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• The Northeast Powder Skiing Party Continues As Snow Piles Up

  10-02-2025 21:40 via powder.com
  
  Over the weekend, a winter storm passed through the Northeast, delivering snow, sleet, and ice to states like Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.For non-skiers, the surge of winter weather was presumably a hassle. However, northeastern residents with a penchant for powder will see the unsettled conditions differently: this week might provide an excellent opportunity to call out of work sick.These are the snowfall totals at a few major Northeast ski destinations that benefited from the storm.View
  
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• Colorado Ski Resorts Expecting 1-2 Feet of Snow Ahead of Presidents' Day Weekend

  10-02-2025 20:33 via powder.com
  
  A pair of colder systems this week will bring periods of light to moderate snowfall midweek, followed by a stronger round of heavy snow toward the end of the week and into the weekend.
  Temperatures will plunge across much of Colorado with the midweek storm, supporting notable mountain accumulations and a few lighter snow events. By late week, a surge of Pacific moisture should fuel widespread heavy snowfall over the southern and central mountains, with lighter but still appreciable snow reaching
  
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• Kings & Queens of Corbet's Couloir 2025 Preview: Reporting Live from Jackson Hole

  10-02-2025 20:04 via powder.com
  
  I checked into my room at The Four Seasons Jackson Hole just 30 minutes before Super Bowl LIX kicked off between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.Jackson Hole Mountain Resort's (JHMR) Village was lively with fans of both teams sporting their jerseys, and restaurants were packed with excited patrons. There was an energy in the air that was palpable.
  I'm a massive football fan, but considering my team wasn't playing (here's hoping the Steelers get a new QB this offseason...
  
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• Two Skiers Buried in Avalanche Near Park City

  10-02-2025 19:18 via powder.com
  
  At around 1 p.m. Saturday, February 9, 2025, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office received word that an avalanche had occurred in the Dutch Draw backcountry area just outside the boundaries of Park City Mountain, Utah.The slide, according to the Utah Avalanche Center’s report, involved three skiers. As two members of the party skied ahead, an avalanche about 200 feet above them released. The skier who remained behind wasn’t buried.In the avalanche, one skier was fully buried, and
  
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• Oak Mountain: Head East for Pow

  10-02-2025 17:01 via nyskiblog.com
  For the second weekend in a row, Evan and I made a last-minute call to chase fresh lake-effect snow in the Adirondacks. We planned to explore two new spots on Saturday before the storm rolled in, with our eyes set on Sunday our prize at Oak Mountain. With home base in the Finger Lakes, it’s a haul to the Adirondacks, but when conditions look promising we don’t hesitate. With a weekend of new mountain exploration ahead, we met up with » Read More »
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• 7 Things To Do While Wearing The North Face’s Himayalan Suit

  10-02-2025 14:06 via powder.com
  
  There’s cool outerwear, and then there’s The North Face’s Summit Series Himayalan Suit. The Him Suit (or Her Suit, for the newly-released women’s version), is obviously one of the most specialized pieces of clothing you could wear. It’s kind of like a drysuit you’d wear whitewater kayaking–but designed to keep you warm, cozy, and alive while climbing 8,000-meter peaks in the Himayalas. Think of it like a custom-fitted sleeping bag that you can walk in. I
  
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• The POWDER Cover That Changed Skiing Forever

  10-02-2025 14:03 via powder.com
  
  This article appears in the 2025 Photo Annual print issue of POWDER Magazine. The magazine is still available on newsstands near you, and can be shipped directly to your front door.ApexNot only was the photo on the November 1996 cover of POWDER stunning—and, for the time, shocking—but also a Masterclass in recording something that had never been seen before, let alone done, while also capturing details that layered the stories within the story.
  To understand any of it you need to sta
  
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• The 7 Best Terrain Parks in the U.S.

  10-02-2025 13:34 via powder.com
  
  Once considered a dark art, freestyle skiing has gone mainstream. The X Games makes a big media splash winter after winter in Aspen, and freeskiing success now hinges, in part, on an athlete’s ability to throw tricks. Aspiring skiers have embraced flipping and spinning, with local terrain parks across North America functioning as the breeding grounds for the next big professional name.However, terrain parks are more than training facilities for World Cup competitors. Jumps, jibs, and rails
  
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• Planning a President's Day Ski Trip? Consider These Areas

  10-02-2025 13:07 via powder.com
  
  President's Day, which falls on February 17th this year, is a great long weekend for a quick ski getaway. Especially if you're planning at the last minute, smaller ski towns might have lodging booked up, or be more difficult to get to than it's worth for the long weekend. Certain mountains tend to have better snow in February, which is certainly something to consider when planning a ski trip. Rather than list out a bunch of resorts, here are a few areas with tons of options for skiing, usua
  
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• Backcountry Skier Dies in Utah Avalanche

  10-02-2025 12:12 via powder.com
  
  The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is reporting that an avalanche-related death occurred on Saturday, February 8, 2025. The UAC's initial report is missing information ahead of a pending investigation, but here's what we know so far.The incident occurred in a backcountry zone called East Bowl near Solitude Mountain Resort and Brighton Resort in Utah's Big Cottonwood Canyon. The avalanche released at an elevation of 10,300' on a West aspect. The cause of the avalanche is unknown at this time.Accordi
  
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• Utah Resort Shames Skier for Triggering Avalanche in Closed Terrain

  10-02-2025 12:03 via powder.com
  
  Ducking boundary or closure ropes at a ski resort is extremely dangerous, and Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah has had enough.The popular ski resort took to social media to inform their followers about a dangerous situation that unfolded on Saturday, February 8, 2025.According to the lengthy post, a skier ducked a rope into Honeycomb Canyon, a popular off-piste section of the resort that was closed due to avalanche danger. To make matters worse, the skier allegedly triggered an avalanche in the cl
  
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