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• Cheap Utah Youth Ski Pass Holders Can Claim Free NHL Tickets

  11-12-2024 21:34 via powder.com
  
  Skiers who moonlight as hockey fans and have kiddos, this one’s for you.Ski Utah Passport holders now have the chance to snag two regular-season Utah Hockey Club National Hockey League (NHL) game tickets in 2024 and 2025. The opportunity to claim the tickets comes on Saturday, January 18th, when the Utah Hockey Club plays the St. Louis Blues. Before the game, Ski Utah Passport holders are invited to view an official Utah Hockey Club morning skate at the Delta Center in downtown Salt L
  
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• New Paid Parking Blasted at Semi-Private Ski Resort

  11-12-2024 20:23 via powder.com
  
  Powder Mountain, Utah, has revealed further details of its paid parking program for this winter. Based on the social media reaction, local skiers and snowboarders are unhappy with the new plan.The resort will now charge to park based on the number of occupants in a vehicle. If you arrive with three or more passengers, parking is free. If not, parking costs $12. Parking Monday through Friday is free. So is parking after 1 p.m. on weekends and holidays. The paid parking program applies on Saturday
  
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• Why a Professional Skier Designed The Grateful Dead's 60th Anniversary Logo

  11-12-2024 19:46 via powder.com
  
  What a Long Strange Trip It's Been, indeed.The Grateful Dead's various social media accounts shared a video on December 11, 2024 that has skiers squirming with delight. The video revealed that professional skier and talented artist Chris Benchetler had designed the band's 60th Anniversary logo.“The inspirational significance that I found for this piece represents the band’s impactful 60 year journey. The band’s music and live concerts represent many decades of sunshine filled p
  
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• Why a Professional Skier Designed The Grateful Dead's 60h Anniversary Logo

  11-12-2024 19:46 via powder.com
  
  What a Long Strange Trip It's Been, indeed.The Grateful Dead's various social media accounts shared a video on December 11, 2024 that has skiers squirming with delight. The video revealed that professional skier and talented artist Chris Benchetler had designed the band's 60th Anniversary logo.“The inspirational significance that I found for this piece represents the band’s impactful 60 year journey. The band’s music and live concerts represent many decades of sunshine filled p
  
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• Bear Takes Out Snowboarder at California Ski Resort

  11-12-2024 19:27 via powder.com
  
  When it's a busy day on the slopes, or even when its not, it's important to remember that downhill skiers always have the right of way. Unfortunately, one Lake Tahoe based bear forgot his ski slope etiquette, and was seen charging directly across a busy slope at Heavenly on December 8, 2024.In a video shared to Instagram by Ekalak Lakshana, who was filming himself while snowboarding, a black bear comes charging from the skier's left side of the slope towards him. Lakshana said it all happen
  
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• Review: WNDR Alpine Intention 108

  11-12-2024 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.At this point, you’ve probably seen or at least heard of the small but rapidly-growing brand WNDR Alpine. Started by 4FRNT skis founder Matt Sterbenz, and a cohort of industry pioneers like Pep Fujas, WNDR was the first brand to go all-in on sustainability, focusing on finding innovative and eco-friendly materials that would deliver the same on-snow feel a traditio
  
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• Tahoe Skier's Thought-Provoking New Film Available For Free

  11-12-2024 16:31 via powder.com
  
  Five years ago, you might have known Amie Engerbretson best for her picture perfect skiing in Warren Miller films and the fun, lighthearted projects she put out like Snow Pony and Boots Over Brim. But in the last year, the Tahoe-based professional skier and climate activist has made and released thought provoking films that not only show a complicated and vulnerable side to her, but forces viewers to reflect on themselves.
  Last winter, Engerbretson partnered with Protect Our Winters to make The
  
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• Columbia Drops Star Wars-Themed Outerwear Collection

  11-12-2024 16:25 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.I'll just go ahead and say it: 2024 is the year of limited-edition gear. Whether it's skis from some of our favorite ski makers, collabs between brands, or really unexpected things like Columbia's new Darth Vader kit, if you want to stand out, this is the year. Speaking of, Star Wars nerds rejoice. Columbia just released a new technical streetwear line called the Va
  
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• Oregon's Largest Ski Resort Celebrates Earliest Summit Opening in 10 Years

  11-12-2024 13:27 via powder.com
  
  At 1pm on Tuesday December 10, 2024, Mt. Bachelor announced that they had opened the Summit lift for the first time this season. It’s the earliest Oregon's largest ski resort has been able to open Summit in a decade.
  Passholders (me, it’s me!) rejoiced at the announcement as Summit expands Mt. Bachelor’s available terrain by a pretty big margin.
  Due to a series of November storms, much of the PNW and California have been experiencing a fantastic early season, and Central Oregon
  
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• Colorado Skier Digs Himself out of Avalanche Debris

  11-12-2024 11:54 via powder.com
  
  Colorado’s notoriously dangerous snowpack is already showing its teeth.
  Early last week, a skier on Berthoud Pass triggered a large (D2) slab avalanche and was caught and partially buried in the slide. Despite dislocating his shoulder in the slide, the skier was able to dig himself out. The Grand County Sheriff’s department, Search and Rescue, and local EMS responded to the accident.According to the full accident report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), the skier
  
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