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• 12 Inches of "Light to Medium" Powder Inbound for California Skiers

  25-04-2025 21:57 via powder.com
  
  A cold spring trough will drop snow levels into the 6,000 ft. range in the Central and Northern Sierra from Friday, April 25, 2025 through Sunday, April 27. The storm will dump up to a foot-plus of light-to-medium-density powder at the upper-elevation resorts.
  Farther north and east, the same system digs into the Northern Rockies Sunday night–Monday with heavier, wetter flakes, but respectable totals.
  Bottom line: Sierra riders get the choicest turns this weekend, then storm-chasers p
  
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• Tahoe Police Roast Ignorant Cybertruck Driver

  25-04-2025 21:33 via powder.com
  
  A driver Truckee, California, just north Lake Tahoe, is getting called out for their dumpster fire of a parking job. Or maybe it's not the parking job that's as much of a dumpster fire as the vehicle itself... Although now that I look closer, it's actually just a Tesla Cybertruck. (Har har har, I think I'm funny). Just in case the driver hadn't already realized how poor of a decision they'd made by trying to drive into the lake, the Truckee police department posted a photo of a Cybertr
  
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• Idaho Ski Area Eyes Historic Skiing in May

  25-04-2025 20:13 via powder.com
  
  One season extension, apparently, wasn’t enough.After wrapping up what was supposed to be the final weekend of skiing, Bogus Basin, Idaho, now has its eyes on giving skiers another send-off.The ski area teased the news in a silly social media post, hinting at lift-accessed skiing in May for the second time in Bogus Basin’s 83-year history. Tap or click below to watch as Bogus Basin's decision makers concede to reopening in May.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiin
  
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• Two Chilean Ski Resorts Unwrap $4mm Investment

  25-04-2025 19:32 via powder.com
  
  Just months before the beginning of the 2025 southern hemisphere ski season, two major Chilean ski resorts, La Parva and Valle Nevado, have announced more than $4 million in ski resort investments, tackling projects like lift modernization, snowmaking improvements, and beginner terrain expansions.According to a press release shared by the resorts (both properties are part of the Mountain Capital Partners portfolio), Valle Nevado is upgrading its three primary chairlifts—the Andes Express,
  
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• Here's The Gear The World's Top Steep Skier Swears By

  25-04-2025 17:00 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.Just like many high-level athletes, the world’s top ski mountaineers are absolute gear nerds. When it comes to pointing your tips down the fall line of some of this planet’s steepest slopes (and getting there in the first place), every single bit you carry with you really matters. Vivian Bruchez, one of the most accomplished ski mountaineers today, is among t
  
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• French Skier Margot Simond, 18, Dies at Red Bull Alpine Park Event

  25-04-2025 16:34 via powder.com
  
  The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has confirmed the passing of Margot Simond, an 18-year-old French skier who was quickly rising through the junior ranks, and was poised to make a debut on the World Cup circuit.The accident occurred on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at the French ski resort of Val-d'Isère. Simond was practicing for Red Bull Alpine Park, a unique dual slalom race that requires athletes to navigate manmade features, carve massive berms, and even air over other
  
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• Utah Resort Giving Away Full Size Trail Map to Lucky Winner

  25-04-2025 15:32 via powder.com
  
  Brighton Resort, Utah is giving away one of their 4x8 foot trail maps to a lucky season pass holder. That's right, if you're a season pass holder at Brighton either for the 2024/25 season or 2025/26 season, (or better yet, both), you can win one of the massive trail maps hanging up around the mountain and display it on your wall, garage ,or wherever you have 4x8ft of wall space. Hopeful winners of Brighton's giveaway must share the Instagram post below to their Instagram story and writ
  
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• Vail Announces Summer Opening Dates for Colorado Resorts

  25-04-2025 13:34 via powder.com
  
  We’ll be frank. We love ski resorts the most when they’re covered in snow, and the parking lots are crowded with powder-hungry skiers.
   But playing in the mountains after summer arrives is a workable supplement, and five Colorado-based ski resorts in the Vail portfolio have announced when they plan to begin post-ski-season operations.Vail Mountain and Breckenridge Ski Resort kick things off on June 13, 2025. Crested Butte and Beaver Creek open a day later on June 14. Keystone br
  
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