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• Klaus Obermeyer Celebrates 105th Birthday

  02-12-2024 23:31 via powder.com
  
  Klaus Obermeyer, the trailblazing founder of Sport Obermeyer and longtime fixture of the Aspen, Colorado ski scene, is officially 105 years old.Obermeyer celebrated the occasion by sharing a short video of Klaus.“It’s my birthday today, 105, so we’re getting up there,” he said in the video, laughing.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Obermeyer (@obermeyer)
  Obermeyer—the man, not the brand—was born in 1919 in Oberstaufen, Germany, a small Bavarian vill
  
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• California Ski Resort Celebrates Snowiest November in a Decade

  02-12-2024 22:35 via powder.com
  
  Like many places in the western US and Canada, Mammoth Mountain, California has just recorded its snowiest November on record in quite some time. The Eastern Sierra mountain received 62 inches (over five feet) of snowfall in November alone. For those of us that are visual learners, that’s as much snow as a 157cm pair of skis is long.Nearly 50 inches of the month’s precipitation fell in a series of storms between November 23rd and 26th alone. While it only surpassed the November 2022
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin Sidelined After Scary Killington Crash

  02-12-2024 21:36 via powder.com
  
  This past Saturday, American alpine racer Mikaela Shiffrin was sidelined from the World Cup after crashing and injuring herself during a giant slalom competition in Killington, Vermont.Shiffrin, who suffered a puncture wound and severe muscle trauma during the crash, didn’t compete the following day during the Killington slalom event.The planned length of Shiffrin’s break from competitive alpine racing isn’t yet clear. However, in a recent conversation with NBC Sports, she said
  
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• Canadian Ski Resort Unveils "Transformative" Expansion

  02-12-2024 20:48 via powder.com
  
  Just ahead of their December 6th opening day, Alberta’s Castle Mountain has announced a huge terrain expansion project.
  The mountain plans to install its first high-speed quad on Mt. Haig, which currently operates as catskiing terrain. The lift being installed was formerly Sunshine Village’s Angel Express Quad Chair and will have its components refurbished and updated throughout the 2024/25 season before opening in the 2025/26 season. Castle Mountain plans to install its first high-s
  
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• Canadian Ski Resort Logs Second Snowiest November on Record

  02-12-2024 19:44 via powder.com
  
  There’s nothing like getting your ski legs ready with a whole bunch of early season powder days. RED Mountain Resort, located in British Columbia’s Kootenay mountains, is rolling into an early opening day with a report of their second snowiest November on record in the last nineteen years.
   In an Instagram post, the mountain reports 190cm of snow has fallen on the resort over the last month giving them a hearty 128cm base. Thirty three cm of snow fell in the Kootenays in early N
  
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• Five-Plus Feet of Snow Buries the East As West Dries Up

  02-12-2024 19:22 via powder.com
  
  The West saw a pretty awesome November. Plotted below is November 2024 precipitation as a percentage of normal for the month of November. A few things to note:Near average precipitation for the Pacific NorthwestMore than double average in southern Oregon and Northern California (thanks to last week's atmospheric river)Slightly above average in Idaho and the Intermountain WestHealthy average to above average month for Colorado and UtahNovember 2024 percentage of normal November precipitation.Phot
  
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• Warm Weather Forces Canadian Ski Race Cancellation

  02-12-2024 18:39 via powder.com
  
  Warm weather and early-season racing don’t mix. In a Saturday news release, Alpine Canada announced that the women’s World Cup alpine racing event scheduled for December 7th and 8th at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, had been canceled.A lack of cold temperatures suitable for snowmaking forced the decision.“The safety of the athletes, staff, and volunteers are our primary concern,” said Peter Gerdol, race director of the FIS Ski World Cup, in the release. “Despite the h
  
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• Review: Raide Research TourTech Bib

  02-12-2024 18:31 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.Every time I test a new outerwear, I have a short mental checklist I go through where I look for specific features like pocket placement, adjustment, fit, and venting. I’ve worn a lot of ski pants in my day, and I’ve learned that what’s not there is just as important as what is there–meaning that there’s definitely such a thing as having too
  
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• Off the Cretan track: a skiing adventure on the Greek island

  02-12-2024 08:00
  
  Away from Crete’s sandy shores, tall peaks dominate the landscape, offering great skiing without the crowds – or ski liftsAt the summit of Mount Ida on Crete, I discovered a stone chapel with a frozen free-standing bell leaning against it – it was as if time had stood still. Outside winter, Eastern Orthodox priests and worshippers hike to the highest point on the Greek island, and services are held in the chapel. But it was February, when Ida is often buried under several metre
  
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