Skiing news

• The 6 Best Moments From Palisades Tahoe's 2025 Cushing Classic

  15-05-2025 21:21 via powder.com
  
  Palisades Tahoe's 33rd Annual Cushing Crossing went down on May 10th, 2025 and in classic pond-skim fashion, there were some unforgettable moments.
  The Crossing is Palisades unique end-of-season pond skim that takes place on a naturally-forming water body at the mountain's base. The competition is judged by a panel of 'celebrity' judges which this year included Sherry McConkey, Amie Engerbretson, Connery Lundin, and more.
  Participants have the opportunity to win great prizes, but really it's all
  
  Read more

• U.S. Ski Team Announces Athlete Roster Ahead of Olympic Season

  15-05-2025 21:10 via powder.com
  
  The Stifel U.S. Ski Team has announced their athlete roster for the 2025/26 season across all disciplines. Athletes included in the announcement have been nominated to the team and still need to accept and adhere to team expectations prior to the official team announcement in September of 2025.
  Disciplines for the U.S. Ski Team include alpine, cross-country, freeski, freestyle (moguls/aerials), nordic combined, para alpine, ski jumping, snowboard, and para snowboard.The freeski category is
  
  Read more

• Winter Storm Blasts Colorado Ski Resorts With 8 Inches of New Snow

  15-05-2025 19:39 via powder.com
  
  Please ignore anything and everything I've written this week about making slushy spring turns at Arapahoe Basin (A-Basin) because apparently it's still winter in Summit County.
  On May 15 2025, A-Basin woke up to more than 6" of snow that fell overnight. Last week, Arapahoe Basin got hit by a wild May storm that dropped 8" of snow on the mountain. The photos made it look like January conditions with blower pow and great coverage.
  Just when everyone thought winter had showed up for the last t
  
  Read more

• Review: Insta360's New X5 Camera Is Impressive, With One Flaw

  15-05-2025 19:22 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.At the end of April, Insta360 relatively quietly dropped their newest action cam, the AI-powered Insta360 X5. We've been big fans of Insta360's past cameras here at POWDER, especially as ultra-portable content cams for capturing POV, follow-cam, and even interview footage. The new X5 promised better everything: higher resolution, more stable footage, longer battery
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Sun Valley Wins Environmental Award for Geothermal Powered Ski Lodge Patio

  15-05-2025 15:04 via powder.com
  
  Sun Valley Resort, Idaho, has been named the first-place 2025 recipient of a Golden Eagle award, a yearly accolade issued by the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) recognizing ski resorts' environmental performance. The mountain was named the winner in the Climate Change Impact Golden Eagle category in part because of a geothermal system that uses 135°F water from a nearby hot spring to power the snowmelt apparatus for the 21,674-square-foot Warm Springs Lodge patio, according to a p
  
  Read more

• How Do The Armada AR ONE & phaenom FS 01 120 Ski Boots Compare?

  15-05-2025 01:12 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.Nobody I interviewed for this story would like my saying this, but innovations in ski boots and going bankrupt happen much in the same way—first slowly, and then all at once. Over the last 20 years we haven’t seen much innovation in the alpine ski boot category. Sure, hybrid boots have lost weight while expanding their range of motion, and improved thermoplas
  
  Read more

• Skiing In June? Arizona Snowbowl Is Doing The Unthinkable

  15-05-2025 00:01 via powder.com
  
  Arizona Snowbowl's numerous season extensions have become a recurring joke amongst the POWDER staff this month. 'Oh? They extended AGAIN? You don't say.'The resort has indeed extended their season once again, and the announcement made today, May 14, 2025, should have summer skiers very excited.Snowbowl will now remain open on weekends through Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, 2025, marking the second time in two seasons that the Arizona ski hill has offered skiing and riding in June. The exte
  
  Read more

Follow @Skiing_nws_USA on Twitter!