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• Review: blackcrows Navis Freebird Touring Skis

  05-03-2025 23:10 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.There’s a few skis on the market today that have gained a certain notoriety, perhaps even cult status. They are the kind of skis you see in every liftline, or at every backcountry trailhead: skis like Atomic’s various Bent Chetlers, Salomon’s QST line, or blackcrows Navis Freebirds (the green touring skis you’ve seen literally everywhere). For 202
  
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• I Put the Insta360 X4 to the Test: Here's What I Found Works Best

  05-03-2025 23:08 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.As a massive fan of the Insta360 X3, I was thrilled when a brand-new X4 arrived at my doorstep for testing earlier this season.The X3 had everything I wanted in an action camera, but the marketing around the X4 had me excited. Faster processing times, better lenses (up to 8k resolution!), longer battery life, smoother stabilization...all of these claims sounded like musi
  
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• Cody Townsend Signs With Avalanche Safety Gear Makers ORTOVOX

  05-03-2025 22:02 via powder.com
  
  Cody Townsend, professional skier and creator of the popular The Fifty web series, has teamed up with ORTOVOX.From shovels and beacons to waterproof kits, ORTOVOX supplies gear designed to keep skiers dry and safe. Townsend, meanwhile, adds star power to the partnership."Since 1980, our driving force has been to make mountain sports safer while inspiring athletes around the world. With Cody Townsend, we've found a partner who embodies this mission through his projects and his authentic storytell
  
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• Todd Ligare Hunts for Powder in New Two-Part Edit

  05-03-2025 20:56 via powder.com
  
  Todd Ligare has been in the big mountain skiing game for a long time. The ski racer-turned-freerider has graced the silver screen with the likes of Teton Gravity Research, been highlighted by numerous skiing publications (including POWDER), and is a longtime member of the stacked Armada team, where he's helped the brand shape its ski offerings.Now, Ligare's providing a look into what he's been up to recently with a two-part edit series called On the Hunt. Tap or click to watch each episode below
  
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• 3 Helicopter Skiers Feared Dead in Alaska Avalanche, Officials Say

  05-03-2025 20:33 via nytimes.com
  
  The group was traveling with guides from a commercial heli-skiing operation, which escorts backcountry skiers via helicopter to the tops of mountains that are otherwise inaccessible.
  
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• Epic Pass Prices Increase 7% for Winter 25/26

  05-03-2025 20:20 via powder.com
  
  Epic Pass has announced its pricing for Winter 2025/26. One of the two biggest conglomerate ski passes available, the Epic Pass, which is owned by Vail Resorts, offers access to 42 ski areas around the world.
  A full Epic Pass, which offers unlimited access to all of the pass' mountains cost $1,051 for adults and $537 for children. The Epic Local Pass, which offers unlimited access to 29 resorts and limited access to other destinations will start at $783 for adults, and $407 for children. Th
  
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• The 6 Wildest Moments From Freeride World Tour Georgia 2025

  05-03-2025 19:41 via powder.com
  
  The fourth stop of the Freeride World Tour, the Georgia Pro, has come and gone. In the wake of the event, we’re left with a pile of ski movie-worthy moments that arose as the competitors descended the Kakhiani face.While you could watch the entire replay of the competition for free (and we recommend doing so), these are a few bits of action that stood out to us during the Georgia Pro.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsl
  
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• Red Bull Bringing World-Class Freeride Event Back to Utah

  05-03-2025 18:39 via powder.com
  
  Red Bull Cascade is back for the third year in a row. The brain child of freeskiing icon Bobby Brown, Red Bull Cascade combines park style features with natural terrain for a team battle of the best freeskiers. The event is slated to take place March 28-29, 2025 at Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah. The event utilizes a unique format combining teams and a bracket style elimination. Teams will be made up of four skiers, each of whom's individual run scores will be added to a combined tea
  
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• Lost Civilization to Ski Mecca: New Film Honors Crested Butte's Important History

  05-03-2025 16:46 via powder.com
  
  Filmmaker Conor Hagen was born in Crested Butte, Colorado, but grew up in Taos, New Mexico. With ties to the Crested Butte (often referred to as CB) community, Hagen considered the town and ski area an, "enchanted mountain Shangri-la," each time he returned.He grew up with this unique outsider-looking-in perspective of the iconic Colorado mountain town, but it was the countless stories told by his parents that drove him to create the documentary film, High Country.Support independent filmmaking
  
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• Multiple Vermont Ski Resorts Pass 300" of Total Snowfall

  05-03-2025 14:03 via powder.com
  
  Ski areas all over the Green Mountain State are having incredible snow years. Stowe just recorded the third highest snowpack for a single date in its history, at a whopping 112 inches. The mountain has received 19" of snow in the last 7 days alone and is currently at 279" for the season. Just ahead of Stowe is Smuggler's Notch, at a respectable 304" of snowfall this season. Smuggler's Notch sees an average annual snowfall of 322", so while they haven't passed that yet, there's still plenty
  
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• Scorsese To Produce Film About Terrifying, Fatal Avalanche

  05-03-2025 13:23 via powder.com
  
  Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese will produce a film that plans to revisit the story of the infamous 1982 Alpine Meadows, California, avalanche incident, according to a report from Deadline.The forthcoming film, Wall of White, is slated to be a narrative adaption of Steven Siig and Jared Drake’s documentary, Buried, which also chronicled the Alpine Meadows avalanche.Another retelling of the avalanche, the book A Wall of White: The True Story of Heroism and Survival in the Face of a Deadl
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin Gives Mark Zuckerberg Comical Skiing Advice

  05-03-2025 12:14 via powder.com
  
  If you were Mark Zuckerberg and you wanted to get better at skiing, who would you ask for advice?There are a lot of options, but Zuckerberg, in a recent social media post, opted for the greatest ski racer of all time, Mikaela Shiffrin."First race since knee surgery! 💪 Messing around with our new Edits app. @mikaelashiffrin, any tips?" Zuckerberg wrote in a post on the Meta-owned social media platform Threads.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new
  
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