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• Chris Benchetler Raves About Dennis Ranalter In Upcoming Film

  29-04-2025 21:49 via powder.com
  
  Skier and creative visionary Chris Benchetler has been dropping small nuggets of content from an upcoming film all winter long.
  The new film, titled Mountains of the Moon, will feature skiers and athletes from a variety of action sports disciplines as they move through the mountains in their respective sports, while once again illuminated by glowing skeleton costumes in an homage to the the film's soundtrack of Grateful Dead tunes. As the film continues production, Benchetler has relea
  
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• Another French Ski Area Closes for Good

  29-04-2025 20:37 via powder.com
  
  Hautacam, a French ski area in the Pyrenees, has confirmed that after three consecutive winters of minimal snowfall, it will stop offering downhill skiing as an activity, The Connexion, a French-English newspaper, reports.Established in 1972, the ski area has historically operated with 20 pistes and seven lifts, but the lack of snow has negatively impacted its finances, the Hautacam joint association, the Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves community of municipalities, and the Lourde
  
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• Closing Weekend at Whiteface

  29-04-2025 20:35 via nyskiblog.com
  Closing weekend at your favorite resort is like a bad break up: it’s sudden, messy, and keeps you wondering if it could have lasted longer. Once the news was shared that Gore and Belleayre were closing in mid-April, it wouldn’t be long after until Whiteface too would call it quits for the 2024-2025 season. As good as this winter was, with 189 total inches reported at the Face, spring came early at the mountain, receiving less than a foot of » Read More »
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• Skier's 'Dirty' Hobby Earns Respect on Reddit

  29-04-2025 19:20 via powder.com
  
  What’s a skier without snow? Desperate and prone to making rash decisions.Okay, that’s a bit harsh. Instead, I’ll say snow-starved skiers are prone to making decisions that could be considered rash, depending on who you ask. The line between excellent and stupid is up for interpretation, particularly in skiing.Case in point: the “brown pow” line this skier, who goes by BCMTB_ on Reddit, rode sometime after the snow melted. Tap or click below to watch his POV.Want to
  
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• 314 Inches— Michigan Ski Area Received More Snow Than Park City

  29-04-2025 17:13 via powder.com
  
  Scholars of ski resort stats will tell you that accumulating more than 300 inches of snowfall in a given winter, east of the Mississippi River at least, is quite rare.There are a few ski areas in Northern Vermont that can eclipse the benchmark regularly, but many ski areas in snowy places like, Maine, New York, and New Hampshire must hope and pray for a deeper-than-average season to hit 300 inches.The same can be said for some areas in Colorado. While the mountains are bigger, the vertical is lo
  
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• Tele Dribble: The Inescapable Path of a Ski Writer

  29-04-2025 17:00 via powder.com
  
  Skiing and metacognition is a fraught pairing. This sport–known for its indulgence in the good times–is an escape, after all. It even has its own escape; the off-season, the time we move into now, when the snow retreats and the mind can indulge in other pursuits.This coming-and-going marks a beautiful balance, and while it’s one some of us undoubtedly take stock in, for the most part our subculture tends to avoid introspection on the ski life. Yes, these cycles are powerfully m
  
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• Skiing on Summer Solstice Planned for Vermont's Snowiest Resort

  29-04-2025 13:53 via powder.com
  
  The ski season is ongoing at Jay Peak, Vermont, but the resort is already preparing for a unique event on The Summer Solstice, June 21, 2025.On the Solstice, it’ll unwrap an enormous mound of snow to host the second annual Solstice Sessions, a summer gathering that includes a small magic-carpet-serviced terrain park.How enormous are we talking, you ask? The pile at Jay Peak contains 128,000 cubic feet of snow, which, according to the resort, is about 40% more than last year.Want to keep up
  
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• The Top Tricks From the World's Biggest Ski Video Contest

  29-04-2025 12:49 via powder.com
  
  Football players have the Super Bowl. Freeskiers have SuperUnknown.Last week, a massive crew of top freeskiing talent descended on Palisades Tahoe, California, for the final leg of a decades-spanning competition run by production company Level 1 that’s focused on highlighting amateur talent.The format of SuperUnknown is unconventional. It’s more of a jam session than anything else. To qualify, hopeful attendees submitted short edits to Level 1, with the 15 best members of the bunch r
  
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