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• What To Wear Spring Skiing: The Ultimate Layering Guide

  31-03-2025 21:50 via powder.com
  
  With a changing of the seasons comes a changing of the wardrobe. That’s what they say, right? Well, actually, come springtime, it’s time to ditch the extra insulation and hardshell outer layers and embrace the sun on the slopes! Slushy spring skiing closely rivals mid-winter pow skiing, but what you’ll want to wear is very different. Yes, it's perfectly alright to ski in a T-shirt, shorts or a bathing suit. Just remember to wear extra sunscreen.If you're looking for a
  
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• Utah Ski Resort Lists Preferred Parking Passes for $1300

  31-03-2025 21:47 via powder.com
  
  Snowbird, Utah, will soon begin selling preferred parking passes for next season. They cost $1,299, according to a recently-updated page on the resort's website.The preferred parking pass provides access to the Lower Gad Valley, Pond and Bypass Road Preferred Parking Lots between December 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026. They go on sale at 10 a.m. April 15 and are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Preferred Parking pass holders are not required to make a reservation for holiday and pea
  
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• First Snowfall of Season Blankets Chilean Ski Resort

  31-03-2025 21:19 via powder.com
  
  Ski season might be winding down in the Northern Hemisphere, but it's just starting to show signs of beginning down south. Chilean ski areas have seen their first snow of the season, today, Mach 31, 2025. The slopes of Valle Nevdao were blanketed with white this morning, a sure sign winter is on the way. Not too far away, a dusting of snow is also visible on the peaks above Portillo's base area webcams. With winter still a ways out in the Southern Hemisphere, most resorts haven't
  
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• "Miserable" Whiteout Conditions Closes Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts

  31-03-2025 20:50 via powder.com
  
  A strong winter storm is delivering 1-4 feet of snow across the Sierra Nevada from March 30-April 2, 2025. Our friends at Powderchasers just published a daily storm forecast including updated snow totals, wind speeds, and more.As of today, March 31, ski resorts across the Lake Tahoe region are reporting 6-16 inches of snow with the heaviest bands of precipitation still expected to come.Sierra-at-Tahoe tried to open for skiing today, but according to a social media post at 10:40 a.m. local time,
  
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• Ski Area Offering Rare Opportunity To Buy Vintage Snowcats

  31-03-2025 20:03 via powder.com
  
  Skiing memorabilia comes in a lot of flavors. Crusty two-seaters. Overgrown ski areas gathering foliage and dust in some quiet corner of the Northeast. Two hundred and ten centimeter skis stiffer than a two by four that come with a complimentary CDL.
   Rusty, weathered snowcats are another part of snowsports lore, and Wild Mountain, Minnesota, has some for sale.The cats cost $4,900 or whatever the best offer is, according to a social media post shared by Wild Mountain. If you’re intere
  
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• Maine to Attempt World's Largest Shot Ski Record

  31-03-2025 19:49 via powder.com
  
  Bottom's up, Maine skiers.One Maine ski area is attempting to break the shot-ski world record.Park City, Utah and Breckenridge, Colorado have been in a long standing rivalry over the shot ski world record and each has topped the other numerous times. Park City took the record for the 8th time in fall of 2024 when 1,385 people lined up along 550 skis bolted together to make one giant shot ski. Participants were given the choice between High West Whiskey and apple juice— a high end shot ski
  
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• Best Ski Packs of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

  31-03-2025 18:32 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.Figuring out what to carry skiing is already hard enough, so let us take some of the work out of deciding how to carry it. Last we checked, there’s about a billion different ski packs on the market, but not all of them are made the same. We’ve been testing dozens of different ski packs this season, from ultra-minimalist mountaineering packs, to freeride-orien
  
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• 21-Year-Old Skier Dies at Minnesota Hill

  31-03-2025 17:19 via powder.com
  
  The Gilbert, Minnesota Police Department have published a press release confirming the death of a 21-year-old male skier at Giants Ridge, a popular local ski area.According to the release, the police department responded to a report of an injured skier on Saturday, March 29 2025. Ski patrol was able to "extract the victim from the hillside". The victim was then transported by The Biwabik Ambulance Service to Essentia Health Northern Pines in Aurora, Minnesota.Despite life saving efforts, the vic
  
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• California Ski Resorts Brace for 36+ Inches in 48 Hours

  31-03-2025 16:41 via powder.com
  
  A potent Sierra storm unleashes heavy snow starting Monday morning, March 31, 2025, initially falling at moderate density before turning progressively fluffier by Monday night.
  By late Tuesday, many Tahoe resorts could tally 3+ feet of new snow, with Mammoth grabbing around 1–2 feet of high-quality powder. Wednesday features lingering freshies and improving visibility.
  Bottom line: It’s on—get ready for multiple days of deep turns.March 31, 2025 ForecastCombine Sunday night + M
  
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