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• $3k Scholarship Announced for Female Freeskiers

  26-03-2025 19:32 via powder.com
  
  Windells Ski Camp and Surf the Earth MHC have announced a $3,000 scholarship for female freeriders attending the camp this summer.The Love Like Ali scholarship honors the memory of Ali Patrick, a Windells' camper and the founder of Surf the Earth Mental Health Community, who passed away in October of 2023 after a heartbreaking battle with Bipolar I.Patrick was a dedicated skier who fell in love with freestyle growing up on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She attended Windell's Camp on Mt. Hood from
  
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• Inbounds Avalanche Caught on California Ski Resort's Webcam

  26-03-2025 19:20 via powder.com
  
  At approximately 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, a rockslide triggered an inbounds avalanche at Mammoth Mountain, California, beneath Starr Chute on the northeast portion of the resort’s terrain, according to a statement shared by Mammoth Mountain on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.Mammoth Mountain patrollers visited the scene of the slide immediately and conducted a search using transceivers, Recco, avalanche rescue dogs, and probes, the resort said, adding that this search confirmed eyewitness reports that
  
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• New Hampshire's Waterville Valley Sets Closing Day for Ski Season

  26-03-2025 18:39 via powder.com
  
  Ski season is coming to an end out east and several resorts have begun to announce and predict closing days. While there's always the backcountry once the lifts have stopped spinning, now is the time for east coast skiers to plan their last lift-accessed turns of the year. On March 26th, New Hampshire's Waterville Valley announced its closing day for the 2024/25 ski season. The ski area will close on April 12, 2025. Leading up to closing day, operations will continue as normal except for Mo
  
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• The Silver Belt Is Back at Sugar Bowl With a Stacked Lineup

  26-03-2025 18:36 via powder.com
  
  The reimagined Silver Belt competition returns to Sugar Bowl, California, between April 2 and April 4, 2025.April 2 will see a qualifier round. A “build day” is scheduled on April 3, and finals are scheduled for April 4. Following finals is an après party hosted by Red Bull. Then, at 6 p.m., judging and the awards ceremony will take place in Sugar Bowl’s Village Hall. Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The Peop
  
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• Pennsylvania's Largest Ski Resort Is Staying Open as Late as Possible

  26-03-2025 18:20 via powder.com
  
  Blue Mountain, known for being Pennsylvania's largest ski resort by most metrics, isn't giving up on Winter 24/25 without a fight.While most ski areas in the region have closed up shop, Blue is keeping the party going through April 6, 2025, at the earliest, if conditions allow.
  "There are some resorts in the area that are packing it in. I can guarantee you here at Blue Mountain we are not," said Nick Delich from the resort's Mountain Ops team in a recent social media video.Want to keep up with t
  
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• Völkl Launches New Directional Freestyle Ski: The Revolt 101

  26-03-2025 18:00 via powder.com
  
  Man, skiing just comes full circle over and over again. Remember when park skis were all just twin tips? Maybe you can even think back a little further, and recall when freestyle skis were actually just repurposed flat-tailed race skis used for hotdogging around the mountain? I mean, these days, that’s just called hitting sidehits with the boys (or girls). If you’ve been paying attention to what the cool kids are all riding these days, you might have noticed a resurgence in direction
  
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• Tom Peiffer Reflects on His Unlucky Freeride World Tour Season

  26-03-2025 17:18 via powder.com
  
  Whistler-based skier Tom Peiffer's spent his fair share of time on the Freeride World Tour (FWT). After qualifying for the FWT in 2018, Peiffer spent 2019, 2020, and 2021 traveling and competing.
  In 2021, Tour organizers made format changes due to COVID and Peiffer ended up below the cutoff for the next season. Instead of trying to re-qualify, he took the next three seasons away from the FWT to focus on other aspects of skiing. His hiatus ended when he was invited back to Challengers last season
  
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• Epic Powder Alert: California Preps for 48 Inches of Snow

  26-03-2025 16:45 via powder.com
  
  A parade of storms will hammer the Sierra Nevada with significant snowfall and respectable snow-liquid ratios, while most western regions see only modest to moderate fresh snow.
  The bottom line? California’s about to go off, with Kirkwood potentially eyeing over four feet of mostly high-quality powder by midweek.
  Elsewhere, look for smaller but still fun totals in Utah’s Cottonwoods and scattered refreshes across Colorado and the Northern Rockies.Want to keep up with the best stories
  
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• Ski Industry Mourns the Loss of Three Lives Following Disastrous Avalanche

  26-03-2025 15:46 via powder.com
  
  The ski industry is reeling following the death of three valued members of the community on Monday, March 24, 2025.According to the Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP), three skiers were caught in a naturally-triggered avalanche near the village of Kaslo, on the west side of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia. Two skiers and a guide with Stellar Heli Skiing were the victims.Stellar Heli has confirmed that the skiers were in the Clute Creek watershed, a zone that the heli ski outfit frequen
  
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