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• The Challenges of 'Secret Spots': Skiing vs. Surfing

  29-05-2024 23:22 via powder.com
  
  As a ski and surf writer, it is impossible not to note the similarities between the two disciplines. From travel to competition to athletes to gear design to history to style, ski media and surf media share much of the same DNA. A hollow day sworn to secrecy. Photo: Ella BoydMore specifically, Surfer and POWDER bleed the same ink. Their pages, old and new, share themes of mysticism surrounding good conditions, a shallow but unshakable obsession with beautiful women wearing spandex suits (sk
  
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• Recapping Snowbird's Winter '23/'24 Season With Taylor Pratt

  29-05-2024 23:03 via powder.com
  
  Utah's last ski resort holdout, Snowbird, has finally thrown in the towel on the 2023-2024 ski season. The final days of lift-served skiing at the resort featured warm temperatures—reportedly warm enough to ditch the shirt—and plentiful corn snow. There's nothing like skiing in a T-shirt in Mid-May.Courtesy SnowbirdSnowbird's past season was less of a freak show than the winter of 2022-2023, which saw a comically large amount of snow—over 800 inches of it, to be precise. One Sa
  
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• Conquering Palisades Tahoe's 'Three Ps' on Snowblades for Closing Day

  29-05-2024 20:44 via powder.com
  
  Palisades Tahoe, California hosted its final day of the Winter '23/'24 season on Memorial Day, May 27th, 2024. The season was 183 days long and produced slightly above-average snowfall to the tune of 423 inches. For some, it was a pleasant chaser to the borderline-apocalyptic record setting season of '22/'23.Our snowblades pose for a picture atop Palisades Tahoe's 'Mainline Pocket'.Photo: Matt LorelliThere's still lots of snow up high on Palisades Tahoe's Siberia, Shirley, an
  
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• Why Vail Mountain Closes Its 'Legendary Back Bowls' During the Summer

  29-05-2024 16:16 via powder.com
  
  Across North America, a handful of in-bounds terrain elements, zones, or runs have become famous amongst skiers.Vail Mountain, Colorado’s contribution to the who’s-who of ski area lore is their highly-marketed 'Legendary Back Bowls'. This area encompasses a whopping 3,017 acres of gladed skiing, offering a counterpoint to Vail’s groomer-centric reputation. Vail's Back Bowls sport seemingly endless fields of grass and foliage in the summer.Robert Sharpe/Vail ResortsWhile
  
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