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• Palisades Tahoe, CA Is Prime For A Long And Prosperous Spring Ski Season

  10-04-2024 22:59 via powder.com
  
  The beginning of the season was bleak for Palisades Tahoe. For a time, nearly every forecasted storm fizzled out to rain and mild temperatures.As a new resident of the area, I was perplexed. Skiers all around me were complaining about how poor the start of the season was, and yet one phrase seemed to bookend the majority of conversations- "The snow will come."The Palisades as seen from Siberia Express (4/9/24)Photo: Matt Lorelli/Powder MagazineThis wishful-thinking sentence mig
  
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• Vloggers Reveal What It's Like To Ski A Red Bull Course

  10-04-2024 22:46 via powder.com
  
  The Sickos—an increasingly popular crew of action sports vloggers in the lineage of Jack*ss and Nitro Circus—have dropped another video.This time, they headed to Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah, for Red Bull Cascade, an annual genre-bending competition dreamt up by freeskiing legend Bobby Brown.This year's Cascade course was a fantasy come to life, combining backcountry-style features and creative superpark mega booters, making it stand apart from your traditional FIS slopestyle event
  
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• Closing Dates Announced For Vermont Ski Resorts

  10-04-2024 20:54 via powder.com
  
  Vermont has had a successful season. Copious amounts of snow, being in the path of totality for the recent solar eclipse, and although they had one of their warmest seasons ever, their snowfall didn't seem to suffer too badly. Local news channel WCAX reported that while skiers had varying reactions to the winter behind them, things are ending on a powdery note. Watch below. Because you want to know where to ski now, and where to ski last, we have compiled the closing dates for Vermont
  
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• Wyoming Ski Area Closes For Season Due To Chairlift Problem

  10-04-2024 19:33 via powder.com
  
  Hogadon Basin, WY, located on Casper Mountain, 11 miles south of Casper, had a 96-day-long season despite low tide conditions. But now, they were forced to close for the season for another reason entirely.In a press release on their Instagram from the city of Casper, Wyoming, the letter addresses the "problem with Prospector chairlift." See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Hogadon Basin Ski Area (@hogadonbasin)
  The superintendent of Hogadon Basin Ski Area said, "regretfull
  
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• J Skis Searching For Ski Testers At Alta Ski Area, UT

  10-04-2024 19:31 via powder.com
  
  Do you rip on skis? Have you ever wanted to get paid to ski? Are you the proud owner of an Alta Ski Area, Utah, pass?If you answered yes to all of these questions, have we got the opportunity for you: J Skis is looking for ski testers at Alta this coming Sunday and Monday.View this post on InstagramA post shared by J skis (@j_skis)
  Here are the application guidelines, courtesy of J Skis:"1) You must have a valid Alta pass2) Tell us which ski model and size you currently ride3) Confirm you are av
  
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• Arizona Ski Resort Selling Lift Tickets For As Low As $19

  10-04-2024 19:04 via powder.com
  
  Arizona skiers, the time to nab cheap lift tickets at Arizona Snowbowl—ahead of the season's end—is now.Yesterday, the resort announced that it had tickets on sale for as low as $19.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Arizona Snowbowl (@azsnowbowl)
  Like many major ski resorts, Arizona Snowbowl relies on a surge pricing model—the higher the demand, the more tickets cost. As you might expect, skier demand tends to dwindle towards the end of the season, creating an opening
  
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• Skier Stan Rey Survives Crucial Miscalculation

  10-04-2024 18:35 via powder.com
  
  Professional skier Stan Rey made a lot of people happy when he compared skiing to golf in a recent Instagram caption. "It is said that golf is a game of inches but I’m gonna go ahead and say skiing is too." See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Stan Rey (@stanrey7)
  However, the reason why he made this comparison did not make people feel better about their hobbies. Sure, both skiing and golf can be dangerous (you can get hit in the head with a golf ball, right? Plus, t
  
