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• California, Colorado In Direct Bullseye for 24+ Inch Blizzard

  04-03-2025 23:25 via powder.com
  
  A storm on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 brought 5-12 inches to the Rockies, with another longer-duration event set to arrive in the Sierra Nevada by Wednesday morning.
  Steady snowfall will likely build up over the central and southern Rockies, extending to the south tip of the Tetons Wednesday-Friday. This storm initially comes in a bit dense with SW flow, followed by cold, high-quality powder as winds shift to the NW. This is a perfect setup for high-quality powder in many regions.Want to keep up wit
  
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• Skier Swept Away by Fast Moving Avalanche in Tuckerman Ravine

  04-03-2025 21:32 via powder.com
  
  Just because an avalanche is small, doesn't mean it won't sweep you off your feet!Mount Washington Avalanche Center posted a video of a skier triggering a small slide on the Dodge's Drop line in Tuckerman Ravine. The video shows both third party and POV angles of the skier triggering a slide before losing his footing and getting carried around 200 feet downslope before self arresting.Tap or click the video below to watch. Keep reading for more information about the avalanche.Want to keep up with
  
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• Enter the Wild and Untamed World of Skijoring in This Short Documentary

  04-03-2025 20:58 via powder.com
  
  Skiing and the western realm of rodeos, horses, and lassos can, at times, feel fundamentally at odds.
  We wear Gore-Tex; cowboys wear denim. Our steeds are lifeless; their steeds require tender love and care beyond a simple P-tex touch-up. Glitzy gondolas and overpriced lodge food feel like Mars compared to the more grounded ranching lifestyle.Does that mean skiers and cowboys can't team up, though? Absolutely not. Enter skijoring. Hooves and Boards, season two episode two of Flylow's Peaks and P
  
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• Lake Tahoe Ski Resort Will Spin Lifts Late as Spring Approaches

  04-03-2025 20:23 via powder.com
  
  What better way to spend a Friday night than skiing? Tahoe area ski resort, Mt. Rose, would agree, which is why they've brought back their Open Late lift schedule. Starting March 7, the resort plans to keep certain lifts spinning until 5:30 pm5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Following the end of Daylight Savings on March 9, Mt. Rose will keep select lifts open until 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays through the end of the season. Lifts with extended hours will include The Nort
  
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• The 6 Best Ski Areas for Hiking in North America

  04-03-2025 20:13 via powder.com
  
  We prefer it when mountains are dressed up in their winter finery, but even hardcore skiers can admit that when the snow melts, the towering peaks and meandering valleys located at our favorite wintertime haunts still hold plenty of allure.
  Powder turns are the holy grail—fields of wildflowers and crisp alpine lakes might be the next best thing.At these six ski resorts, you can keep the alpine stoke going by climbing a varied network of hiking trails.Want to keep up with the best stories a
  
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• 12 Months After Unionizing, Whitefish’s Ski Patrollers Are Still Negotiating a Contract

  04-03-2025 20:02 via powder.com
  
  Whitefish Mountain Resort Professional Ski Patrol Union (WMRPSP) is the latest unionized patrol unit in for the long haul at the negotiating table. The patrol unit officially unionized 12 months ago and began contract negotiations with the independently-owned Whitefish Mountain Resort in June of 2024, according to a joint social media post from WMRPSP and the United Mountain Workers, which represents many of the unionized ski patrol units in the Western US.In the joint post, WMRPSP said man
  
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• Perfect North Slopes To Operate Michigan Ski Area

  04-03-2025 18:44 via powder.com
  
  Swiss Valley, a small ski area in Jones, Michigan, will now be operated by Perfect North Slopes of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, according to a social media announcement.In a separate announcement, Swiss Valley wrote that it will retain its staff through the transition while Perfect North Slopes will contribute “some fresh firepower with upgrades and improvements.”Perfect North Slopes said in a press release that more information about the season pass programs and planned projects at Swiss
  
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• 5 Essential Spring Skiing Tips Every Skier Should Know

  04-03-2025 18:18 via powder.com
  
  Spring skiing: the best kind of skiing (behind bottomless powder, duh). It's like the sun comes out and the temperature hits 50 for the first time since October and suddenly, none of the simple things that apply the rest of the season matter anymore.
  Layering? Outerwear? Gore-Tex? Forget it. You can ski in a costume without occasion, as long as it's spring. Break out the jorts, onesies, bikini tops, you name it. Safety? Just slap on a visor and some speedy sunglasses and you've got all the prote
  
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• Review: Scarpa TX Comp Telemark Boot

  04-03-2025 17:04 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.It’s easy to forget that this moment–the release of not one, but now two models in Scarpa’s modern telemark boot line–long felt far from guaranteed. But we’re here now. Long leaked on social media, the Italian bootmaker is again bringing retail redemption to the genuflecting turn, following up last year’s release of the revamped TX Pro
  
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• Body of Missing Vail Snowboarder Found

  04-03-2025 15:25 via powder.com
  
  After an exhaustive two week search, the body of missing snowboarder Connor Gill was found on Friday, February 28, 2025, according to a report from VailDaily.Gill was reported missing at Vail Mountain on February 14, 2025 around 3:15 p.m. by a friend. He was last seen boarding Vail's Avanti Express chairlift at 8:50 a.m. earlier that day. A winter storm dumped more than two feet of snow on Vail Mountain over the course of the weekend, hindering search and rescue efforts.“On behalf of Vail
  
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• SFM Rail Jam 2025 at Woods Valley

  04-03-2025 12:45 via nyskiblog.com
  Across New York park jams have been firing. The venerated Scott Delforte jam at Bristol went off for the 20th year in a row. North of there at the Northampton Rope Tow Park the boys built a gnarly rail jam course with the Flower Skate Shop and hosted the Tell a Friend Tour. Out west the Boardroom hosted the 7th annual Boardroom Banked. Unfortunately, my season is over, a fractured foot. Still, I wasn’t content to miss out on all » Read More »
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• Iconic Ski Slope Named After Candide Thovex

  04-03-2025 00:05 via powder.com
  
  Candide Thovex, one of our sport’s brightest stars, is being honored by La Clusaz — a French ski resort — with terrain named in his honor.Between the Crintiaux track and the Col de Balme chairlift line in La Clusaz’s Massif de Balme stands a new slope bearing Thovex’s name. The route is marked with beacons La Clusaz installed in collaboration with Thovex and can be accessed by riding the Col de Balme.“I learned to ski at Balme and Balme taught me everything. T
  
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