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• Mammoth Mountain, California Opening Weekend Conditions Report

  19-11-2024 23:53 via powder.com
  
  The drive south along Highway 395 from the Lake Tahoe area to Mammoth Mountain, California has to be one of the most scenic in the world.
  In mid-November, the towering peaks of the Sierra, and then the Eastern Sierra, are blanketed by an ever-growing layer of snow. A few of the rocky behemoths appear to jut 5,000+ feet straight up from the brown, tumbleweed-ridden desert floor.As I approached Mammoth, I opted to take the Mammoth Scenic Loop, an unplowed road that was covered by multiple inches o
  
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• Acquisition of Colorado's Arapahoe Basin Closes

  19-11-2024 21:57 via powder.com
  
  The deal is done. Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, a beloved ski area frequented by Denver residents, is officially under new ownership.Last February, it was announced that Alterra Mountain Company, the multi-mountain purveyors of the Ikon Pass, would acquire Arapahoe Basin.“We are honored to become the stewards of Arapahoe Basin, and we are excited to welcome the team to the Alterra Mountain Company family,” said Jared Smith, Alterra Mountain Company’s president and chief executive o
  
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• Canadian Ski Resort Hits 100 Inch Mark Before Opening Day

  19-11-2024 20:28 via powder.com
  
  If this won’t make you start frantically scheduling winter tire swap appointments and long-needed ski tunes, I don’t what will—yesterday, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, British Columbia, shared that it’s already received 100 inches of snowfall this season.
   The kicker? Revy isn’t even open yet. The resort is targeting November 30th as the first day of the season.
   Believe it or not, this kind of snowfall isn’t shockingly unusual for Revy. With the snow
  
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• Christian Johansen Is The Master of All Trades— Skier, Actor, Model, Artist

  19-11-2024 19:53 via powder.com
  
  The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you.Master of All TradesOriginally from the East Coast, Christian Johansen now considers the snowy vistas of Jackson, Wyoming home, but when I reached him, he was living on a boat moored in Los Angeles. The unconventional California outpost facilitated one of his several career paths: acting and modeling. "I don't really sa
  
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• How To Watch the Stubai 2024 Slopestyle World Cup

  19-11-2024 19:35 via powder.com
  
  The third event of the freeskiing World Cup is scheduled for this weekend. Now in its eight season at Stubai Zoo Snowpark, Austria, two slopestyle competitions—one for men and one for women—kick off on Friday, November 23rd (qualifiers are the day before).
   While we’ve already seen Big Air and Halfpipe competitions thus far during the 2024-2025 World Cup season, the Stubai showdown marks the arrival of the first slopestyle event this winter. Here’s how to tune in.How
  
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• Skiing's Most Prolific Creator Doesn't Consider Himself an 'Artist'

  19-11-2024 19:25 via powder.com
  
  The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you.The Non-Artist ArtistMax Miller doesn’t describe himself as an artist or photographer. “It’s an old school mentality”, he explains. In a world where everybody has access to a high-resolution camera phone and powerful editing software, Miller finds discomfort in titles hijacked by amateur content
  
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• Colorado Town Considers Purchasing $100MM+ Ski Resort

  19-11-2024 17:48 via powder.com
  
  What if your hometown owned the local ski area? What would be different? How could the experience be better?
  Residents of Nederland, Colorado are currently asking themselves these questions after it was revealed that the town is considering purchasing Eldora Mountain Resort, a popular ski resort located just 10 minutes up the road."It’s a bit of a moonshot, but it’s a moonshot that would create resiliency within our community, so I think it’s worth exploring for that reason alo
  
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• Telemark Design Innovator Paul Parker Dies at 71

  19-11-2024 17:00 via powder.com
  
  Skiing, as a whole, tends to do a poor job of being historically conscious. Instead, much of the subculture forgoes metacognition for a simple enjoyment of the moment. Rather than indulging in deeper notions of aging and history, ski films usually opt for a not-so-subtle objectification of the sport’s flashier side, while Instagram reels– homogeneous in their blower pow content–populate social media feeds. Skiing’s vibe and content tends to glorify youth while leaving the
  
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