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• Non-Profit Ski Area To Host Concert Fundraiser for Lift Repairs

  15-04-2025 22:06 via powder.com
  
  Non-profit ski area Whaleback Mountain continues to raise funds for a necessary chairlift repair.On April 19, the ski area will host a benefit concert where proceeds will benefit the project. Zach Nugent will headline the show with an opening act from Sunshine Garcia Becker. View this post on InstagramA post shared by WhalebackMountain (@whalebackmtn)
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• How To Watch Natural Selection Tour Ski

  15-04-2025 20:28 via powder.com
  
  The day the ski industry has been waiting for since last summer is finally here this week. The Natural Selection Tour Ski stream goes live this week, so you can watch all the jaw-dropping action from some of your favorite skiers and finally find out what went down on the glacier.You can (finally) watch NST Ski on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 12 p.m. PT on Red Bull TV and find out who takes the win at the inaugural Natural Selection Ski. All you need to do is follow this link.The NST crew has been
  
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• Skier Injured in Avalanche Outside Breckenridge After Sliding About 1,100 Feet

  15-04-2025 19:58 via powder.com
  
  The resort-based ski season may be winding down, but the risk of avalanches in the backcountry persists.According to an accident summary published by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), one skier was caught and injured by a wet slab avalanche on Saturday, April 12, on a run called K Chute in the backcountry outside Breckenridge Resort, Colorado.The injured skier was carried approximately 1,100 feet in the slide, and the avalanche was characterized by the CAIC as being size D2.5, ac
  
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• Alyeska Surpasses 700 Inches of Seasonal Snowfall

  15-04-2025 19:52 via powder.com
  
  With just two weeks left in the ski season, Alyeska Resort has hit more than 700" of snowfall for the year.As of April 15, the iconic Alaska ski area has received 726" of snow this year and has a summit base depth of 197". On average, Alyeska receives 663" of snowfall a year, which means they're almost 100" above average.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.A look at Alyeska's season total.Photo&co
  
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• Idaho Ski Area Selling Celebratory 90 Cent Lift Tickets

  15-04-2025 19:02 via powder.com
  
  Nowadays, it's hard to imagine spending less than $50 on a lift ticket. In fact, at most mountains, it's hard to imagine spending less than $200 on a lift ticket.
   To celebrate its 90th season, Lookout Pass is throwing it back to the good old days and selling 90 cent lift tickets.You read that right, 90 CENTS. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Lookout Pass Ski Area (@skilookoutpass)
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• The Great Unconformity in Telemark Knowledge

  15-04-2025 18:00 via powder.com
  
  Like any subculture's new guard, the modern telemark movement seems to have a quirky relationship with its history. Instead of prioritizing things past, the niche sport’s new school is naturally focused on their particular take on free-heel skiing.But there’s more to it. Telemark disappeared from the wider consciousness for so long and so profoundly that its current resurgence–albeit small–appears to be not just a reawakening, but a wholesale resurrection. While the reali
  
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• Walton Goggins Made Wacky Sunglasses. I Tried Skiing in Them.

  15-04-2025 17:00 via powder.com
  
  Once a ghoul in the Fallout TV series, now a member of the cast in the latest, culturally inescapable season of White Lotus, Walton Goggins is also, apparently, a sunglasses salesman—the man has range.His newish product, the Walton Goggins Goggle Glasses, is a bit difficult to categorize. He told Rollingstone last February that, during a ski day in Hudson Valley, he was inspired to create a pair of ski goggles that he could wear "all the time." The result is a hybrid between sunglasses and
  
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• The Top 18 Funniest Ski Run Names

  15-04-2025 17:00 via powder.com
  
  Runs and their names are a fundamental part of the skiing experience. These titles help us get around the mountain, remember the locations of our favorite places to ski, and reminisce over lines we’ve conquered in the past. They’re also sometimes silly and ridiculous.These are 18 ski trail names that made us laugh. They range from surprisingly inappropriate (Devil’s Crotch?!) to subtly entertaining (Chute That Seldom Slides). All serve as reminders that skiing, at its best, doe
  
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• Belleayre: Keepin’ It On The Road

  15-04-2025 15:50 via nyskiblog.com
  There comes a time when we have to accept that ski season might be over. It always sneaks up on me but this winter especially, it took me by surprise — probably because conditions were so good through February and the beginning of March. It’s time to savor each turn. Last week, I was afraid I might be done. Two weekends in a row, I hadn’t been able to pull it together. I had good intentions; I was watching the » Read More »
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• Colorado Ski Resort Announces $80M Investment Project

  15-04-2025 14:30 via powder.com
  
  Aspen Ski Company is set to break ground on a massive infrastructure update project later this month. The Colorado ski area announced via press release that the project, which comes with an $80 million price tag, would provide updates to services across Aspen Snowmass. The project seeks to rapidly upgrade on-mountain infrastructure, such as lifts and dining areas, in an effort to continue the mountain's reputation as a go-to ski destination. A key part of the project will be updates to
  
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