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• Want a Chance To Win $1,500? Submit Your Clip to Our “Trick of the Winter” Contest

  17-03-2025 22:32 via powder.com
  
  Skiing for the fun of it is number one in our hearts, but getting the shot comes in a close second. To express our admiration for the clips that get us hyped, POWDER and Snowboarder have teamed up with 5-Hour ENERGY and will award two lucky winners—one skier and one snowboarder—$1,500 during the “Trick of the Winter” contest.The rules are simple. You can submit your best skiing or snowboarding clip before 5:00 p.m. PDT on May 14. The winner is determined by votes, so make
  
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• Weather Window Extended for Freeride Skiing's Super Bowl

  17-03-2025 19:59 via powder.com
  
  The Yeti Xtreme Verbier in Verbier, Switzerland—freeride skiing's equivalent to the Super Bowl—may happen earlier than planned.Originally, the final competition of the Freeride World Tour season was scheduled between March 22 and March 30. Now, the first possible competition date is Thursday, March 20.
   In a press release, the event's hosts said that the Xtreme Verbier's weather window had been shifted back two days to account for forecasted "weather challenges later in the week
  
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• Inferno Burns Homes at North Carolina Ski Resort

  17-03-2025 19:10 via powder.com
  
  After lightning struck Beech Mountain Resort, North Carolina, several housing units and cars were engulfed and destroyed by fire early Sunday morning, according to local news reports.The Beech Mountain Volunteer Fire Department’s Chief Bob Pundey said the blaze was caused by high winds, according to WSOC-TV.Multiple fire agencies responded to the incident, which was reported around 5:30 a.m.Eyewitnesses said the lighting hit a back deck at the Snow Tree Villas before the inferno began, WCN
  
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• How To Read a Snow Report (and Actually Understand It)

  17-03-2025 16:17 via powder.com
  
  Reading and understanding a snow forecast or report is one of the best ways to prepare for a day of skiing. Snow reports can help you decide what skis to use, what layers to wear, what goggle lenses to bring, how early to leave lodging if you have a commute to the mountain, and even where to ski on the mountain. Like all weather forecasts, snow forecasts aren't always 100% accurate so you have to learn to interpret and do some forecasting of your own. Depending on where you get your informa
  
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• Police Cracking Down on Ski Pass Fraud at Lake Tahoe Resorts

  17-03-2025 16:03 via powder.com
  
  Skiers at Palisades Tahoe, California noticed the presence of police officers and deputies at the base of chairlifts on Sunday, March 16, 2025.Why were these officers standing near the RFID gates of each lift? According to a recent social media post by the Placer County Sheriff's Office, the initiative has been spurred by an increase in season pass fraud at resorts across North Lake Tahoe."The Placer County Sheriff’s Office will be partnering with local ski resorts in an attempt to help cr
  
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• March Madness Continues: 23+ Inches Forecasted for California Ski Resorts

  17-03-2025 15:02 via powder.com
  
  Another strong and cold winter storm is on the doorstep of the Sierra for Monday morning, March 17, 2025.
  Cold air and abundant snow will overspread the Sierra range by late Sunday night and will peak during the early morning hours on Monday. Winds will be very strong Sunday night decreasing somewhat on Monday with cold air. The Central Rockies score next.Projected California Ski Resort Snow totals through late Monday (March 17, 2025):Sugar Bowl: 23 inchesPalisades Tahoe: 22 inchesMt. Shasta Ski
  
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• Lake Placid Loppet: The Forecast Called for Pain

  17-03-2025 14:30 via nyskiblog.com
  I haven’t blogged much for NYSB this year. Skiing at Mt van Hoevenberg on 1 December, I crashed hard when Pumphouse Road turned from groomed powder into a rock garden. A torn acromioclavicular ligament put me outta commission. When I returned to skiing, it was decent early season conditions. No one wants to hear “It’s thin, but really good” when downhill writers are contributing stories with epic powder shots. Early on, the big storms were missing us in Saranac Lake. &raq
  
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