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• Sale Price Slashed for Snowy Canadian Ski Resort

  28-03-2025 20:54 via powder.com
  
  A for-sale Canadian ski area that's famed for its powder snow just got cheaper.Powder King Mountain Resort, British Columbia, initially hit the market for CAD $8.25 million. Thanks to a price reduction, the ski area located in the central reaches of the province now costs CAD $5.9 million (the most recent asking price for Powder King before this reduction was CAD $6,495,000).There are large homes in Vancouver, British Columbia, that cost more than CAD 5.9 million. Keep reading for more informati
  
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• New Ski Ballet Competition Announced at Colorado Ski Area

  28-03-2025 20:38 via powder.com
  
  A Colorado ski area is bringing back ski ballet. Monarch Mountain is hosting its inaugural ski ballet competition this spring.
  While the discipline largely lost popularity after its appearance in the 1992 Winter Olympic games due to the rise of other disciplines, recently it has begun to make a comeback. The 1st Annual Ski Ballet on Freeway event will take place on April 5, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. on the Freeway trail at Monarch.
  Solo acts or teams of 2-3 can compete in the event, and costu
  
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• Incredible Athlete Roster Revealed for Swatch Nines

  28-03-2025 19:29 via powder.com
  
  In my opinion, if there's one event that doesn't get enough hype in freeskiing, it's The Swatch Nines. The event is essentially a massive progression session on features dreamed up by athletes. It ends up being a world-class playground to showcase their skills on. This year's build was designed during the Creator's Cabin incubator session in November of 2024 by athletes like Nico Vuignier, Brooke D’Hondt, Fridtjof Tischendorf, and Rell Harwood. From April 7-12, 2025, athlete
  
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• California In Bullseye of Multiple Winter Storms: Daily Forecast

  28-03-2025 18:12 via powder.com
  
  A parade of storms is lining up for the Sierra with the heaviest hits arriving Sunday night (March 30, 2025) into early next week.
  Expect moderate to occasionally hefty totals from Tahoe down to Mammoth, accompanied by good snow quality—especially by midweek.
  Bottom line: multiple powder days on tap, with the deepest shots favoring the northern Sierra on Tuesday, April 2, and Mammoth on Wednesday, April 3, 2025.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the ne
  
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• Skier Logs 125k+ Vertical Feet in 12 Hours for Guinness World Record Attempt

  28-03-2025 16:03 via powder.com
  
  137,252 vertical feet. 109 laps. 12 hours.Those are the stats from Alpental, Washington, skier Rob Bernhoft's yet-to-be-submitted bid at setting a new Guinness World Record for most vertical feet skied in 12 hours. Bernhoft covered the vertical foot equivalent of Mt. Rainier almost ten times.
   He started the day on March 7, 2025 at 9 a.m. and skied nonstop until 9 p.m.—when Alpental closed for the night—making lap after lap on Debbie's Gold, a groomed run beneath the Armstrong E
  
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• The 21.0 Foot Still Exists! Why Can't I Find Ski Boots That Fit Me?

  28-03-2025 16:00 via powder.com
  
  When people ask you what time period you think you should've been born in, what comes to mind? A lot of folks base this on their favorite music decade. Not me. My basis for the best time to be alive has been entirely based on the provenance of ski gear technology. We’ve got every shape and width ski you can dream of, as well as outerwear that comes in every color and tech fabric imaginable. But there’s a burning question in my mind: Why have we regressed into the 20th century when it
  
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• Large Avalanche Releases Inbounds at Crystal Mountain, WA

  28-03-2025 13:42 via powder.com
  
  Spring has sprung in the PNW this week, but not in all the good ways. Rapid warming can cause some pretty big issues and instabilities in the snowpack, which was the case at Crystal Mountain, WA this week.
  Ski patrollers temporarily closed the resort's upper mountain on Wednesday evening, March 26, 2025, due to concerns over the snowpack, and it was a good thing they did.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for week
  
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• What Is Gaper Day? A Guide to Skiers' Favorite Holiday

  28-03-2025 12:41 via powder.com
  
  As much as skiers mourn the end of the season, it can also be a great time to celebrate and rid ourselves of some of the constraints of ski culture. While much of the world takes April 1 to celebrate April Fool's Day, skiers everywhere have a different name and entirely different celebration for the date.
  Enter Gaper Day, every skier's favorite holiday. If you've ever been to a ski area on April 1 and wondered why so many people around you are dressed in costume, skiing like they might be intoxi
  
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• The Top 13 Most Scenic Ski Runs in the World According to POWDER Staff

  28-03-2025 12:37 via powder.com
  
  We publish quite a few "best of" lists here at POWDER, and recently, we've enjoyed collaborating on them to provide a more well-rounded article.Today, each member of the POWDER staff has written about three or four ski runs that they think serve up the best views in the land. Each writer has pulled from personal experiences, and this list isn't conclusive of every ski run in the world.Rather, let this list serve as a representation of our personal experiences. Without further ado, here are
  
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• Chamonix, France: The Skier's Ultimate Guide

  28-03-2025 11:29 via powder.com
  
  Steeped in skiing history, Chamonix, France, might well be one of the most famous ski towns on the planet. That’s for good reason, given the endless options for skiing here in one of the most stunningly beautiful parts of the Alps. Nestled at the foot of 15,766-foot Mont Blanc, this bustling small city and its surrounding towns offer an extremely civilized take on what it means to live and play in the mountains.In classic European fashion, the area was first settled and developed over a mi
  
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