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• July 2024 Snow Conditions Report from Mt. Hood, Oregon

  16-07-2024 22:06 via powder.com
  
  Windells is in its fifth week of summer snow camps, and Matt Roebke, who is currently at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon, filled us in on what conditions are looking like this summer. For most North Americans, the idea of skiing in mid-July is almost mind-blowing, but Roebke ensured us it was not only possible, but perhaps even better than past years. Windells Camp in session at Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon.Courtesy Matt RoebkeMatt Roebke Q&AWhat are conditions looking
  
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• Introducing POWDER News, a New Era of The Skier's Magazine

  16-07-2024 19:49 via powder.com
  
  For lack of a better term, the world is a bit crazy at the moment. Presidential candidates are dodging assassination attempts, everything costs more than it should, and death toll statistics from wars across the globe cast a dark shadow over our lives.Skier Connery Lundin drops in for a wallride in Donner, California. Featured in POWDER's 2023 Photo Annual.Photo: Jeff EngerbretsonThere are plenty of things we can do to help with these issues, but as skiers, how do we escape f
  
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• James Niehues and Rad Smith on The Future of Hand-Painted Ski Maps

  16-07-2024 19:10 via powder.com
  
  Today, technology is more prevalent than ever. Ski resorts use apps to update lift statuses on the mountain, local buses use apps to allow resort-goers to request rides, and even backcountry skiers can rely on avalanche forecasting apps to foreshadow their expeditions. What does this mean for renowned ski map artist James Niehues and his prodigy, Rad Smith? Are they, like some of us, dreading technology’s inevitable creep into our day-to-day life, raising our cortisol levels and increasing
  
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• Phelps Mountain Mission

  16-07-2024 15:20 via nyskiblog.com
  Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to get your a$$ up one of the 46 High Peaks before summer is out. If you fail, readers will deny any knowledge of your existence. This tape will self destruct in 30 seconds. Eight months into my new life in Saranac Lake, I had yet to get out on one of the Adirondack 4000. I’ve been on all of them, some of them multiple times, but most of that » Read More »
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• Mt. Baldy Spared from Vista Fire

  16-07-2024 12:13 via powder.com
  
  Firefighters have prevented the still-raging Vista Fire from reaching Mt. Baldy Resort, California, by creating a line between the fire and unburned fuel, such as brush or trees, within the ski area. Smoke from the Vista Fire rises near Mt. Baldy Resort's boundary. Photo shared on July 11th, 2024.FACEBOOK/Mt. Baldy Resort"Because that area itself has been hiked so much—that Backbone Trail—there was already a good line in there, they just strengthened that line," sa
  
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