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• La Niña Has Finally Arrived— What it Means for Skiers

  12-01-2025 18:41 via powder.com
  
  La Niña conditions finally arrived last month, and for us powder hounds, that’s big news. The tropics might be thousands of miles away, but shifts in the Pacific’s sea surface temperatures can influence the jet stream, storm tracks, and ultimately how our mountain ranges stack up this winter. Let’s dig into what this La Niña means for the mid-season snow forecast.An example La Niña ocean temperature anomaly - notice the cooler Pacific waters off the coast o
  
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• The 8 Best Places to Ski in January

  12-01-2025 12:32 via powder.com
  
  The new year is upon us, but the ski season is really only getting started. If you need vacation after the holiday vacation (because, let's face it, sometimes you do), there are certain factors that make some places better to ski in January than other months. For some, it's proximity. For others, it's slope aspect and elevation of terrain if they tend to see less snow throughout the month. In general, resorts that receive more than 300 inches of snowfall annually and have a smaller standard
  
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• Watch This Epic Freeride Skiing Competition for Free

  12-01-2025 08:00 via powder.com
  
  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, 2025 is shaping up to be one heck of a damn year for freeride fans.
  The Freeride World Tour will deliver its first event of the season in a few short days, the Natural Selection Tour has brought skiing into the fold, Sugar Bowl’s Silver Belt is back, and this weekend, you can tune in live to catch the Nendaz Backcountry Invitational for the cool price of zero dollars.Check it out below.The Nendaz Backcountry Invitational kicks off at 9
  
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