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• Big Sky, MT Eliminates Some Fees for Lone Peak Tram Access

  26-08-2024 23:06 via powder.com
  
  Big Sky Resort, Montana has eliminated additional fees for Lone Peak Tram access from its daily and pre-purchased lift tickets.Starting next winter, lift tickets at Big Sky Resort will include unlimited access to the newly improved Lone Peak Tram. With a lift ticket in hand, you can ride the towering tram as much as you’d like, a departure from the previous program. The Lone Peak Tram offers access to committing terrain off Big Sky's Lone Mountain.In 2021, the resort decoupled lift tickets
  
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• Best Backcountry Touring Skis of 2025

  26-08-2024 22:54 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.The Safe Bet: We still absolutely love it, and will say it again. The Salomon QST 106 Echo is still the easiest touring ski to recommend on the market right now. It will work really well for most skiers, in most conditions.For the Adventurous: Faction Skis just released their 2025 lineup, and we're so glad the Faction La Machine 3 is still part of it. It's a fr
  
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• East Coasters to Benefit from JetBlue's New Flights to Bozeman, MT

  26-08-2024 22:34 via powder.com
  
  High rolling skiers, this one's for you—JetBlue is boosting its Bozeman, Montana, air service with Mint, the airline’s equivalent to first class, during the height of the ski season.Starting in February, JetBlue will offer flights with Mint on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from Boston, Massachusetts; and New York, New York; to Bozeman.JetBlue.Bruce Bennett/Staff/Getty ImagesPreviously, JetBlue operated flights on these routes on alternating days with its core servic
  
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• Five of North America's Scariest Ski Runs and Lines

  26-08-2024 21:29 via powder.com
  
  Green, blue, black—for skiers, run difficulty gradings are a second language that makes digesting resort maps quick and easy. Want a mellow groomer? Blue’s probably your best bet. In the mood for a thigh-buster? Head for a black or double black.The Jackson Hole Aerial Tram soars in front of Corbet's Couloir (looker's center-right), and S&S Couloir (looker's center-left)Photo: Courtesy of Jackson Hole Mountain ResortHowever, at a certain point—usually when skiers r
  
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• Top Ski Stories From Last Week (August 19-25, 2024)

  26-08-2024 21:19 via powder.com
  
  The top story of the last week has been...snow! Yes, that's right. The first snowfalls of the season were recorded at Mt. Bachelor, OR; Palisades Tahoe, CA; and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY all within the last four days.Summer will make its return, but the freak storm is a reminder of better times to come. In the meantime, let's revisit POWDER's best ski stories from last week, August 19-25, 2024.5. New Ski Video Game Featuring Phil Casabon and Henrik Harlaut in the WorksB&E Sk
  
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• Iconic Wyoming Ski Resort Celebrates First Snow of the Season

  26-08-2024 19:50 via powder.com
  
  It's not even September and ski resorts across the American west are reporting their first dustings of snow for the season.Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR), Wyoming celebrated their first snowfall on the morning of August 26, 2024. Check out the exciting photos below.Jackson Hole, WY First Snow, August 24, 2024 Photos:Courtesy Jackson Hole Mountain ResortCourtesy Jackson Hole Mountain ResortCourtesy Jackson Hole Mountain ResortCourtesy Jackson Hole Mountain ResortFirst snows of the season rar
  
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• Australia's Ski Season is Coming to an Early End

  26-08-2024 19:09 via powder.com
  
  Warm temperatures and low snowfall have forced ski resorts across Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park to slow or suspend winter operations. Selwyn Snow Resort closed yesterday, August 25th, 2024 citing “snow conditions.”Selwyn Snow Resort announced their closure on August 25, 2024, but urged skiers to keep an eye on social media for a possible re-opening.Photo: Selwyn Snow ResortAbi Spackman, assistant manager at Selwyn Snow Resort, told ABC News that the resort hope
  
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• California Ski Resorts See First Snow of the Season

  26-08-2024 17:18 via powder.com
  
  An unseasonably cold storm pushed its way through the Lake Tahoe region on Saturday, August 24th, 2024 bringing the first measurable snowfall of the season at high elevations.Filmmaker and skier Scott Gaffney took it upon himself to hike to the high reaches of Palisades Tahoe to experience his first taste of winter. See below!Scott Gaffney, Palisades Tahoe, August 24, 2024Scott Gaffney, Palisades Tahoe Snow, August 24, 2024 (0:16) Gaffney mentions in the caption of his Instagram post that the st
  
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• How Ski Helmets Became Cool

  26-08-2024 16:08 via powder.com
  
  Helmets are the unsung (or, lately, sung) heroes of skiing.Helmets seem to be more stylish (in the public eye) than ever these days. In the case of Hot Dog Hans (Alex Ferreira masquerading as an old, outdated skier) Alex pretends to be uncool by not wearing a helmet and interacting with all of the "cool" modern park skiers who, of course, have helmets on. Watch below. Perhaps it is the connotation that helmets give a skier. Those who wear helmets are likely to be skiing in ways where one wo
  
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