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• Loon Mountain, NH Releases Plans For New Pulse Gondola

  19-04-2024 22:02 via powder.com
  
  Loon Mountain Resort, in partnership with RiverWalk Resort and South Peak Resort, just announced their plan to build a new pulse-movement gondola lift. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Loon Mountain Resort (@loonmtnresort)
  Installation of the lift is scheduled to begin in spring 2025, and will connect RiverWalk with the base of Loon’s newly-expanded South Peak terrain—and nearby Timbertown Quad chairlift. See the South Peak terrain and the Timbertown Q
  
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• Vail Resorts Reports Decrease In Skier Visits For Winter '23/'24

  19-04-2024 20:21 via powder.com
  
  In an April 14th investor release, Vail Resorts—the conglomerate purveyors of the Epic pass—reported a 7.8% decrease in skier visits at its ski areas this season compared to the prior year. Vail Resorts alluded that unfavorable conditions during the first part of the 2023-2024 season were likely to blame for the dip in visitations.Vail, Colorado.Kruck20/Getty ImagesWhile Epic pass visits at Vail Resorts eventually bounced back when the snow finally began to fall in the latter
  
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• Quaint Wyoming Ski Resort For Sale

  19-04-2024 20:12 via powder.com
  
  Meadowlark Ski Area and Lodge is located in the Big Horn Mountains between Buffalo and Tensleep, Wyoming just off highway 16. This resort boasts over 1,100 ft vertical drop, with lakeside and majestic Big Horn Mountain views. In other words, it is good year-round as a four-seasons resort. It is also up for sale. See below. Meadowlark Resort can be a four-seasons operation. Courtesy of Meadowlark Resort.Dubbed the “Little Jackson Hole” of the Big Horns, Meadowlark Ski Area h
  
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• Arizona Snowbowl Extending Ski Season Into May

  19-04-2024 18:41 via powder.com
  
  Arizona Snowbowl has decided to offer an additional bonus weekend of skiing in early May, spinning its lifts on the 4th and 5th.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Arizona Snowbowl (@azsnowbowl)
  On social media, the resort cited "great conditions around the mountain" as the impetus for its decision.Arizona will remain open seven days a week until April 28th before closing between April 29th and May 3rd. The resort will then reopen on May 4th and 5th for its seasonal send-off. Tickets for
  
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• Fire Reported At Historic Timberline Lodge, Oregon

  19-04-2024 17:54 via powder.com
  
  Thursday night, at approximately 9:30 p.m., a fire was reported at Timberline Lodge, Oregon, according to a social media post from the hotel and ski resort.The fire burned in Timberline Lodge's headhouse attic and exterior roof area.The hotel evacuated all guests, and no injuries were reported.First responders arrived soon after the fire began and extinguished it by approximately 11:00 p.m., continuing to spray water on the burned area amid high winds to prevent re-ignition.The hotel is closed u
  
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• Tree Skiing Is The Ultimate Art Form

  19-04-2024 17:21 via powder.com
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article is in response to Ian Greenwood's op-ed that opposes tree skiing. As an east coaster, I couldn't let his slander stand unanswered. Enjoy."Look! Over there.", I exclaimed as I pointed to the looker's left of the chairlift ascending Sugarloaf Mountain, Maine. "There are some trees!"My family, riding on the quad chairlift with me, simultaneously began to laugh. "Yes Matthew, those ARE trees!", my Dad jeered with a smirk.My definition of "fun". Smugglers' No
  
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• Another Peak: Reflections On A Ski Season Well Spent

  19-04-2024 16:53 via powder.com
  
  "The snow will come." I tried to remember the words of my roommates (and pretty much everyone who had been here last season in Tahoe) as I trudged up the ridge of Siberia Bowl at Palisades Tahoe, CA. It was my first winter in Tahoe, and the furthest I'd ever lived from the ocean. All hail The Palisades. Photo: Ella Boyd/Powder MagazineElla Boyd/Powder MagazineI lived plenty close to the lake (I stared it at from my room, in fact) but I hadn't once used the surfboard I'd br
  
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• Cody Townsend Shares Pond Skim Dreams

  19-04-2024 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Cody Townsend posted a video to Instagram recently of him pond skimming, writing, "I’ve only entered the best, the original and the most classic pond crossing of all time, the Cushing Classic at Palisades Tahoe, CA, three times."But, as Townsend "brags", he has also won the pond skim 3 out of 3 times. Watch below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Cody Townsend (@codytownsend)
  You can see why. Cody Townsend not only makes it across the pond, he actually butters across it
  
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• Level 1 Drops Preview Of SuperUnknown 21 Course

  19-04-2024 14:30 via powder.com
  
  The 21st iteration of Level 1's SuperUnknown is officially underway, with a crowd of talented ams and established professionals descending on Mammoth Mountain, California.Yesterday, Level 1 gave a cheeky preview of the event's course.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Level 1 (@level1)
  SuperUnknown is one of those events in freeskiing. It's been running since 2004, billed as an opportunity for lesser-known yet talented skiers to grab a slice of the limelight.Essentially, up-and-coming s
  
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• YouTuber Takes On Massive Ski Jumps At The Swatch Nines

  19-04-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  In the past couple of years, ski YouTuber SteepSteep has utterly and completely blown up, going from a niche creator to a household name amongst skiing's younger members. His rise in popularity had led to more than a few incredible opportunities—the latest of which was attending and hitting the jumps at the Swatch Nines.I won't come out and say that SteepSteep is an "average" skier. Compared to the general population, he's an absolute ripper with plenty of tricks in his bag. Still, he func
  
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• Brundage Selling $20 Lift Tickets For Bonus Weekend

  19-04-2024 01:02 via powder.com
  
  Brundage Mountain in McCall, ID, is celebrating the end of the 2023/24 ski season with a bonus weekend and $20 lift tickets to top it off. The resort announced their final weekend, writing, "join us in sending off the 23/24 winter season with a toast, and one final run down the mountain. Last Tracks will take place at 4pm on Sunday, April 21st, atop Bluebird Express.This Saturday and Sunday, are the final 2 days to visit the slopes at Brundage!" See below. View this post on InstagramA
  
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• Pro Skier Attends The Event That's "Redefining Ski Culture"

  19-04-2024 00:07 via powder.com
  Jib League, a recent addition to the freeskiing event circuit, bills itself as an alternative to the major competitive disciplines, like slopestyle and halfpipe.Professional skier Alex Hackel recently attended the Innsbruck, Austria Jib League stop to provide an inside look at the developing competition series and learn exactly how it does things differently.Founded by skiers Ferdinand Dahl, James Woods, and Øystein Bråten, Jib League functions in two parts.First, there's an open ja
  
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