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• Mt. Bachelor Is Open Top-To-Bottom On May 1st

  01-05-2024 23:00 via powder.com
  
  Mt. Bachelor, OR, announced on the morning of May 1st, 2024 that their team was just "wrapping up de-icing and patrol work on Summit after about a foot of snow in the last week."In other words, the resort is skiing top to bottom, surely a bragging right this late in the season. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mt. Bachelor (@mtbachelor)
  Mt. Bachelor has received 2 inches of fresh snow overnight, 6 inches in the last 48 hours, and 15 inches over the last week. The resor
  
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• Recap: Sunshine Village Hosts Powder’s 2024 Ski Testing Week

  01-05-2024 20:42 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.There are fun weeks, and then there are weeks so memorable they become all you can think about for days after. For anyone who’s ever been a part of Powder’s annual ski testing program, we’d reckon those weeks fall into the latter category. Yeah, we know, we’ve missed a few, but for 2024 we brought the program back in a big way with our friends up
  
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• Fast Times At Red Bull High

  01-05-2024 20:36 via powder.com
  
  Three Days At Bobby Brown's 'Red Bull Cascade'Words and Photos by Ella BoydIt was like high school all over again, but instead of reading Stephen King in the corner and talking with my English teacher about surfing the pier before school, I was talking to the tan, messy-haired kid next to me about his trip to Costa Rica.He was part of a group known as the ‘Sickos’, a content team who grew up in Oregon and now travel the world filming for their YouTube channel. The ‘Sickos&rsquo
  
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• FIS Shares The 'Best Stunts' From Last Season's World Cup

  01-05-2024 18:51 via powder.com
  
  Alpine racing is occasionally considered overly serious and dated in the freeskiing space. The spandex, the jock stereotypes, the lack of tricks—it all culminates in a picture that, if you didn't know any better, might make you think that racing isn't where the action's happening these days.Racing fans, of course, would obviously take issue with that assessment—as would racers themselves—who know there's nothing boring about soaring down a bulletproof course at 85 miles per hou
  
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• Fore (Skier's) Right! Sights And Sounds From The World's Most Beautiful Golf Course

  01-05-2024 17:59 via powder.com
  
  The line seemed to stretch endlessly along the Alpine Bowl ridge line, but the hundreds of skiers donning their best Caddy Shack-inspired costumes didn't seem to mind. The sun was shining, the temperature was rising ever so slightly, and majestic Lake Tahoe gleamed in the near distance. What was there to complain about?As I approached the first tee of Alpine's 38th Annual 10-Hole 'Snow Golf' course I pondered: 'Is this the most beautiful golf course in the world?' This gentleman posed
  
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• The Annual Photo Gallery—The Finest Images in Skiing

  01-05-2024 17:32 via powder.com
  
  The Finest Images in SkiingA selection of ridiculously great shots from the recent annual print issue. Look for more issues coming this Fall as we continue to share the incredible work of the best photographers and writers in skiing.Daniel Loosli. Laax, Switzerland.Photo: Migi ReibenschuhConnery Lundin. Donner, CaliforniaPhoto: Jeff EngerbretsonPiers Solomon. Engelberg, Switzerland.Photo: Oskar EnanderElyse Saugstad. Chugach Mountains, AlaskaPhoto: Jeff Cr
  
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• Jay Peak Issues "Last Call" On Ski Season

  01-05-2024 16:01 via powder.com
  
  Jay Peak Resort, Vermont, has issued a "last call" on its operating season. Well, it sort of, kind of, maybe issued a "last call."On Instagram, the resort shared that this coming weekend—May 4th and 5th—might be its final round of lift-serviced skiing riding. However, if the weather cooperates, Jay Peak could also reopen on May 11th and 12th.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jay Peak Resort (@jaypeakresort)
  "Is [this coming weekend] truly the last chance for this season? Ma
  
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• Interview With The Man Who Skied 7+ Million Vertical Feet This Winter

  01-05-2024 13:00 via powder.com
  
  I wasn't sure what to expect.Spurred by a press release from Snowbasin Resort, Utah, I’d arranged to talk on the phone with Tom Hart, who's set to officially break the Guinness World Record for most vertical feet skied in a season later this year (he's already unofficially broken the record).A soft voice buzzed through my phone: “Good afternoon, this is Tom Hart.”Tom Hart, a.k.a "Racer Tom."Courtesy: Snowbasin ResortWhen we spoke on Monday, Hart surprisingly hadn&rsqu
  
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• An Interview With The Man Who Skied 7+ Million Vertical Feet This Winter

  01-05-2024 13:00 via powder.com
  
  I wasn't sure what to expect.Spurred by a press release from Snowbasin Resort, Utah, I’d arranged to talk on the phone with Tom Hart, who's set to officially break the Guinness World Record for most vertical feet skied in a season later this year (he's already unofficially broken the record).A soft voice buzzed through my phone: “Good afternoon, this is Tom Hart.”Tom Hart, a.k.a "Racer Tom."Courtesy: Snowbasin ResortWhen we spoke on Monday, Hart surprisingly hadn&rsqu
  
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