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• Sunday River, Maine Joins Mountain Collective Pass

  30-10-2024 21:36 via powder.com
  
  The Mountain Collective is expanding its East Coast foothold. Starting this coming ski season, holders of the multi-pass will now be able to access Sunday River, Maine.The inclusion of Sunday River—a multi-peak East Coast stalwart—puts the number of Eastern resorts available with the Mountain Collective to four. One destination, Sugarloaf, is a roughly two-hour drive from Sunday River, opening the possibility of easy multi-mountain trips. "We're thrilled to join the Mountai
  
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• How a Weak La Niña Will Affect Snowfall

  30-10-2024 19:45 via powder.com
  
  The ski season is fast approaching, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is favoring the arrival of a La Niña. This isn’t just any La Niña, mind you—it’ll probably be a weak La Niña.You might be asking—what the heck does that mean? Does it have any bearing on how much snow I’ll be skiing this winter?First, a little context. La Niña is one of two phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation cycle or ENSO. Eac
  
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• Whistler Blackcomb's Alpine Transformed by 30+ Inch Dump

  30-10-2024 18:26 via powder.com
  
  Colorado might be the usual early ski season star, but up north, things aren’t looking too shabby in British Columbia, either. In fact, they’re looking great.Over the past few days, Whistler Blackcomb has seen upwards of 30 inches of snowfall in its high alpine terrain.The resort is taking advantage of the wintry weather. Since October 16th, they’ve been blowing snow. So far, these efforts have produced 15 football fields’ worth of snow, measuring a foot in depth.More cou
  
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• Maine Ski Resort To Open on Halloween for Surprise Ski Day

  30-10-2024 18:11 via powder.com
  
  Sunday River, Maine has just published a press release that is taking the east coast skiing community by storm.
  The resort has announced that it will open for skiing and snowboarding tomorrow, October 31, 2024, for a special one day ski event to celebrate Halloween. Sunday River will run the Locke Triple chairlift with access to advanced riding on the T2 trail. The resort will be open from 10 a.m to 2 p.m.According to the press release, costumes will be "mandatory" for all skiers riding the
  
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• Review: Mountain Flow Eco-Wax Infrared Ski Waxer

  30-10-2024 16:31 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.Peek into the back area of any major ski shop, and you’ll likely find a very large and very expensive machine mounted to the wall or affixed to a ski tuning bench. It’s called a Wax Future, made by the Austrian ski maintenance equipment behemoth Wintersteiger, and it’s expressly designed to do one thing: negate the need for scraping the bases after hot
  
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• Relief Washes Over Southern California as Snow Returns

  30-10-2024 16:10 via powder.com
  
  A figurative light has emerged at the end of the tunnel for Southern California after a long, stressful, and destructive wildfire season—snow has returned!Big Bear Mountain Resort (BBMR), which comprises three unique ski hills all within reach of Los Angeles, received its first dusting of snowfall on October 29, 2024. According to the resort's website, Snow Summit, Snow Valley, and Bear Mountain all received about 1 inch of snow with more accumulation at higher elevations.A quick look at t
  
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