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• Mama Bear and Cubs Spotted Under California Ski Lift

  26-12-2024 23:03 via powder.com
  
  As modern ski resorts become more and more like amusement parks, it can be easy to forget that people aren’t the only ones who enjoy mucking about in the snow.
   Lisa Single, a YouTuber, learned that lesson recently when she spotted a trio of bears at Heavenly Mountain, California. The group of bears appears to be a mom and her two cubs.However, despite Single’s video title, it’s unlikely they’re Grizzlies. Per the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, contemporary grizzl
  
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• Hundreds Rescued From Chairlifts in Alps on Christmas Eve

  26-12-2024 21:21 via powder.com
  
  For several hundred skiers in the French Alps, a Christmas Eve trip to the mountains might have involved more waiting than skiing—at two separate resorts, guests were stranded on chairlifts.Le Dauphiné reports that, just before 1 p.m., the La Festoure chairlift at Superdévoluy ski area became inoperable and some 240 skiers were rescued with ropes and helicopter assistance. The rescue operation finished hours later, around 4:45 p.m. No injuries have been reported.The rescue re
  
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• Washington Ski Area To Welcome "Game-Changing" New Chairlift

  26-12-2024 19:38 via powder.com
  
  Alpental, Washington, is preparing to welcome a new chairlift the ski area calls "game-changing."The lift—named Internationale—travels up the looker’s right side of Alpental’s terrain footprint. Previously, only one lift, Edelweiss, accessed the ski area’s upper reaches. With Internationale in action, skiers will have another way to reach the famed Back Bowls area, altering Alpental’s skier flow and layout.Internationale’s grand opening and ribbon cuttin
  
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• Vermont Ski Resort To Give Free Lift Tickets to Non-Profit Ski Hill

  26-12-2024 15:12 via powder.com
  
  In a time of mega resorts, mega-passes, mega lift lines, and mega prices, Stratton Mountain Resort is going above and beyond to support its local ski community.Stratton announced that it has loaned the non-profit and volunteer-operated Brattleboro Ski Hill two high-tech HKD Snowmakers Fan Guns to cover the hill prior to opening day. These modern machines are more efficient than Brattleboro's aging snowmaking systems, and will provide a much-needed assist to blanket the hill's two slopes ahead of
  
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• Review: Faction Studio 2

  26-12-2024 15:00 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.Freestyle skis have greatly evolved since the early days of the Salomon TenEighty, now coming in all shapes, sizes, flex patterns, and the like. Not constrained by the numerous design limitations put on ski makers in the ski racing world, freestyle skis have always been a place for experimentation and expression. With that, there’s definitely been a heavy trend tow
  
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• Top 7 Ski Resorts for Large Groups and Family Ski Trips

  26-12-2024 12:12 via powder.com
  
  Skiing is great on its own, but the sport really sings with friends and family. High fives, powder turns, inside jokes—these are all hallmarks of a good group ski trip. If the excursion goes well, it might become a piece of shared lore. Remember that time when we got lost but found a hidden stash of bottomless powder? In the end, it’s all about making fond memories to look back on once our knees inevitably give out.When selecting a mountain to visit with your crew, throwing dart
  
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• The 7 Best Ski Resorts for New Year's Eve 2024

  26-12-2024 11:34 via powder.com
  
  There's no better way to ring in the New Year than spending it on the slopes.
  Whether you're closing out 2024 with blower pow or a bluebird groomer day (or anything in between because skiing is skiing!), save a little energy for your après. Many ski resorts have amazing New Year's Eve celebrations with torchlit parades, firework shows, live music, and so on.
  Set that New Year's resolution to do more squats so you can ski more laps or finally buy those skis you've been eyeing since last se
  
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• New Ski Film 'Young Bucks' Faces Injuries Head On, Available for Free

  26-12-2024 09:57 via powder.com
  
  Washington-based professional skiers Deliah Cupp and Krystin Norman are both known in part for being incredibly multifaceted. The release of their latest film project, Young Bucks, not only confirms that, but provides a deeper look into the unlikely friendship of the two athletes.
  Running just under twenty minutes, the film folds the story of its own making into a narrative driven by Cupp and Norman’s experiences with injuries. Not only visually captivating, it also allows viewers to relat
  
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