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• A Skier’s Glossary of Gear and Tech Terms

  08-10-2024 22:14 via powder.com
  
  Talking about ski gear can be overwhelming. Like, WTF is “titanal”? How is reverse camber different from rocker? I promise you that we know what all these terms mean, but we’ll forgive you if it can get confusing from time to time, so here’s a list of 35 commonly used ski terms in gear world. That should help you out as you choose your next setup with the help of our long list of ski, boot, apparel, and accessory reviews!Airbag - An avalanche airbag is a safety tool used
  
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• The 6 Best Ski Resorts for Beginners

  08-10-2024 21:58 via powder.com
  
  If you found this article, odds are you’re thinking about getting into skiing. So, first of all, welcome.
  Sliding down snow is a blast and only gets more fun as you improve. You’re going to have a great time. That said, some ski resorts are better suited for beginner skiers than others, whether they offer vast networks of green runs (variety is the spice of life, after all) or first-timer-specific orientations. This list covers six of the best beginner ski resorts in North America. D
  
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• Major French Ski Resort Closes for Good

  08-10-2024 19:59 via powder.com
  
  Alpe du Grand Serre, a French ski resort, has closed permanently ahead of the 2024-2025 ski season as fellow European destinations tangle with ongoing climate change impacts.Alpe du Grand Serre’s closure threatens 200 jobs, leaving local community members dependent on the resort in a lurch.Photo: Alpe du Grand SerreThe Guardian reports that the decision stemmed from Alpe du Grand Serre lacking enough funds to become a year-round destination. Since 2021, nearly 3 million euros hav
  
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• Alaskan Skiers Are Already Scoring Deep October Powder Turns

  08-10-2024 19:49 via powder.com
  
  What does heli-skiing outfit Silverton Mountain Guides, located in Girdwood, Alaska, do when it dumps feet of snow in October? Go skiing, of course!Watch below as Silverton guide Josh McKnight scores some of the first deep powder turns of the North American winter season on October 7, 2024.Video: Powder Skiing, October 7, 2024—Silverton Mountain GuidesPowder Skiing, October 7, 2024, Silverton Mountain Guides, Alaska (0:21) According to data collected by the National Weather Service, some a
  
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• Cody Townsend Reveals His Next Project—The FIFTY+

  08-10-2024 19:02 via powder.com
  
  The skiing world was shocked when professional skier Cody Townsend announced that his popular video series 'The FIFTY' was ending.Townsend, however, teased in a March interview with POWDER that a new project was on the horizon, and on October 8, 2024, we finally know what it is. Townsend's new video series is called 'The FIFTY+', but details are still under wraps. See below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Cody Townsend (@codytownsend)
  Townsend revealed that the first episod
  
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• New Ski Movie Without Snow Is Exceptional

  08-10-2024 17:51 via powder.com
  
  Skiing, in a conventional sense, relies on snow.The construction of skis funnels towards this basic fact—the slick bases, the sharp edges, and the snappy camber all exist to address different themes of one purpose, facilitating everything from racing to powder skiing.But for Buldozlife, a European crew of skiers who create ski films and edits together, those design elements are more of a suggestion than a rule. Concrete is slippery, too.When summer arrives and the snow melts, they don't to
  
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• Colorado Ski Area Makes Snow for First Time This Season

  08-10-2024 17:19 via powder.com
  
  The beginning of October is an exciting time for skiers. Leaves are changing, temperatures are dropping, and snowmaking machines are springing back to life.Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Colorado, an annual favorite to be the first ski area open on the continent, turned their snowmaking machines on for the first time in the early morning hours of October 8, 2024. See below.Fresh flakes accumulate at Arapahoe Basin's Black Mountain Lodge.Photo: Courtesy Arapahoe Basin Ski AreaArapahoe Basin i
  
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• Dynafit Announces Three New Touring Bindings For 2025

  08-10-2024 16:19 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.A lot of things have changed in skiing over the last 40 years, but Dynafit is still making bindings. In 1984, Austrian tinkerer Fritz Barthel developed the original Low Tech touring binding, created expressly for the purpose of making ski touring easier. Now, four decades later, the basic working principle of these bindings hasn’t changed, but material, design and
  
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