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• Ski Portillo Blanketed by 45 Inches of Snow Overnight

  14-06-2024 22:18 via powder.com
  
  Winter has arrived in Chilé, where the ski season exists oppositely to our North American one. Ski Portillo, a ski resort in the Andes mountains of Chile, just announced that things are kicking off in spectacular fashion with a dumping of nearly four feet of snow in the last 36 hours.Another look at the snowfall.Photo courtesy of Ski PortilloOne more angle of the snowfall. Photo courtesy of Ski PortilloAccording to a press report from officials at Ski Portillo, the resort has re
  
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• Freeride Skiing Could Become an Olympic Sport- Is That a Good Thing?

  14-06-2024 22:07 via powder.com
  
  Well, folks, it's happening. Since the International Ski and Snowboard Federation's (FIS) acquisition of the Freeride World Tour (FWT), another concrete step has been made towards a potential Olympic freeride event. Earlier this summer, FIS congress members voted to make freeride skiing and snowboarding an officially recognized discipline.The Olympic Rings hang in Paris ahead of the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympic GamesPhoto: Julien Mattia/Xinhua via Getty ImagesThe land
  
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• Breckenridge Employees Remove 800 Pounds of Trash From Slopes

  14-06-2024 16:55 via powder.com
  
  As the snow melts on the slopes of Breckenridge, Colorado, a winter's worth of trash and treasures emerge like seashells washing up on the beach.In an effort to protect wildlife and the local ecosystem, Breckenridge employees spent time on June 11th, 2024 cleaning up items left behind on Peaks 7, 8, and 9. Check out the video below, keep reading for more on the story.Breckenridge's cleanup day isn't unordinary for a ski resort of its size and stature. Thousands upon thousands of skiers visit the
  
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• No More Lifties? Autonomous Chairlifts are Coming

  14-06-2024 16:27 via powder.com
  
  The impending threat of AI coming for our jobs is always looming. But now, for those working as lifties at ski resorts, the threat of AURO coming for their jobs has arrived.AURO, or Autonomous Ropeway Operation, was developed by international lift manufacturer Doppelmayr. Currently, the group has produced over 15,400 installations in 96 countries (including for use outside of skiing). Their latest debut in transportation systems can be viewed below. The caption beneath the video explains th
  
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• People of Powder: Ella Boyd

  14-06-2024 16:20 via powder.com
  
  The following interview is part of our 'People of POWDER' series in which we take a deeper look into the people behind The Skiers' Magazine.Read along as Ian Greenwood interviews fellow POWDER writer Ella Boyd to learn more about her childhood spent skiing and surfing in Maine, her surf photography endeavors, and her return to skiing.Where did you grow up skiing initially?"I grew up in Maine, and my home mountain was Sugarloaf. We didn't live at Sugarloaf year round, but we did have a place ther
  
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• Snow or No Snow, Australia’s Winter Resorts Are Open

  14-06-2024 07:58 via nytimes.com
  
  Business owners say it’s hard to keep pace with the country’s sporadic snow conditions and spontaneous skiers.
  
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