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• Australian Ski Resort Fires Up Snowguns As Winter Approaches

  15-05-2024 23:21 via powder.com
  
  Perisher, located in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, Australia, is the Southern Hemisphere's largest alpine resort. The resort's snowmaking crew has officially clocked on for the season and have been warming up the guns this week. Officials at the resort celebrate with a post and caption that reads, "Winter 2024 let’s go!!" View this post on InstagramA post shared by Perisher (@perisher_resort)
  Perisher currently has 47 lifts, with 4 different resort areas, so snowmaking at t
  
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• John Collinson Shares How He Navigated Multiple Season-Ending Injuries

  15-05-2024 23:08 via powder.com
  
  Professional skier John Collinson has had his share of knee injuries--three, in fact. While Collinson wrote that "injuries are tough both mentally and physically," he learned a lot going through the recovery process multiple times. For these experiences, Collinson compiled a list of the things he did to stay well mentally. View this post on InstagramA post shared by John Collinson (@johncollinson)
  Collinson advises giving the injury respect. "This one will probably look different for a
  
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• The Kitchen Dwellers Talk Their Love for Skiing After Jamming at 6,000 Feet

  15-05-2024 20:30 via powder.com
  
  The tram, which we filed into slowly, was big enough to fit twenty or so people comfortably. The Montana quartet, the Kitchen Dwellers, were at one end of the tram, with a collection of musical instruments. The band, made up of four men playing acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo, and stand-up bass, had played unique and renowned venues such as Red Rocks. Somehow, though, I bet playing in a tram crawling up the side of Palisades Tahoe was the coolest venue they had played so far.Tram jam. Phot
  
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• This Season, Winter Park Resort, Colorado, Raised $80,000 for Local Outdoors Non-Profits

  15-05-2024 19:07 via powder.com
  
  This season, Winter Park Resort, Colorado, has raised more than $80,000 for local nonprofits by donating all of its proceeds from uphill access armband sales. Three nonprofits benefitted from the program: Grand County Search and Rescue (GCSAR), Colorado Rapid Avalanche Deployment (C-RAD), and Friends Of Berthoud Pass. These organizations rely primarily on volunteer work and community donations.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Winter Park Resort (@winterparkresort)
  GCSAR is an all-volu
  
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• American Alpine Racer Sanctioned by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for Whereabouts Failures

  15-05-2024 00:41 via powder.com
  
  The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced yesterday that alpine racer and former Olympian Breezy Johnson, of Victor, Idaho, had been sanctioned for three Whereabouts Failures in a 12 month period. Via social media, Johnson clarified that this sanction—which bans her from racing until December 2024—doesn’t mean she tested positive for doping. Whereabouts Failures, in USADA nomenclature, mean an athlete has either missed a drug test or failed to adhere to the USADA’s fi
  
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