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• Closing Days Unveiled for Utah Ski Resorts

  20-03-2025 20:12 via powder.com
  
  In March, at least among casual skiers, a sense that the winter season is nearing its end prevails. However, across many corners of North America—including Utah—there’s still a month or more of lift-accessed skiing.These are the planned closing dates for ski resorts across the Beehive State per Ski Utah, a nonprofit association that represents Utah’s ski and snowboard industry. As always, the weather and conditions caveat applies.Want to keep up with the best stories and
  
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• "Incredible" Snow Allows Monarch, CO to Extend Ski Season

  20-03-2025 20:04 via powder.com
  
  Monarch Mountain, Colorado, plans to keep the ski season going for just a bit longer thanks to a recent round of what it called “incredible” snow.In the past week, the ski area has received 20 inches of powder. It now plans to span its lifts until Sunday, April 13, 2025, an entire week longer than the ski area initially planned for.What's even more impressive is that Monarch doesn't utilize any manmade snow to cover its slopes. Only Mother Nature's sweet powdery offerings are on tap.
  
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• Closing Days Revealed for California's Most Popular Ski Resorts

  20-03-2025 18:55 via powder.com
  
  It's nearly the end of March, and many ski areas across the state of California are beginning to revel in the beauty of spring. With that said, upwards of four feet of snow fell across the Lake Tahoe region over the last week, and conditions are feeling quite wintry as of late.Regardless, April is the dreaded month that most ski resorts close up shop for the season, and some ski resorts across California have already announced or committed to a closing day.Want to keep up with the best stories a
  
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• American Rookie Toby Rafford Claims 3rd Overall as FWT Season Comes to a Close

  20-03-2025 18:19 via powder.com
  
  Have you ever wondered what DIN Freeride World Tour skiers run their bindings at? We do, at least—and today's final FWT clash in Verbier, Switzerland, made that question more pertinent than ever.Back slaps and punch front flips were the norm throughout the competition. Across both the men's and women's fields, a significant portion of the athletes crashed as they raced down the Petit Bec, perhaps because of the snow, which, ahead of the competition, the FWT said was some version of dust on
  
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• 48 Inches of New Snow Will Cause Dangerous Tree Wells, Oregon Ski Resort Warns

  20-03-2025 18:00 via powder.com
  
  With 2-4 feet of snow in the immediate forecast, Timberline Lodge on Oregon's Mt. Hood is warning skiers and riders about the hazards associated with riding in deep snow."The pow is real and there’s more on the way," writes Timberline. "Be aware of deep snow and tree wells and always ride with a buddy."Timberline has seen 19 inches in the last 72 hours and is sporting a 171 inch base depth at the lodge. With up to 48 inches of new snow expected to fall by early next week, the tree well and
  
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• Snowboarder Buried By Snow Dies in Utah

  20-03-2025 16:41 via powder.com
  
  The Summit County Sheriff's Office (Utah) has confirmed the death of a 55-year-old male snowboarder that was visiting Park City Mountain Resort from out of state.According to a social media post from the Sheriff's Office, the victim was found "buried" in snow near the Alley run on the Canyons Village side of the massive resort."Shortly before 11:00 AM on March 19, 2025, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an injured snowboarder. An adult male snowboarder was found b
  
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• New Freeride Festival Is Carving Its Own Path for Women at Sugar Bowl

  20-03-2025 16:17 via powder.com
  
  A new women's freeride festival is coming to Sugar Bowl Resort.Empowder Festival is a three day event that features a series of workshops, gatherings, and competitions as a way to inspire and elevate women+ and non-binary skiers/snowboarders in freeride.
  By offering progression sessions and a place to gather as a community, Empowder Festival will help riders learn and gain not just hard freeride skills, but more knowledge about and comfort with competitive freeride formats. The festival is
  
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• J.Crew Signs Exclusive Deal With U.S. Ski & Snowboard

  20-03-2025 15:37 via powder.com
  
  From the department store to the slopes—J.Crew and U.S. Ski & Snowboard have announced today that they're embarking on a three-year partnership where J.Crew will serve as the organization's official lifestyle apparel partner.Through the collaboration, J.Crew will have a presence at a number of competitive snowsports events, including alpine, cross country, freeskiing, snowboarding, Para alpine, Para snowboarding, and more."J.Crew has a long-standing connection to alpine culture, and we
  
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• Beloved Ski Area Needs $250K To Save Chairlift

  20-03-2025 12:39 via powder.com
  
  Whaleback Mountain, a small, nonprofit ski area in Enfield, New Hampshire, needs $250,000 to repair its lone chairlift and is asking skiers for help.
   According to a social media post shared by the ski area, the chairlift needs "urgent" repairs; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to operate next season.Without the chairlift—which is the only lift that accesses Whaleback Mountain's upper runs—much of the ski area will be left inaccessible unless you walk or skin uphill.Want to keep u
  
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• Review: We Tested K2’s New Women’s Dual BOA Cortex 125 W Ski Boot

  20-03-2025 10:00 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.Perhaps the biggest talking point in 2025 for the ski boot world is the introduction of Dual BOA. Yes, you read that right, two BOA dials. There are now ski boots that feature zero buckles. Love it or hate it, it’s clearly going to stick around, at least for a little while. If you are looking for a high-performance and low-volume women’s boot with Dual BOA (o
  
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