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• The Best 5 Ski Videos of the Week: KYCU #25

  12-10-2024 13:00 via powder.com
  
  This is the time of year when I really start to get the itch. The ski movies, the colder temperatures, and the snowmaking tests all add to the growing reality that, in a few short months or weeks, we’ll all be sliding down snow. In the summer, skiing becomes more of a concept than a physical thing. By late July or August, the previous season gets cached so deep in the old memory banks that, sometimes, it feels like more of a dream than a thing that actually happened. Other outdoor stu
  
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• The 10 Highest Ski Resorts in the United States

  12-10-2024 12:00 via powder.com
  
  Skiing and altitude go hand in hand. As lovely as it would be to ski at sea level in the Bahamas (without fake snow, that is), the natural laws of the world prevent such fantasies. You need to get higher. Arapahoe Basin's 'East Wall', as seen at the top of this photo, offers high-alpine descents.Photo: sboice/Getty ImagesThere is variability here, though. Some ski areas in the Midwest are glorified hills. Others punch much further into the troposphere. The benefits of skiing th
  
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• Fears for future of ski tourism as resorts adapt to thawing snow season

  12-10-2024 06:00
  
  While some embrace technological innovations, others are forced to close as global heating causes lack of snowfallSitting at his window in Västerås, central Sweden, Thomas Ohlander is wondering when the winter season might start for his outdoor adventure business, Do The North. “To schedule a trip we have to be sure of snow,” he says, “And that start date is going backwards at a crazy speed.”Each year, Ohlander’s local ice-skating club has recorded the fi
  
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