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• Review: Voile Endeavor–Simply A Great Ski

  31-12-2024 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.Anymore, the discussion on skis seems to dance around directness. For one, the tech jargon that frames the dialogue is rife with cliche and superlative. Words like all-round, versatile, and quiver-of-one get tossed around hastily, while proprietary technologies pepper official marketing copy, attempting to create novelty, all to push users toward certain models that undo
  
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• Powder Days Are for the Gals— Mt. Bachelor Conditions Report

  31-12-2024 12:14 via powder.com
  
  After a brief pilgrimage to Colorado for the holidays (no I didn't go skiing, sorry to disappoint), Central Oregon was once again blessed by Ullr upon my return. A storm dropped almost FOUR WHOLE FEET of snow on Mt. Bachelor giving us *drumroll please* the deepest snowpack in the country.The storm came in hot Wednesday night and dropped 14" overnight on the mountain. Some pretty dense snow coated the mountain throughout Thursday and Friday. My very handy inside sources (the Mt. Bachelor Conditio
  
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• Utah Ski Resort To Open Two New Chairlifts This Week

  31-12-2024 12:04 via powder.com
  
  On December 28, 2024 Deer Valley announced that it will open two of its three new chairlifts this week. Check out the announcement video below.Vice President of Mountain Operations, Steve Graff, reported on the lift openings in the above video. Graff thanked the development, construction, and mountain operations teams for all their work in getting the new lifts and expanded terrain open early. Keetly Express and the Aurora chairlift will both open this week, although an exact date is still
  
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• Snowshoeing and rescue monks: a monastery escape in the Swiss Alps

  31-12-2024 08:00
  
  Only accessible to snowshoers and skiers in winter, the Grand St Bernard Hospice has been a refuge for centuries and is the perfect place for a meditative mountain breakIt was a freezing December day when mountain guide Kingsley Jones first saw a rescue monk in action. He was leading a small group up the ominously named Combe des Morts when he passed by a rescue hut – one of many that dot this avalanche-prone area – and noticed a woman inside struggling in the freezing cold. He offer
  
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