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• Is Bigger Better? Pros Weigh In on Skiing's Hottest Debate

  18-06-2024 20:51 via powder.com
  
  Gone are the days of skiers rocking 200-centimeter-plus planks, but a certain attitude remains amongst some sects of the expert recreational crowd. Bigger, they posit, is still better.How do I know? I’m one of them—or, at least, was one of them. Growing up, my friends and I leaned towards hopping on the longest and stiffest skis around. Barely 5’9”? No matter. Here’s the stiffest 188-centimeter ski we could find. Enjoy it. I’m not a large man, and, at some poi
  
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• Jay Peak, VT Takes Bold Stand Against Inflation

  18-06-2024 19:52 via powder.com
  
  Of all the buzzwords that have been injected into our lexicon since the days of COVID-19, 'inflation' has been one of the most potent.The rising cost of goods and services is putting a strain on Americans from the grocery store to the ski lifts, but Jay Peak, Vermont isn't standing idle any longer.Jay Peak, VermontPhoto: Andrew Lanoue/Jay Peak ResortGeneral Manager Steve Wright announced on June 14th, 2024 that the resort is actively working to freeze or reduce the price of a v
  
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• Montana Hit With Deep June Snowfall

  18-06-2024 18:54 via powder.com
  
  Montana residents received a Winter Storm Watch alert from the National Weather Service late last week. Snow, the NWS said, was possible at high altitudes throughout the state.There’s something undeniably silly about the NWS discussing “Winter Storms” in June. Should it have been a “Summer Storm Watch”? I suppose that makes less sense. It's supposed to rain during the summer, not snow.But this is Montana we’re talking about, and the only months you can confide
  
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