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• Josh Daiek Wins $10k For GoPro's 'Line Of The Winter' Competition

  10-04-2024 18:35 via powder.com
  
  Josh Daiek has claimed March's GoPro Line of the Winter title, netting himself $10,000 and unlimited bragging rights.Daiek laced a high-speed run in the Sierra Nevada backcountry to earn the award.View this post on InstagramA post shared by GoPro (@gopro)
  Over the years, Daiek has established himself as one of the backcountry skiers to watch. His social media clips—always featuring fast and consequential skiing—regularly blow up, proving that backcountry equipment, like touring boots
  
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• Breckenridge Announces Closing Day For Peaks 9 & 10

  10-04-2024 18:08 via powder.com
  
  Breckenridge's Peaks 9 and 10 (the resort segments its terrain into zones called "Peaks") will close this weekend, April 14th, per a recent social media announcement.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Breckenridge Ski Resort (@breckenridgemtn)
  Beyond April 14th, Breckenridge's Peaks 6, 7, and 8 will be open for spring skiing and riding. These areas, serviced by multiple lifts, provide access to a bevy of terrain options.As the month progresses, Breckenridge plans to shut down its remain
  
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• RED Mountain Resort Has Now Closed For The Season

  10-04-2024 15:10 via powder.com
  
  RED Mountain Resort in Rossland, BC, is now closed for the season as of Sunday, April 7th. Officials of RED expressed their gratitude for the season yesterday, writing, "so many fun moments, sneaky deep pow days, amazing events, new friends, and good times." See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by RED Mountain Resort (@redresort)
  Marginal conditions were present on the south-facing off-piste runs, but skiers still had a good time enjoying the last turns of spring. O
  
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• Avalanche Patrol Dog Sets Bar For Dedicated Resort Skiers Everywhere

  10-04-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Alpine Patrol Dogs posted a new video to Instagram, and it has everyone feeling some type of way. The account (probably someone with thumbs, so not the dog in question) captioned the video, "Milton knows the early bird gets the worm." Watch below (it may redirect you to Instagram due to the music)!View this post on InstagramA post shared by AARF (@alpinepatroldogs)
  Milton even looks like he needs his morning coffee, or a puppuchino, as he rides the lift. Alpine Avalanche Rescue Foundat
  
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• Freestyle Skier Tricks Frozen Lake

  10-04-2024 14:30 via powder.com
  
  Ice fishing, there's a new frozen-lake-based sport in town.Freestyler @sleepy.grill proved in a recent clip that, with a bit of creativity, all you need to throw down is a frozen body of water.View this post on InstagramA post shared by 😴 (@sleepy.grill)
  In the past decade or so, skiing has expanded far beyond the slopes where it originated, thanks to a cohort of forward-thinking riders like @sleepy.grill.At this point, anything that slides, from escalators to grassy fields, is fair game
  
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• Kimberley Alpine Resort Shows Off Impressive "Dummy Downhill" Creations

  10-04-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Dummy downhills—wherein challengers strap skis to artistic creations and send them, well, downhill—are time-honored late-season traditions at countless ski resorts.Kimberley Alpine Resort, British Columbia, just wrapped up its iteration of the dummy downhill, taking to Facebook to show off what local skiers turned up.Check out the impressive dummies below.Personally, my favorite creation is the one with the sign that says "El Niño Blows." As a Montana resident—and recipi
  
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• Utah Favored For Deepest Snow From End Of Week Storm

  10-04-2024 01:05 via powder.com
  
  Meteorologist Chris Tomer has declared right now to be a "waiting game" for the West Coast until April 18th.The Wasatch in particular could see 14-18 inches of snow from this weather pattern. Watch below.From 4/14 to 4/18, Tomer predicts that some areas will see as much as 18 inches. Park City and Alta, for example, are predicted to see 18 inches, while other areas will see much less: Jackson Hole will see 2 inches and Grand Targhee will see 6 inches. The Wasatch will see the snowfall from
  
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