next Season

  06-03-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Kirkwood Mountain Resort, CA, is joining the growing number of resorts across the nation to require parking reservations. As one of the Epic Pass resorts, this strategy provides a way to address heavy traffic and limited space for guests as skiing grows in popularity. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Kirkwood Mountain Resort (@kirkwoodmtn)
  Kirkwood is known for its interesting terrain, with chutes, gullies, and steeps, and even an area called "Palisades Bowl." They also host ski
  
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• Colorado Ski Resort Sees Biggest Storm Cycle Of The Year

  06-03-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Aspen Snowmass, CO, is currently in the midst of their biggest storm cycle of the year. With 100% of terrain currently open, the mountain has seen 39 inches of snow in the last 7 days, with more predicted to fall as soon as Thursday. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Aspen Snowmass (@aspensnowmass)
  Snowmass is one of the four mountains that make up Aspen, the other three being Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, and Buttermilk. It is larger than Aspen's three other mountain
  
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• Girl Tapes Sandwich To Helmet At Colorado Ski Resort, Goes Viral

  06-03-2024 14:30 via powder.com
  
  It's 2024, and just about anything can go viral, like the following photo of a girl who—in a decision that some might call genius—taped a sandwich to her ski helmet.View the original article to see embedded media.The photo, captured this week at Breckenridge Resort, Colorado, and originally shared on a Reddit subforum called r/breckenridge, has rapidly gained traction online. Yesterday, it was crossposted to r/skiing—another Reddit subforum—where it generated almost 100 c
  
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• Professional Skier Proves That "If You're Not Crashing, You're Not Trying"

  06-03-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Professional skier Josh Daiek has an important message for his fans: "If you're not crashing. You're not trying."Daiek lived this message in the latest episode of his One Track Mind series, where he rebated a line that initially proved troublesome.Daiek first started dropping episodes of One Track Mind this February with the goal of providing "a behind-the-scenes perspective of skiing rowdy lines, exploring new mountain ranges, film skiing, winter camping, and much more."The first ten episodes o
  
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