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• Meet Priority 1, the Natural Selection Tour Ski Venue

  08-04-2025 22:35 via powder.com
  
  The mythos and suspense associated with the Natural Selection Tour’s first ski outing are growing day by day. We’ve already learned which skiers competed in the event—Sam Kuch, Manon Loschi, Hedvig Wessel, to name a few—and know that the competition was crafted, in part, by a stacked Advisory Committee that included the likes of Chris Benchetler and Kristi Leskinen.We also know that the competition has already happened. In March, the NST athletes traveled to Alaska and th
  
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• Michigan Ski Area Wants To Stay Open Until Memorial Day

  08-04-2025 20:14 via powder.com
  
  For several major Western resorts, the end of the ski season is in sight. But at Boyne Mountain, Michigan, the journey towards a Memorial Day closing date could be just getting started.The ski area plans to offer weekend skiing through April 20. Then, it wrote in a social media post, "We're riding Victor until Mother Nature pulls the plug. Memorial Weekend warriors, we might just see you on the slopes." Views of Boyne Mountain's Mountain Express.Photo: Boyne MountainWant to keep up wit
  
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• There's Nothing Quite Like Mammoth Mountain's Second Season

  08-04-2025 19:47 via powder.com
  
  “You can’t get sunburned going skiing, Matt. It’s too cold.”For whatever reason, this ignorant statement ran through my head as I walked across the sun-soaked tarmac of Bishop, California, in late-June of 2023.
  The childhood classmate who uttered the sentence also accused me of wearing ski goggles at the beach to fake getting sunburned.
  I chuckled to myself. If she couldn’t wrap her head around getting sunburned in April, I wondered how she would react to skiing in
  
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• For Boo, the Grizzly Who Lives at a Ski Resort, Nap Time Is Over

  08-04-2025 18:48 via powder.com
  
  Boo, the grizzly bear who lives in a 20-acre enclosure beneath Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, British Columbia’s Golden Eagle Express gondola, has risen from his winter dormancy.The hulking bear dropped 112 pounds as he rested and now weighs 758 pounds. The weight loss, according to a social media post shared by Kicking Horse, is a normal part of winter dormancy for grizzlies.
   Here’s a look at Boo doing grizzly bear things, courtesy of Kicking Horse.Boo Bear Kicking Horse (0:46
  
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• Maine Ski Area Reveals New Trail Map

  08-04-2025 18:19 via powder.com
  
  Rad Smith, one of the most prominent resort mapmakers in skiing, is showing off his latest creation.The artist turned his brush to the trails and slopes of BigRock Mountain, Maine, and detailed his process from start to finish on X. This is the final product.Signed, sealed and delivered!The new, hand painted trail map for BigRock Mountain is officially complete. It will be so exciting to see this ski area in Maine using their new trail map next season. Thanks for trusting me with this project, B
  
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• Bikini-Clad Skiers to Race for Free Ikon Pass at Crystal Mountain, WA

  08-04-2025 13:02 via powder.com
  
  Downhill skiing? In a bikini or board shorts?That's the promise of Crystal Mountain, Washington's Bikini Downhill, which is scheduled to return this coming weekend on Saturday, April 12, 2025. If you've ever wanted to feel the breeze between your knees while skiing, now's your chance.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.Racing down the Bikini Downhill course in 2022. Photo: Cou
  
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