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• California Ski Resort Unveils New D-Line Chairlift

  22-11-2024 23:16 via powder.com
  
  Mammoth Mountain, California, unveiled a revamped version of a classic chairlift today as the Broadway Express, also known as Chair 1, fired up for local skiers and snowboarders.This past summer, the resort replaced the chair with a six-person model from lift manufacturer Doppelmayr's D-Line series.According to the resort, this updated rendition provides a 25% improvement in uphill capacity and will shorten the length of lift lines on busy days. To ensure the lift can withstand Mammoth Moun
  
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• Two-Plus Feet of Snow Forecasted for California Ski Resorts

  22-11-2024 22:21 via powder.com
  
  Forecasted Snow Totals Through This Weekend in California and NevadaSugar Bowl, California: 22-32 inchesPalisades Tahoe, California: 22-32 inchesKirkwood, California: 25-37 inchesNorthstar, California: 14-22 inchesMt Rose-Ski Tahoe, Nevada: 10-16 inchesHeavenly, California: 12-20 inchesMammoth Mountain, California: 16-26 inchesThis week, we're looking at two major systems affecting the west.The first system is already underway, currently delivering snow to California and the Pacific Northwest.&n
  
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• U.S. Freeski Athlete Svea Irving Goes Huge Outside the Park in New Video

  22-11-2024 21:09 via powder.com
  
  Coloradan Svea Irving is, first and foremost, an elite halfpipe skier. The young competitor was again named to the U.S. Freeski team ahead of this World Cup season. During halfpipe’s 2025 debut in Cardrona, New Zealand, narrowly missed earning a podium position by just a few points. Previously, in 2023, Irving claimed third place in halfpipe at the Aspen X Games.But Irving’s new film, Stasis, paints a picture of a skier who, outside the icy stunt ditch, is much more than just a promi
  
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• Tax Cut Could Make Canadian Ski Trips Cheaper

  22-11-2024 20:01 via powder.com
  
  A proposed temporary tax break could make ski trips to Canada a little bit cheaper—if only for a few months.Yesterday, the Department of Finance Canada announced plans to suspend the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) between December 14th, 2024, and February 15th, 2025.
   GST is a federal sales tax. The HST is used in provinces that combine federal and provincial sales taxes.“With a GST/HST exemption across the country, Canadians will be able to buy
  
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• Half Ski Shop, Half Bar— RMU Truckee is Tahoe's Gathering Spot

  22-11-2024 18:53 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.The Gathering SpotIt was a normal storm by mid-winter standards but freakish for early May. Some 26 inches of snow fell on the mountain tops around Lake Tahoe on Cinco de Mayo and for the first time ever, the National Weather Service in Reno issued a winter storm warning in May. On that stormy spring Saturday, I walked
  
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• You Have The Power to Ski Sustainably

  22-11-2024 17:23 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.Extended LifeThe first step to sustainability is simply minimizing what we buy and use. All gear has some environmental impact associated, no matter how sustainably it's manufactured. Production requires resources and energy, so a big sustainability focus for consumers and the manufacturers should be to extend the life
  
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• Review: Valhalla Ski 115 Bamboo Skis

  22-11-2024 17:00 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.We’ll forgive you if you’ve never heard of Valhalla Skis. The tiny outfit based out of Freiburg, Germany has been quietly making really unique skis and snowboards for discerning riders, handcrafted with the ethos of quality and attention to detail that the Black Forest region has for centuries been famous for. Valhalla currently offers four skis in their line
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Musical Coming to the U.S.

  22-11-2024 16:26 via powder.com
  
  The legal saga of actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s slopeside encounter at Deer Valley Resort, Utah, has concluded, but in the coming months, a musical reimagining of the viral event, Gwyneth Goes Skiing, is headed to the U.S.According to Rolling Stone, the musical’s producers, Awkward Productions, are planning to host Gwyneth Goes Skiing showings in Park City, Utah, in January 2025, followed by additional performances in New York and Los Angeles.Written by Linus Karp and Joseph Martin of Aw
  
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