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• Projected Opening Dates for North America's Most Popular Ski Resorts

  21-08-2024 23:49 via powder.com
  
  Rather than trying to remember the scheduled opening dates of your favorite ski resorts during the Winter '24/'25 season, refer to this page throughout the rest of Summer and Fall. We'll keep it updated as opening days are scheduled to change and some have yet to be announced. States and ski resorts listed in alphabetical order.Who will have the fortune of opening Colorado for the Winter '24/'25 season? Image shows opening day at Loveland Ski Area, Colorado on October 15, 2008.Photo: D
  
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• World's Best Aerial Skiers To Compete in High-Flying Summer Competition in Utah

  21-08-2024 22:31 via powder.com
  
  This weekend, on Saturday, August 24th, a crowd of talented ski aerialists will descend on the Utah Olympic Park (UOP) for the 2024 U.S. Freestyle Ultimate Airwave event, which is free to attend and runs between 12 pm and 5 pm.The Utah Olympic Park summer venue features a pool for athletes to land in.Photo: Jakub Zajic/ShutterstockNo, they won’t ride snow—it’s still August, after all. Instead, the competitors will speed down the UOP water ramps, which feature
  
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• Why Chairlift Towers Are 'Perfect Park Features' For Mammoth

  21-08-2024 21:08 via powder.com
  
  Mammoth Mountain is upgrading Chair 1, also known as Broadway Express, over the summer to be ready for skiing and riding this winter season. For most people, this means a faster chair, but for the Unbound terrain park crew, it means steel to meld into features to slide on. This story is a follow up to last week's coverage. See Unbound's work in progress below.Mammoth Unbound Video (0:15) Gabe Taylor, Marketing Manager of Mammoth Mountain, said, "99% of people are thinking how awesome it is
  
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• Finn Bilous Talks the Ultimate Skier’s Fantasy: Receiving a Red Bull Helmet

  21-08-2024 20:29 via powder.com
  
  New Zealand skier Finn Bilous is a human multi-tool. Relying on his strong park skiing fundamentals, he appeared in both the PyeongChang and Beijing Winter Olympics, competing in slopestyle and big air. Then, he took a gamble and successfully pivoted to competitive freeride skiing, translating his skillset to imposing big mountain faces."It’s a trip! So many of the riders that have inspired me and that I’ve looked up to have worn the Red Bull helmet, so it was pretty wild to read my
  
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• The Best Clips (So Far) for POWDER's Ski Portillo, Chile Video Competition

  21-08-2024 19:41 via powder.com
  
  POWER Magazine has partnered with 5-hour ENERGY on an incredibly exciting competition this summer. We're asking folks to share a video of their best offseason adventure for a chance to win a trip to Ski Portillo, Chile!You can read the competition page for the full details on how to submit your clip, but in the meantime, let's take a look at the best submissions so far. Remember, your offseason adventure can feature any sport: skiing, hiking, swimming, surfing, biking... if it keeps yo
  
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• U.S. Skimo Athletes Get Boost With “Project Podium”

  21-08-2024 19:13 via powder.com
  
  Apple pie. Baseball. Bruce Springsteen. From sports to musicians, the U.S. has countless cultural signifiers. Competitive ski mountaineering—skimo, for short—isn’t one of them, at least for now.“The whole sport is very Eurocentric. It's very big in Europe… you go to these towns for these races, and you know, these athletes are driving cars from their sponsors. I mean, it's a big deal over there,” said Sarah Cookler, the recently appointed Head of Sport at the
  
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• August Snowstorm Forecasted for California

  21-08-2024 17:09 via powder.com
  
  The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an usual warning for Californians in late-August... snow is in the forecast! An unseasonable cold front is expected to move through the Sierra on Friday, August 23rd, 2024. According to records, it's the first time snow has been forecasted in California in August in over 20 years.Storm track issued by the National Weather Service Sacramento office on August 20, 2024.NWS SacramentoThe NWS office in Sacramento, California is predicting an "uncommon" st
  
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