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• The Sierra Nevada Just Had an ‘Epic Snow Day’

  14-02-2025 23:36 via nytimes.com
  
  The mountain range straddling California and Nevada has had mostly warm storms this winter. Finally, a cold one has piled up multiple feet of snow.
  
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• Review: The North Face Verbier Gore-Tex ePE Jacket and Bibs

  14-02-2025 21:24 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.In a crowded market, I’ll admit that it can be easy to forget that The North Face actually makes some of the best technical apparel in the game. It’s not just about finance-bro Denali fleeces and fashionable Nuptse puffers–the classic American outerwear brand continues to be on the cutting edge of jacket and pant design with their athlete-tested Summit
  
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• Veronica Paulsen Updates Fans After Kings & Queens Crash

  14-02-2025 20:43 via powder.com
  
  Ahead of the famed Kings & Queens of Corbet’s competition, professional skier Veronica Paulsen had one objective — land a double backflip.Paulsen first attempted the trick in 2023, executing two somersaults as she soared off Corbet’s Couloir, the massive terrain feature located at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming.
   She didn’t stick the landing, but still notched a record, becoming the first woman to try a double backflip into the Couloir.This week, the doubl
  
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• Storm of the Season? Huge Snowfall Buries California Ski Resorts

  14-02-2025 19:25 via powder.com
  
  Power outages, lift delays, and feet of snow — welcome to what might be California's storm of the season.
   To start, in Mono County, Mammoth Mountain is well and truly buried.
   The ski resort, per a recent social media, has received between 34 and 55 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours. The resort's current storm total ranges between 50 and 79 inches or, on the upper end, six and a half feet.The wintry barrage has led to slowed chairlift openings.Mammoth Mountain said that it
  
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• “Our Operations Appear to Be Stable,” Washington Avalanche Center Addresses Funding Uncertainty

  14-02-2025 12:30 via powder.com
  
  In a social media post, the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) — which provides avalanche forecasts across Washington — addressed the question of funding as the status of the federal government seems to change day by day.
   “Like many of you following the news, we’ve been monitoring the ongoing federal funding uncertainty, including potential hiring freezes and staff reductions, which have created challenges for avalanche centers nationwide,” NWAC wrote.At this p
  
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• Tennis Champion Admits to “Embarrassing” Rescue During Ski Trip

  14-02-2025 12:00 via powder.com
  
  Tennis skills, perhaps unsurprisingly, don't translate too well to the mountains.Sir Andy Murray, a now-retired British tennis champion with three Olympic medals, recently told the Sporting Misadventures podcast that, despite his initial excitement, a trip to the Alps didn't quite go as planned, leading to a slopeside rescue.Murray, along with his brother-in-law, were skiing on a beginner slope. Then, they ventured a bit further across the mountain before discovering that the lift they'd arrived
  
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