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• Ski Resort and Lodging Operators Team Up To Help LA Fire Evacuees

  10-01-2025 20:44 via powder.com
  
  As the destructive Los Angeles, California wildfires continue to burn, a group of nearby ski areas, Big Bear Mountain Resort, has stepped in to help.The aid program, created in partnership with Visit Big Bear, Big Bear Mountain Resort, and local lodging operators, offers discounted accommodations and meal vouchers for LA County evacuees.Visit Big Bear’s website includes a list of participating lodging operators, many of whom run Airbnbs. The meal vouchers apply to restaurants at Snow Summi
  
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• Sneak Preview: Atomic's 2026 Bent Chetler Topsheets

  10-01-2025 20:08 via powder.com
  
  Atomic athlete Chris Benchetler tends to outdo himself when it comes to creating absolutely stunning topsheet art for his signature skis. For next year, that trend continues (obviously) with a whole line of new topsheets for the Bent 120, Bent 110, Bent 100, and the junior skis. Just this week, Atomic invited POWDER up to Utah's Monument Ranch cat skiing zone for a few days of bluebird powder skiing to take a look at the new skis. We shredded cold, dry Wasatch pow, talked about the new gear and
  
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• 100 Inches of Snow Has Already Fallen at Southern Ski Area

  10-01-2025 19:30 via powder.com
  
  La Ninã continues to deliver the goods to ski mountains all over the country and the latest recipient of her gifts is a mountain in West Virginia.  Snowshoe Mountain, the largest ski resort in the Southeast, just surpassed 100" of snowfall this season after Winter Storm Blair dropped 41" in the last seven days. Now totaling 109" of snow for the season, Snowshoe is having one of their best winters in recent history and there's more on the way.Aerial photo shared by Snowshoe Mount
  
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• New York Ski Area Selling for $2.5 Million

  10-01-2025 19:12 via powder.com
  
  Ever wanted to buy a ski area? Well, if you have a cool $2.5 million lying around, now’s your chance.Near Syracuse, New York, The Four Seasons Golf & Ski Center is for sale.According to a listing on LoopNet, the 13-and-a-half-acre property includes an express lift, snowmaking equipment, and a 4,700-square-foot retail space. The city of Syracuse, New York—and a Trader Joe’s—are only minutes away from the ski area.“Don't miss the chance to transform this property
  
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• Review: 2025 blackcrows Nocta

  10-01-2025 16:30 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.The new blackcrows Nocta is a playful powder ski that isn’t one-dimensional, it handles less fresh conditions just fine as well. There seem to be two main schools of thought when it comes to designing 120+ mm wide pow skis. Either, make a ski that does one thing (ski fresh snow) as well as possible, at the expense of pretty much everything else, or, instead, m
  
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• Rising Star Sidelined From Skiing’s Biggest Freeride Circuit

  10-01-2025 12:00 via powder.com
  
  The still-stellar men’s Freeride World Tour roster just got a bit smaller.Max Hitzig, who won the Freeride World Tour in 2024 ahead of Marcus Goguen and Ben Richards, won’t compete in 2025’s iteration of the popular big mountain event circuit after suffering an injury this past December.“I’m not mentally or physically prepared to compete on the FWT,” Hitzig said in a statement. “It’s a difficult decision, but my focus remains on recovery. Thank you
  
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• The 12 Best Ski Goggles of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

  10-01-2025 01:45 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.Ski goggles have come a long way since the days of neon onesies and straight skis. Today’s goggles are high-tech masterpieces designed to not just protect your eyes, but actually greatly increase what you can see on snow. Turns out that being outside surrounded by highly-reflective surfaces (snow) can play tricks with the light, so goggle makers have developed ways
  
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• Titus Mountain: Cold Powder

  10-01-2025 01:15 via nyskiblog.com
  In 2013, I discovered a valuable life hack: skiing on my birthday is a great way to forget I’m getting older. Ever since that day I’ve made it point to ski Plattekill on the anniversary of my entrance into the world. The joy of skiing drives out any thoughts associated with the inevitable passage of time. In years when my birthday falls on a day when the lifts aren’t spinning at Plattekill, I’ll ski it on the closest operating day. » Read More »
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• Lawsuit Is Filed Against Vail Resorts After Park City Strike

  10-01-2025 00:28 via powder.com
  
  The ski patrol strike at Park City Mountain, Utah, is over, but now a lawsuit has been filed against Vail Resorts for allegedly not disclosing the strike's impacts.Christopher Bisaillon, the plaintiff, has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of guests that purchased Park City Mountain lift tickets between December 27th and January 8th—the duration of the ski patrol strike.The lawsuit accuses Vail Resorts, which owns Park City Mountain, of “intentionally and willfully deceived hund
  
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