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• Jackson Hole To Open for Summer Operations Despite Highway Collapse

  11-06-2024 19:57 via powder.com
  
  Over the weekend, a section of Highway 22—which connects Jackson, Wyoming, to Idaho via Teton Pass—collapsed, but Jackson Hole Mountain Resort will still open for summer operations on Saturday, June 15th.The road failure gave JHMR pause regarding its planned summer operations kick-off. Over the past three days, the resort assessed how the road closure "will impact employees, their families, and guests," according to a recent press release. JHMR eventually "determined that the inciden
  
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• Candlestick Ice: Summer's Bizarre Natural Phenomenon

  11-06-2024 19:52 via powder.com
  
  Like the majority of Americans, skiers look to summer as a time for rest and relaxation. The powder panic has subsided, temperatures are pleasant, and we remember that joy can be found in activities other than sliding on snow.Professional skier Owen Leeper is slightly less willing to give up on skiing than most, and regularly ventures into high-altitude terrain throughout the summer in search of snow, water, and sunshine.Take a quick scroll through Leeper's social media pages and you'll lea
  
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• From Skiing the Streets to the Vineyard

  11-06-2024 17:42 via powder.com
  
  Words by Ian Greenwood / Photos by Espen Thomassen and Brady PerronForster Meeks stood atop a tank of glistening grapes and pungent, fermenting wine. He was 18—fresh out of high school—and working his first fall wine harvest at Penner-Ash, an Oregon-based winery co-founded by the trailblazing Lynn Penner-Ash. The summer prior, he lived the start of a years-spanning ski bum fantasy, working nights at Timberline Lodge, Oregon, and skiing the Palmer Snowfield during sun-baked after
  
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• Old Books, Good Tips Part IV - Fitness, Fitness, Fitness

  11-06-2024 16:00 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.The telemark turn is not just a single movement. At its height it is the constant, improvisational execution of dynamism on snow; each lunge, each lead change an act of exhilarating energy. And it’s exhausting. Without some degree of aerobic fitness and whole-body strength, the telemark skier is relegated to fits and starts punctuated by doubled-over hyperventilati
  
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