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• Washington Ski Area Extends Season Until The End Of April

  15-03-2024 21:50 via powder.com
  
  Crystal Mountain, Washington, announced today that it will extend its ski season until April 28th.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Crystal Mountain (@crystalmountain)
  The resort will operate as usual through April 14th before taking a break during the week.Then, the two bonus weekends kick in: April 19th through the 21st and April 26th through the 28th. During these bonus weekends, the Mt. Rainier Gondola, Rainier Express, and Green Valley will spin.Crystal will keep things interestin
  
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• Pro Skier Stan Rey Sends Massive "Hot Tubs" Into Bottomless Snow

  15-03-2024 21:15 via powder.com
  
  Everyone has their own way of dealing with Mondays.For professional skier and Whistler Blackcomb local Stan Rey, his approach involves massive air time.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Stan Rey (@stanrey7)
  "Had a serious case of the Mondays today," Rey wrote in the caption to his post. "On the bright side I had whirlpool hot tub’s call me and want me to be one of their lead sales man after my impeccable performance today!"Rey's referring to his butt-first landings—also kno
  
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• Canadian Resort Calling On Snowboard Community To Help Build Banked Slalom Course

  15-03-2024 19:07 via powder.com
  
  Fernie Alpine Resort in Canada is asking for help to shape their Banked Slalom course. In a post to Facebook this week, officials of the resort ask the snowboard community to help make this event possible.The build will take place from March 18th to 22nd, running daily from 10 am to 4 pm. Fernie is offering full-day and half-day shifts (10 am-1 pm or 1 pm-3 pm).If you help out, you get more than good karma. Anyone who contributes a full day (or two half days) of course digging will earn com
  
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• Skier Nets Another $10,000 With GoPro Line Of The Winter Award

  15-03-2024 19:03 via powder.com
  
  Southern Hemisphere skier Adrià Millan Pla has claimed another $10,000 during the GoPro Line of the Winter award series.His winning run for February checks all the boxes, from tricks to hair-raising straight lines.View this post on InstagramA post shared by GoPro (@gopro)
  Judged by a panel of professional skiers, including Jamie Anderson, Tom Wallisch, Sage Kotsenburg, Hedvig Wessel, and Kai Jones, the GoPro Line of the Winter competition dishes out $10,000 for lines each month between Ja
  
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• Powder Review: Kästle Paragon 107

  15-03-2024 19:00 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 nutshellKästle’s new Paragon 107 is the Austrian brand’s perfection of the inbounds freeride ski. With a fairly traditional shape, 107mm waist, and an incredibly damp and quiet ride, it’s a go-to for charging off-piste inbounds in all conditions. Length Skied: 184 cmWeight: 2050 gStated Dimensions: 140-107-129 mmStated Sidecut: 19.2 m (for 184
  
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• Adaptive Skier Lands First-Ever Double Backflip

  15-03-2024 18:53 via powder.com
  
  Trevor Kennison, a resident of Winter Park, hit a 40-foot jump in Vail's backcountry where he crashed and was forced to wait paralyzed for hours in a blizzard until first responders arrived to save him. Now, however, he stomps equally insane tricks... in a sit ski. One day ago, Kennison posted footage of him landing a double backflip, writing, "it was so cool to have my mom and sister out to there to watch this." Watch below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Trevor Kenn
  
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• Canadian Ski Resort Opens "Extreme Freeride Zone" For Season

  15-03-2024 18:44 via powder.com
  
  Saddle up, cowpokes.Sunshine Village, Alberta, opened its Wild West extreme freeride zone for the season yesterday after a round of fresh snowfall.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Banff Sunshine Village (@sunshinevillage)
  In an Instagram post sharing the news, Sunshine Village called the Wild West "our most technical ski terrain."To access the Wild West, you head skiers' right off the Goat's Eye Express Quad. Avalanche equipment—beacon, shovel, probe—is required. Suns
  
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• Colorado Resort Eclipses 300 Inches Of Snow On The Season

  15-03-2024 18:29 via powder.com
  
  Winter Park Resort, CO, just announced that with 15” of snow in the last 24 hours, the resort now has a 307” season-to-date snowfall. (That number has since increased.) A video posted to Facebook shows a timelapse of the snowstake getting covered. Watch below. Colorado's longest continually operated ski resort has a 90 inch base, with the conditions being reported as packed powder, and today there is 4 new inches in the last 24 hours.That brings the total snowfall this seas
  
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• Holiday Valley, NY Hosting Music Festival/Pond Skim Party On March 23rd

