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• Where's our Ski Train?

  17-07-2024 20:07 via powder.com
  
  One of my old friends holds Swiss citizenship. He's a skier and spent many of his visits to Switzerland—some of which involved compulsory military service—hitting the slopes. While he regularly drove to the mountains, his stories involving passenger rails stood out. Instead of sitting in car traffic, he'd hop on the train to Andermatt, fighting for a ski rack position amongst a crowd of fellow skiers. Once a spot was secured, watching the scenery—and a single transfer—was
  
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• How La Niña Could Affect Winter '24/'25

  17-07-2024 18:36 via powder.com
  
  La Niña, El Niño, La Nada... the use of Spanish words to describe shifting surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean can be confusing, but fear not, POWDER is here to help you make sense of it heading into Winter '24/'25.Direct Weather's Winter '24/'25 Temperature Anomalies Forecast map.Direct WeatherThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has determined there's a 79% chance of La Niña forming this winter, but what does that mean for our favorite ski
  
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• 10 Surprising Colleges with Ski Resorts Nearby

  17-07-2024 14:27 via powder.com
  
  It's an oft-asked and Googled question: I'm a skier. Where should I go to college?The list of answers is well-established at this point, but skiing's bigger than the Northeast and the Mountain West. Surprising states like Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, and West Virginia have skiing and educational opportunities. So, in the spirit of spreading the love and expanding the collegiate skiing experience conversation, we've compiled a list of ten colleges (in no particular order) that might not c
  
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• Monarch's No Name Expansion Is Finally Underway

  17-07-2024 12:49 via powder.com
  
  Monarch Mountain, Colorado, recently announced the U.S. Forest Service's approval of an expansion that has been in the making for over a decade. More specifically, the resort received approval to expand their special use permit boundary into the No Name Basin. Check out the expansion from above, below.Monarch Mountain's 'No Name Basin' expansion. New lift and trails can be seen on the right side of the image.Courtesy Monarch MountainAccording to a press release sent to POWDER, this expansio
  
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