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• Local Effort To Buy Oregon's Largest Ski Resort Gains Momentum

  14-10-2024 22:14 via powder.com
  
  Mount Bachelor Community Inc. (MBCI), the local group intent on purchasing Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, from its current owners—POWDR Corp.—saw continued momentum with the hosting of a kick-off rally late last week on Saturday, October 12th, in Bend, Oregon.Mount Bachelor Community Inc. is pursuing local ownership of Mt. Bachelor. Photo: Mt. Bachelor/Ikon PassThe event's speakers included Dan Cochrane and Chris Porter, the co-founders of MBCI, and Melanie K
  
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• Cody Townsend Reveals New Details About 'The FIFTY+'

  14-10-2024 21:34 via powder.com
  
  When Cody Townsend started The FIFTY Project in 2019, ski touring and backcountry skiing was just beginning to hit the mainstream.
  Gear was getting lighter, hybrid and dedicated touring bindings were getting safer, and a massive influx of skiers were thrust into the backcountry for the first time as ski resorts closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.Cody Townsend provided the images in this article as a sneak peak to The FIFTY+. Enjoy.Photo: Courtesy Cody Townsend/The FIFTY&a
  
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• Popular Washington Ski Resort Adds Controversial Paid Parking Program

  14-10-2024 20:44 via powder.com
  
  The reach of paid and managed parking systems at ski resorts across North America continues to expand.
  On October 13, 2024, Summit At Snoqualmie, a ski area popular among Seattle, Washington, skiers, announced it would begin charging for parking daily, November 18, 2024 through April 30, 2025. Season passholders won't be charged for parking at the Summit this coming season.Photo: Shutterstock/ZhiyuliSeveral groups won’t have to pay, though. Anyone who’s purchas
  
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• Why a Beloved California Ski Resort Won't Open This Season

  14-10-2024 19:37 via powder.com
  
  The controversy and drama surrounding Homewood Mountain Resort, California on Lake Tahoe's West Shore has come to a head.The beloved ski resort posted a lengthy message on October 11, 2024 with a soul-crushing headline, "Homewood Mountain Resort will be closed for the 2024-25 winter."Homewood Mountain Resort's lakeside slopes will be vacant this season.Courtesy Homewood Mountain ResortThe decision to not operate this season was allegedly due to recent revisions submitted to Homewood's 2011
  
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• Top to Bottom Snowfall Reported at Maine Ski Resorts

  14-10-2024 17:12 via powder.com
  
  A persistent high pressure system has finally broken in the Intermountain West, meanwhile, ski resorts in Maine are reporting their first substantial snowfall of the season.Check out the webcam photos below from Saddleback, Maine on October 14, 2024. Flakes fell from the top to the bottom of the mountain, and low-lying clouds are still lingering.Saddleback, Top of the World webcam, October 14, 2024.Photo: SaddlebackSaddleback, Top of the Rangeley webcam, October 14, 2024.Phot
  
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