  15-03-2024 18:13 via powder.com
  
  On Saturday, March 23rd, Holiday Valley, NY, is starting the weekend off with a bang in the form of their annual Pond Skimming event and Rail Rider Jamboree Music Festival--all in one day. Officials at Holiday Valley write, "resist the speed checks, don't lean too far backwards (and definitely don't go too far forwards), and brave the chilly waters of the Holiday Valley pond! Absurd outfits are encouraged but not required." The pond skim in action. Photo courtesy of Holiday Valley.&nbs
  
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• Holiday Valley, NY Hosting Music Festival Featuring Grammy-Winning Artists On March 23rd

  15-03-2024 18:13 via powder.com
  
  On Saturday, March 23rd, Holiday Valley, NY, is starting the weekend off with a bang with the Rail Rider Jamboree Music Festival. Keep reading for the full lineup and information on how to get tickets.Sign-ups are conducted on a first-come, first-serve basis, so put your name down early if you want a shot at all the fame and glory that comes from making it across the pond. The event runs from 1-2:30pm. The Rail Rider Jamboree Music Festival is headlined by The Infamous Stringdusters, a
  
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• Big Sky Changing Access To Lone Peak Tram After "Year Of Learnings"

  15-03-2024 18:09 via powder.com
  
  This winter, Big Sky Resort, Montana, debuted a new iteration of its Lone Peak Tram, providing ski access for most guests on a pay-per-ride basis.The resort is altering this system next season, ditching the pay-per-ride system for lift ticket holders.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Big Sky Resort (@bigskyresort)
  Here's how the new system is going to work.All single and multi-day lift tickets offer unlimited tram access, as do Gold Season Passes. Similar to last season, Double Black S
  
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• "Triple Snorkel Alert" Issued At Colorado Ski Area

  15-03-2024 17:40 via powder.com
  
  Eldora Mountain, a ski area near Boulder, Colorado, is buried."Triple snorkel alert!" Powderchasers wrote in an Instagram post this morning highlighting the resort's snowy conditions. "Eldora has 48 inches in roughly 48 hours."View this post on InstagramA post shared by Powderchasers (@powderchasers)
  Eldora is working hard to get unstuck after all the new snow and doesn't anticipate opening today after yesterday's closure. The resort urges skiers to avoid visiting Eldora until they officially an
  
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• Whiteface: Get It While You Can

  15-03-2024 16:30 via nyskiblog.com
  
  I’m done talking about the weather this year. Social media proclaimed the season over. The warm up is here and the four horsemen of spring rapidly are approaching. If you’re going to complain when it’s bad then you better get it while it’s good. As it happened the season wasn’t over, doomsday was averted as a large storm was rolling in last weekend. Forecasts favored northern and higher elevation peaks, so Farah and I set our sights for Whiteface. On » Read Mo
  
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• Sugarloaf Mountain Announces Solar Eclipse Event 'Sugarloaf Skiclipse'

  15-03-2024 14:15 via powder.com
  
  On Monday, April 8th, Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine will be one of the few communities that falls perfectly in the path of totality for the solar eclipse.With multiple viewing areas, Sugarloaf is hosting the "Sugarloaf Skiclipse", a weekend full of celebration, sponsored by the Orono Brewing Company.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Sugarloaf (@sugarloafmountain)
  The schedule includes free live music with performances from Skosh Band, The Tom Faunce Floyd Experience playing Dark Sid
  
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• How Do Ski Resorts Handle High Winds?

  15-03-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Yesterday, an extreme weather alert was issued at Steamboat Resort, CO. Officials posted a video to Instagram detailing what high winds look like at the resort. Officials explained that while things may seem sunny in town, the winds are still whipping up top. Because they knew people were curious, Steamboat posted a Q&A with Jake Ingle, Director of Slope Maintenance. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Steamboat Resort (@steamboatresort)
  We won't spoil the full Q&A
  
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• Ski Patrollers Explain Why They Support Unionization

  15-03-2024 13:00 via powder.com
  
  The conversation around ski patrol unionization efforts has heated up this season, with patrol teams across North America rallying for better pay and benefits.The Eldora Mountain Resort, Colorado patrol team officially began the unionization process this past October. Now, they're sharing why they started down this road in the first place.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Eldora PSPA (@eldoraskipatrolunion)
  This video shared several quotes from the Eldora patrollers about why they supp
  
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• Aspen’s Slopes Draw Skiers and Influencers to the Colorado Town

  15-03-2024 10:02 via nytimes.com
  
  This Colorado enclave draws both die-hard snow lovers and those who don’t even dream of skiing, be they museum-goers, gourmands or influencers.
  
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