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• Ski Patrollers Begin Strike, File Unfair Labor Charges Against Vail Resorts

  27-12-2024 16:25 via powder.com
  
  The ongoing contract negotiations between Vail Resorts and the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA) has reached a boiling point.The PCPSPA announced via social media on Friday, December 27, 2024 that their members had officially begun a strike, and that Unfair Labor charges have been filed against Vail Resorts. According to a press release received by POWDER, over 200 patrollers hung up their jackets and formed a picket line at 7:30 a.m. MST."Vail Resorts forced this walko
  
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• Review: Stellar Equipment Shell System 2.0 Hardshell Kit

  27-12-2024 16:00 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.How do you improve something that’s already a great product? You don’t. Stellar Equipment is part of a small cohort of manufacturers who prefer not to update their products very often. Instead, the focus is creating highly durable sets of technical apparel that will last season after season of heavy-duty use. However, after a seven-year product cycle and as p
  
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• Holiday Ski Lift Ticket Prices Are Out of Control ($300+)

  27-12-2024 15:29 via powder.com
  
  The first ski resortto sell a lift ticket for more than $300 was Arizona Snowbowl, but that was two seasons ago, and was spurred by the perfect storm of Holiday crowds, fresh snowfall, and a dynamic pricing model in which lift tickets increase in price based on demand.Regardless of how the first $300 lift ticket came to be, the news spread like wildfire throughout the ski industry, and folks were outraged. The writing had been on the wall for some time, but to charge $300 for one day of ski
  
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• Telemark Skiing: Everything You Need To Know

  27-12-2024 15:01 via powder.com
  
  Every sport has its subcultures, and for skiing, it’s undoubtedly the wide world of telemarking. In fact, telemark skiing outdates alpine skiing by centuries. The sport has evolved tremendously over the past few generations, and with new, high-performance gear, it’s starting to return to popularity once again—no longer relegated to obscure corners of the internet and your weird hippy uncle from Colorado.What Is Telemark Skiing?Simply put, telemark skiing is a ski technique. It&
  
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• Christmas Eve Avalanche Rattles Northeast's Tallest Peak

  27-12-2024 14:31 via powder.com
  
  On Christmas Eve, a large avalanche occurred on Hillman’s Highway in the greater Tuckerman Ravine and Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, area.The Mount Washington Avalanche Center (MWAC) shared footage of the avalanche on YouTube.After the avalanche stopped, a team examined the slide path to determine if it was human-caused, according to the MWAC. They found no signs of human activity or avalanche beacon signals.An avalanche observation shared by Jeff Fongemie, Director of MWAC, noted that the
  
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• Teenager Dies in Christmas Day Avalanche

  27-12-2024 13:55 via powder.com
  
  A teenage skier was killed in an avalanche Christmas Day at Les Arcs, France, TF1, a French news outlet, reports.The boy was skiing with a group of six family members in an off-piste area of the Aiguille Rouge in Arc 2000 when the avalanche struck. He was buried and wasn’t wearing an avalanche transceiver. Le Parisien reports that the rest of the group avoided burial.Speaking with TF1, Philippe Janin, head of the slope service of the Arcs ski area, said that a third person above the group
  
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