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• Snow Expert's Winter 24-25 Outlook Is a Mixed Bag

  26-09-2024 21:14 via powder.com
  
  It's the end of September, but skiers from coast to coast are gearing up for a long season ahead, and can you blame them? La Niña is coming, and the pre-powder panic is starting to settle in.Face shots might not be on tap for places like New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Southern Colorado this season... As a Tahoe skier, I'm desperately hoping that changes.Photo: ZargonDesign/Getty ImagesOur friends at Powderchasers, the foremost authority on predicting and chasing sn
  
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• Why Skiing Is Coming To an Unlikely Locale: London

  26-09-2024 20:01 via powder.com
  
  Big Ben, red double-decker buses, the King’s Guard—and street skiers? One of these things is obviously unlike the others.
  London and snowsports aren't often associated, but this Friday, September 27th, that changes. The outerwear company Peak Performance is hosting a rail jam in Covent Garden Piazza in celebration of a new brick-and-mortar location.Anni Kärävä proves you don't need snow to get after it.Photo: Courtesy Peak PerformanceIn attendance will be num
  
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• Maine Honors Their 'Finest Athlete' With Look-a-Like Contest

  26-09-2024 19:30 via powder.com
  
  If you bundled all the quirk and charm of Maine into a single person, you’d get Donny Pelletier, a Moxie-swilling skier known for crushing moguls, rocking flannels, and spouting off endlessly quotable one-liners.Thumbs up fer skiin', bub. Donny Pelletier has become Maine's unofficial mascot. Photo: Courtesy Sunday RiverPelletier, who now has a legion of fans on social media, is synonymous with his home hill, Sunday River, Maine, which, this weekend, is throwing an event that
  
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• What's In Your Pack?

  26-09-2024 17:22 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.“What’s in your pack?” presentations are a consistent staple of avalanche courses and backcountry awareness nights, but there’s often a disconnect between what we know should be in our packs versus what’s actually there. As someone who’s spent years navigating mountainous terrain across the US and across the globe, I’ve come
  
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