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• Climate Change Closes Small Swiss Ski Area for Good

  24-09-2024 23:43 via powder.com
  
  Skilift Schratten Flühli, a small ski area with two lifts in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, has permanently closed due to several operational factors. In a message shared on its website earlier this month, Skilift Schratten Flühli explained that for the past 12 years, it has only been able to operate for about half the duration of any given winter, presumably due to a lack of snowfall. Skilift Schratten Flühli in 2021. Skilift Schratten Flühli/Face
  
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• Is Dynafit's New Speed Factory HQ The Coolest Office In the Ski Industry?

  24-09-2024 21:53 via powder.com
  
  Think your office is cool? Try Dynafit's brand-new home base in the Bavarian Alps. The newly-opened facility, nicknamed the Speed Factory, is home to over 100 Dynafit staff, along with a meeting places for athletes to get involved with and experience product development firsthand. Along with manufacturing space and a consumer-facing retail store providing an immersive brand experience, the building houses the Bivouac Bistro and a large product repair facility, both open to the public. 
  
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• SoCal Ski Patrol Asks for Help After Devastating Wildfire

  24-09-2024 21:44 via powder.com
  
  Mountain High Ski Resort's patrol team is asking for donations via GoFundMe after two of its buildings and all of its rescue equipment were destroyed during the Bridge Fire in California.View the original article to see embedded media.“Patrol lost the patrol shack, our sleds, climbing rescue equipment,” the GoFundMe page reads. “All our tables and benches, tools, first aid kits, trauma bags, medical supplies, and so much more. Please if you have ever been helped by patrol, you
  
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• Freeride World Tour Announces Safety Gear Partnership With Mammut

  24-09-2024 21:01 via powder.com
  
  On-mountain safety is a big deal for the Freeride World Tour (FWT), with skiers and snowboarders competing on massive mountain faces littered with rocks, variable snow conditions, and risk of avalanches. Despite the FWT team working to mitigate the risk at every venue through avalanche control and keeping a close eye on conditions, the worst can still happen, so every rider on tour is required to compete wearing an avalanche beacon and an avalanche airbag. This year, the FWT announced a new
  
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• Wyoming Ski Area Won't Open for Second Consecutive Season

  24-09-2024 20:55 via powder.com
  
  Sleeping Giant Ski Area, a small family-friendly hill near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, announced on September 24, 2024 that they will not operate for the second consecutive season. Sleeping Giant Ski Area, Wyoming.Photo: Courtesy Sleeping Giant Ski AreaThe ski are did not operate last season due to poor natural snowfall, but is citing different reasons for calling this season in late-September. Sleeping Giant explains that the combination of cancelling last season, the damage
  
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• Best Travel Insurance Policies for Skiers

  24-09-2024 20:40 via powder.com
  
  A large population of American skiers are required to hop on a flight or two to reach their favorite ski resorts and destinations.
  These bucket list trips are usually well planned, cost quite a bit of money, and foster a certain level of expectations. If you're going to drop thousands of dollars to go skiing, you want to have a comfortable place to rest your head, ample transportation to and from the ski resort, and (hopefully) incredible snow conditions.As much as we'd like to, we can't give yo
  
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• Ikon Pass Touts New Lodges, Lifts, and Terrain Ahead of Winter ’24/’25

  24-09-2024 19:30 via powder.com
  
  A heck of a lot of new amenities are coming this winter across Alterra Mountain Company’s domain. From new lifts to expanded terrain footprints, it's a sizable pre-season makeover. All of it is accessible via the Ikon Pass, so if you’re still deliberating over which multi-pass to choose, let this inform your decision-making process.Looking up from the bottom terminal of Mammoth's new 'Broadway Express' lift.Courtesy Mammoth MountainNew Lifts at Ikon Pass ResortsIn total, 28 new lifts
  
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• Africa's Highest Pub Buried by Spring Snowfall

  24-09-2024 17:38 via powder.com
  
  The highest altitude pub in Africa— Sani Mountain Lodge— resides at the top of Sani Mountain Pass, along the border of Lesotho and South Africa. At 9,429 feet (2874m) above sea level, the pub is a bonafide high-alpine refuge.Despite the high altitude, it's unusual for deep snowfall to accumulate on the pass, but September of 2024 has been anything but usual for Sani Mountain Lodge. See below.Multiple inches of snow accumulate at Sani Mountain Lodge, Africa's highest pub, on September
  
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• How to: Choose a Backcountry Freeride Ski

  24-09-2024 17:01 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.So you’ve got all the hard stuff out of the way—you nailed down the perfect pair of boots. You got your safety gear dialed. You got the bindings that are the perfect balance of weight and retention, and now you’re ready to beat your buddies on the skintrack and get sendy on the way down. Now comes the fun part and that’s picking your shiny new boa
  
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