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• Alaska Airlines Adds Non-Stop Flights To Vail

  11-07-2024 23:05 via powder.com
  
  Alaska Airlines recently announced that they are offering 18 new, non-stop flights to ski destinations across North America to make traveling to ski resorts easier than ever before. Watch their announcement video below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Alaska Airlines (@alaskaair)
  As the airline noted, most of these destinations are aimed at adventure travel for people looking to surf or ski in exotic locales. Specifically, for skiers, the airline service announced its
  
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• La Niña Has 79% Chance of Emerging This Winter

  11-07-2024 18:54 via powder.com
  
  Would-be ski prognosticators, start your engines. According to a recent update from NOAA, the chance of a La Niña developing between August and October is 70%, and the odds that La Niña persists from November through January are 79%.NOAA has published this diagram to demonstrate how a typical La Niña pattern affects North America.Courtesy NOAAScientists declare that a La Niña is in effect when surface water in the eastern and central tropical Pacific becomes
  
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• Choosing A Backcountry Freeride Boot

  11-07-2024 18:38 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.Are you an upper or a downer? In the immense world of touring gear there’s no more important question. Depending on how you answer that question, and with how much nuance, you could end up anywhere on an increasingly huge spectrum—from spandex-clad, ounce-counting skimo lunatic, to a cliff-dropping, no-fall-zone teasing dirtbag willing to haul anything to the
  
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• Amie Engerbretson on Hosting X Games Ventura

  11-07-2024 12:37 via powder.com
  
  "You really just have to hustle", says professional freeskier Amie Engerbretson on how of being an action sports athlete has changed in the last fifteen years.Engerbretson has flexed her creative muscles as a producer, filmmaker, and on-screen talent since turning pro, but her debut as the host of the in-house show at X Games Ventura last month in front of 20,000+ fans was a leap into something completely new.Amie poses on the top of the X Games Ventura vert ramp.Courtesy Amie EngerbretsonT
  
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