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• Oregon Search & Rescue Responding to "Active" Avalanche Incident

  18-02-2025 21:56 via powder.com
  
  The Central Oregon Avalanche Center posted to social media on Tuesday, February 18th around 11:30 a.m. PST that there had been an avalanche burial near Bend, Oregon.According to the post, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue (DCSOSAR) responded overnight to an avalanche burial. The burial reportedly happened between the snowmobile Trail 88 and Trail 6 junction, in the Trail 8 area, also known as Happy Valley. Central Oregon Avalanche Center is currently supporting DCSOSAR wit
  
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• Tree Falls on Major Chairlift at Popular New York Ski Area

  18-02-2025 21:15 via powder.com
  
  The east coast is having quite the season when it comes to weather. Although many mountains have enjoyed above average snowfall this year, storms have also come in with strong winds. As any seasoned skier knows, these winds can be a real nightmare for lift operations, which they proved to be at a New York ski area earlier this week.On Monday, a tree fell onto Belleayre Express Lift during a storm at Belleayre Mountain Resort. Damage to the lift is currently being assessed, according to a so
  
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• Over 100 Guests Evacuated From New Hampshire Ski Lift

  18-02-2025 20:50 via powder.com
  
  At approximately 2 p.m. Monday, the Triple Peak chairlift at Pats Peak, New Hampshire, malfunctioned, leading to the evacuation of about 120 skiers, according to a statement shared by the ski area.
   The lift experienced a deropement at tower 8, the ski area said, and the evacuation process took roughly one and a half hours. No injuries were reported.Pats Peak ski patrollers worked with Henniker Fire and Rescue to conduct the evacuation."It was kind of scary for a few minutes, but when we sa
  
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• Colorado Man Survives 1 Hour Buried by Avalanche

  18-02-2025 20:22 via powder.com
  
  On February 17th, a snowmobiler was caught in an avalanche near Vail Pass in Colorado. Around noon, a group of two were sledding on Shrine Mountain, just west of Vail Pass when one of the riders triggered and was caught and buried in an avalanche. The other rider attempted to use his avalanche transceiver to locate his partner, but did not get a signal from the other beacon. He then called 911 for help finding the buried snowmobiler.Tap or click to watch the video below. Keep reading for mo
  
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• The Best Ski Photos of 2025 (Part 1)

  18-02-2025 20:11 via powder.com
  
  These images appear 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.Aspect RatioMathieu Navillod. Engelberg, Switzerland.Photo: Christoph JohannMarkus Eder. Haines, Alaska.Photo: Christoph ThoresonFerdinand Dahl. Klappen, Switzerland.Photo: Josh BishopPiers Solomon. Engelberg, Switzerland.Photo: Oskar EnanderParkin Costain. Haines, Alaska.Photo&a
  
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• The Best Ski Photos of 2024 (Pt. 1)

  18-02-2025 20:11 via powder.com
  
  These images appear 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.Aspect RatioMathieu Navillod. Engelberg, Switzerland.Photo: Christoph JohannMarkus Eder. Haines, Alaska.Photo: Christoph ThoresonFerdinand Dahl. Klappen, Switzerland.Photo: Josh BishopPiers Solomon. Engelberg, Switzerland.Photo: Oskar EnanderParkin Costain. Haines, Alaska.Photo&a
  
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• Ski Patrol Union Movement Hits East Coast

  18-02-2025 19:55 via powder.com
  
  Ski patrollers from an east coast ski resort have begun the processes of unionizing. On February 17, 2025, more than 70% of ski patrollers at Maine's Sunday River have have signed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union.
  Patrollers from Sunday River hope to join United Mountain Workers, the labor organization that represents more than a dozen unionized mountain ops teams in the US. They plan to conduct a union election later this winter as the first step in becomi
  
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• The 80s Are Back: Ski Ballet To Return at Colorado Ski Area

  18-02-2025 19:12 via powder.com
  
  Ski ballet isn’t dead, apparently.At Monarch Mountain, Colorado, costumed competitors will twist, turn, and pirouette down the Freeway trail on April 5, 2025. The event, fittingly billed as the Ski Ballet on Freeway, is a first for Monarch Mountain and includes a fundraising partnership between Monarch Mountain Community Outreach Fund and KHEN Community Radio.Ski Ballet on Freeway also honors Monarch Mountain’s 85th anniversary. Competitors will be judged on style, agility,
  
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• Colorado Ski Patrol Union Makes Agreement With Vail Resorts

  18-02-2025 18:40 via powder.com
  
  Keystone Ski Patrol Union (KSPU), which represents the professional ski patrollers at Keystone Resort, Colorado, is the latest unionized ski patrol unit to reach a contract agreement with resort ownership. KSPU has been in contract negotiations with the mountain's parent company Vail Resorts since September of 2024. In October of 2024, KSPU filed an unfair labor practice suit against Vail for failing to uphold merit-based wage increases, which have been a hot topic across several patrol uni
  
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• Jay Peak, VT Has More Snow Than Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado

  18-02-2025 18:28 via powder.com
  
  Winter '24/'25 hasn't been an exceedingly deep year in terms of snowfall for ski resorts out west. Most major resorts, at least anecdotally, are hovering at or slightly below their total snowfall averages for this point in this season.Meanwhile, Jay Peak, known for being Vermont's, and the East Coast's, snowiest ski resort, is having a season to remember.As of February 18, 2025, Jay has recorded an astounding 334 inches (~28 feet) of total snowfall with 45 inches in the last seven days, and
  
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• How Old Three-Pin Telemark Bindings Made Me A Better Skier

  18-02-2025 17:00 via powder.com
  
  I’ve never been a new-gear type of guy. In fact, like a true apostate of free-heel progression, I long swore off the greatest if most divisive paradigm shift in recent telemark history–the New Telemark Norm–a platform that after years of competing with elder duckbilled gear has finally been elevated as the modern exemplar of telemark equipment in most skiers minds. Cue angry responses online.Maybe it spoke to my nostalgic streak, or a certain mistrust of things innovative or co
  
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• Pro Skier Pete Koukov Climbs Out of Delta Airlines Wreckage

  18-02-2025 16:56 via powder.com
  
  A recent string of airline disasters has plagued the front pages of North American news sites since the New Year.
  Yesterday, February 17, 2025, disaster nearly struck again when a Delta Airlines flight tipped over as it landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport shortly before 3 p.m. local time. According to CNN, a strong gust of wind hit the plane just as it touched down causing it to roll over.80 passengers were on board, including professional skier Pete Koukov. Koukov filmed a dramatic
  
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• Tyrolia Drops New Attack Hybrid Freeride Binding

  18-02-2025 16:14 via powder.com
  
  Hybrid freeride bindings are all the rage this season, and Tyrolia Bindings joins the market with an innovative new freetouring binding called the Attack Hybrid. Taking cues from the CAST Freetour, Tyrolia looks to go all-in on robust simplicity with a design that has me scratching my head thinking, "why hasn't someone thought of this before?"The new Attack Hybrid uses a swappable toe piece, similar to the CAST Freetour 2.0, where the skier can physically change out the toe unit between a full a
  
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• $67 a Day for a Week of Skiing? We Put the Indy Pass to the Test.

  18-02-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Our Frugal Traveler tries out the bargain pass at frill-free resorts in Utah, Idaho and Montana.
  
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