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• Vermont Ski Resort Delays Opening

  20-11-2024 22:36 via powder.com
  
  It’s probably the last thing powder hungry Northeast skiers wanted to hear: yesterday, Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, announced that it had postponed its opening date which was originally scheduled for Saturday, November 23, 2024.The Vermont ski resort shared on social media that snowmaking windows this month have been few and far between. If the temperatures aren’t cold enough, Sugarbush can’t make the snow it needs to lay early-season trails.
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• Wildfire Threatens Popular Massachusetts Ski Area

  20-11-2024 21:18 via powder.com
  
  A wildfire is burning outside Ski Butternut, a small, 100-acre ski area with ten lifts in the Southwest corner of Massachusetts, near Great Barrington.The ski area is actively coordinating with local firefighting efforts and has turned on its snowguns to saturate the ground with water. Firefighters have used helicopters to scoop water from Ski Butternut's snowmaking pond in an attempt to contain the blaze.
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• Atmospheric River to Bring Several Feet of Snow to California

  20-11-2024 20:28 via powder.com
  
  Forecasted Snow Totals Through November 23, 2024 (Phase 1 of the AR):Palisades Tahoe, California: 35-45 inches (Above 8500 feet)Sugar Bowl, California: 40-50 inches (Above 8500 feet)Mt. Shasta Ski Area, California: 30-40 inchesKirkwood, California: 12-22 inches (Above 8500 feet)Mammoth Mountain, California: 12-16 inches (3-8 at the bases). Crystal Mountain, Washington: 4-8 inchesSchweitzer, Idaho: 12-20 inches Sun Valley, Idaho: 9-15 inchesThe Cascades have been in the headlines for th
  
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• Vancouver's Biggest Ski Resort Announces Opening Day

  20-11-2024 19:21 via powder.com
  
  For Vancouver, British Columbia, skiers, the season is right around the corner.Cypress Mountain, one of three ski areas just outside the coastal city, announced yesterday that it’ll open for skiing and riding on Friday, November 22nd. The opening day digs will include the Eagle Chair and Easy Rider lifts, with more to come soon.The other two Vancouver area ski resorts—Mt. Seymour and Grouse Mountain—have yet to announce opening day updates on their social media pages. On its we
  
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• The Inspiring Adaptive Athletes Who Create Their Own Gear

  20-11-2024 19:06 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.Adapt & FlySanti Vega Castro was perched precariously, high on the Grand Teton. Balanced on a tiny ledge, the slope dropping off below him at 50 degrees, he started to do something that made his partner, Mark, a little uneasy. He took off his prosthetic leg.
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• The Adaptive Athletes Who Create Their Own Gear

  20-11-2024 19:06 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.Adapt & FlySanti Vega Castro was perched precariously, high on the Grand Teton. Balanced on a tiny ledge, the slope dropping off below him at 50 degrees, he started to do something that made his partner, Mark, a little uneasy. He took off his prosthetic leg.
  “I wear a silicone liner because if my stump gets sw
  
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• The World's First 100% Recyclable Skis

  20-11-2024 18:48 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 Holy Rail“It’s actually a bit of a social experiment,” says Oliver Steffen. “As in: how important is it to you that your skis don’t go into a landfill?”In a perfect world, that would be as important to skiers as it is to the company which, putting years of consumer angst and indus
  
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• The Best Ski Gifts For Him

  20-11-2024 18:00 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.Whether you live in a mountain town or are a city-dwelling weekend warrior who can't wait to get back into the mountains, getting the right kit for on and off the mountain can be tough. There’s always the footwear debate, then there’s the question of what skis are best, or even what ski pack should I bring to the resort? Fret not; we curated a list of some of
  
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• California's Largest Ski Resort Gets Final Approval for Massive New Village

  20-11-2024 17:35 via powder.com
  
  POWDER has learned via press release that the Placer County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan on the evening of November 19, 2024.The plan, which has been the subject of controversy for over a decade, will dramatically expand Palisades Tahoe's existing Village footprint. The majority of new structures will allegedly be constructed, "almost entirely on existing asphalt parking lots and other disturbed areas," according to the press release.A
  
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• ORDA’s Ski3 Opens Early

  20-11-2024 17:00 via nyskiblog.com
  Opening weekend in New York is always a special time. After months of summer heat we anticipate autumn’s first frost. Skiers often get a first glimpse of the winter season once the resorts fire up their snow guns. In a typical year, Whiteface works to open on Black Friday. While this fall hasn’t been exactly cold, the temperatures and humidity aligned this past week to allow each of the Ski3 mountains to start making snow on limited terrain. Whiteface, the » Read More »
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• How Red Bull Skier Fabian Bösch Brought a Circus to the Mountains

  20-11-2024 16:48 via powder.com
  
  It's tricky to pinpoint where it all started.
  Perhaps the ballet skiers, who pirouetted and flipped down the slopes wearing flamboyant outfits, led the way. Maybe the Real SkiFi boys—or the LINE Traveling Circus—deserve all the credit. Regardless, within the genre-dense umbrella of freeskiing, there exists an approach that, for lack of a better definition, could be called "circus skiing."We're talking about the kind of stunts Jesper Tjäder built his career on. For the uninitiat
  
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