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• The 6 Ski Resorts With the Best Lift Access for Backcountry Skiing

  01-02-2025 17:21 via powder.com
  
  Backcountry skiing doesn't always have to be a long walk on skins—some of the best backcountry skiing around is accessed by resort gates. Before I talk about what resorts have this amazing access, I want to make a couple of important points about the entire topic. First things first: there's no such thing as side country. If you're skiing outside the boundary of a resort, even if you rode a lift to get there, you're in the backcountry. That means that ski patrol is usually not perform
  
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• The 6 Most Expensive Ski Resorts in the U.S.

  01-02-2025 12:43 via powder.com
  
  It's no secret that skiing is expensive and has only gotten more expensive over the last few years. The price of lift tickets, rentals, lodging, transportation, and meals adds up quickly and can make a single day of skiing cost upwards of $1,000 on average.
  A study conducted scraped the costs of lift ticket prices, equipment rentals, average accommodations based on available options near or at a resort, average meal cost based on the price of lunch and one beer, and group lessons from resort web
  
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