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• Utah's Powder Haven Reveals Updates Ahead of Opening Day

  04-10-2024 20:41 via powder.com
  
  As the ski season approaches, Alta Ski Area, Utah, is thinking about how it can do things better.With Big Griz and Little Griz, Alta's beginner area is getting an overhaul.Photo: Courtesy Alta Ski AreaOver the summer, the resort underwent several efforts that covered everything from improved traverse roads to new ski conveyors. None of this is major or particularly Earth-shaking—Alta isn’t getting a fabled 14-person high-speed quad—but those little tweaks add up. You
  
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• Wisconsin Ski Area Makes Snow for First Time This Season

  04-10-2024 19:51 via powder.com
  
  Wisconsin is typically cold enough to hold a snowpack throughout the winter, but snowmaking is still essential to the ski industry in America's Dairyland.As temps dipped below freezing, Trollhaugen, one of the state's most popular ski areas, turned on their snowmaking machines for the first time in the early morning hours of October 4, 2024. See below.Mostly-frozen snow crystals fire into the early-morning sky of Trollhaugen, Wisconsin on October 4th, 2024. Let the excitement begin!Photo&am
  
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• Fall Snow Slams Whistler Blackcomb

  04-10-2024 19:38 via powder.com
  
  There’s snow in them hills—or mountains. This morning, October 4, 2024, it started dumping furiously at Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia. This storm is classic fall fare with a mixture of frozen and liquid precipitation—altitude dependent. At Whistler Blackcomb’s base village—which hovers around 2,000 feet—it's raining, but up high in the mid-mountain area, the ground is coated in white.The Roundhouse Lodge dressed up in its winter finery. October 4, 2024.
  
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• 6 Most Romantic Ski Resorts for Couples

  04-10-2024 17:15 via powder.com
  
  How can you not be romantic about—skiing? Wait, that's not how Brad Pitt's famous line in the film Moneyball goes, but the question remains.Fondue and champagne at Sun Valley Resort's Roundhouse. Talk about romantic.Photo: Courtesy Sun Valley ResortTraveling with your partner to a ski resort, especially a far-flung destination, takes time, careful planning, and communication. If you plan your trip right, and travel to one of these ski resorts known for their romantic atmospheres,
  
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• United Nations Teams Up With Snowsports' Governing Body

  04-10-2024 00:40 via powder.com
  
  The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have announced a new awareness-raising partnership focused on the intertwined futures of snowsports and climate change.The World Meteorological Organization.Photo: shaadjutt/Getty ImagesThe announcement marks the first time the WMO—part of the United Nations—has partnered with a sports governing party. The partnership will go into effect ahead of the 2024/2025 ski se
  
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