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• Heavy Snowfall Delays Ski Portillo's Opening... Again

  24-06-2024 23:47 via powder.com
  
  Ski Portillo has recorded 198 inches (503cm) of snow in 2024. That's 99% of their reported 200 inches of annual snowfall, before lifts have even opened for the season.The resort was poised to kick off its 75th Anniversary season with a bang on Saturday June 22nd, but the seemingly endless snowfall has forced them to delay the opening of its ski slopes and iconic hotel for the second time.Ski Portillo employees dig out the hotel's iconic pools and hot tubs on June 17th, 2024.Courtesy Ski Portillo
  
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• Shop Talk: Frankenbindings and Such

  24-06-2024 19:09 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.Some background: I’ve long been a proponent of saving weight in your boots and bindings, before getting lighter skis. I’d rather tour on ultralight bindings with my inbounds skis than ski burly bindings on a super light ski. So, yes, feel free to buy lighter skis and boots, but this binding conversation is going to assume that you have an appropriate ski (130
  
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• How Will X Games League and Snow League Change Freeskiing?

  24-06-2024 16:18 via powder.com
  
  It's been a big month for freeskiing. The nearly simultaneous reveals of the X Games League (XGL) and Shaun White's Snow League indicate that competitive freeskiing is set to receive a significant facelift over the next two winters.To recap, the XGL is billed as a winter-spanning, four stop competition series with a unique team format (X Games currently hosts two events each year—one winter, one summer). Team investor-owners, drafts, annual incomes for athletes, and other systems pulled fr
  
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