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• Vail Resorts Adds Austrian Juggernauts to Epic Pass 25/26

  21-05-2025 22:46 via powder.com
  
  Epic Pass has added a handful of key Austrian ski areas to its already extensive roster of resorts ahead of the 2025/26 ski season. Staple Alps ski areas, Saalbach and Zell am See-Kaprun have both joined the pass, according to a May 21 announcement from Epic Pass parent company, Vail Resorts. The new partnership will give skiers access to Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang's 270 kilometers of groomed slopes and 70 chair lifts. Saalbach is know for being one of the largest ski areas in t
  
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• Michigan Ski Area Secretly Grooms Slope, Are They Re-Opening?

  21-05-2025 21:47 via powder.com
  
  POWDER has been awaiting a selection of photos from what Boyne Mountain, Michigan advertised to be their final day of the Winter 24/25 season on Sunday, May 18, 2025.The photos haven't arrived from our friends at Boyne yet, and for whatever reason, while Boyne was on my mind, I decided to take a glance at the resort's Victor Glacier webcam on YouTube.I couldn't believe my eyes as I opened the feed around 12:30 p.m. PST on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Had a snowcat re-groomed the lone remaining
  
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• $6 Million Poured Into On-Mountain Improvements at Colorado Ski Resort

  21-05-2025 21:30 via powder.com
  
  Purgatory Resort, Colorado has invested $6 million into its slopes and facilities ahead of the 2025-2026 ski season, bolstering snowmaking, constructing a new chairlift, and installing other smaller upgrades, like expanded Wi-Fi coverage and new HD webcams. POWDER learned about the investments via press release on May 21, 2025.The previously announced chairlift, the Gelande, is a fixed-grip, Skytrac three-person ropeway that will provide direct access to intermediate and expert terrain on t
  
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• Why Whistler's Summer Ski Camps Might Be Over for Good

  21-05-2025 20:16 via powder.com
  
  The high glacial summer slopes of Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia have played host to the world's best freeskiers and snowboarders for decades, but that time has unfortunately come to an end.As covered by POWDER's Ian Greenwood back in March of 2025, Momentum Camps, Whistler Blackcomb's long-running summer snow camp, made the announcement that summer ski camps would be cancelled at the mountain indefinitely.Today, May 21, 2025, POWDER has received an explanation directly from Whistler
  
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• Avalanche Detecting Drones Could be Coming to a Ski Resort Near You

  21-05-2025 19:10 via powder.com
  
  The future of ski resorts might look a little more, well, futuristic.In a recent video, the drone manufacturer DJI revealed how one of its products, the Dock 3—a drone docking station—was being used by a Japanese ski resort, Nozawa Onsen, during field tests.Nozawa Onsen, before opening, tasks its ski patrol with inspecting ski runs and determining if they’re safe for skiers. Historically, this process relied on radios, as patrollers shared what they saw in the field.However, wi
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin Shocks Michael Bublé and Kelsey Ballerini on The Voice

  21-05-2025 18:47 via powder.com
  
  Now that the race season is over, Mikaela Shiffrin can focus on other aspects of life like the various celebrity cameos that she's earned herself as an American sports icon.
  Last week, Shiffrin started teasing something musical via her Instagram page, but if you missed it (like I did), or don't passionately follow musical reality TV (I don't), what came next was quite the surprise. Shiffrin made a guest appearance on the singing-based reality show The Voice for the season finale on May 20, 2025.
  
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• Italy's Summer Skiing Haven Prepares for Opening Day

  21-05-2025 16:13 via powder.com
  
  Most skiers have stowed their gear away and are now thinking about yard work, but one destination in the Alps, Italy’s Passo Stelvio, is preparing to open for the summer season.
  Unlike some ski resorts that are open in the winter and summer—think Timberline Lodge or Mammoth Mountain—Passo Stelvio only spins its lifts during the warmer months.
  This summer, the ski area’s season will run from May 31 to November 2, 2025.Comparatively large for a place that only welcomes skie
  
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• 5 of The Most Creative Ski-Focused Multisport Missions

  21-05-2025 16:00 via powder.com
  
  Shoulder season is an invitation to reimagine your playground. Some of the best spring days aren’t clean-cut—they’re a little bit of this, a little bit of that. I learned that firsthand when I stuffed a rope into my ski pack and turned a mellow resort day into a full-blown shred-to-climb sufferfest. By the time we clicked out of bindings and laced up climbing shoes beneath Rock Springs Buttress, I was hooked.Turns out, I’m not the only one chasing awkward conditions and s
  
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• Skiers Find New Offseason Thrill In Towering Drainage Ditch

  21-05-2025 13:49 via powder.com
  
  Golfing. Biking. Hiking.These are all things you can do when the ski season ends.You could also say screw that, gather a group of your friends, find a drainage ditch, and point it, which is exactly what Griffin Elsley did in a recent video.Tap or click to watch below.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Griffin Elsley (@griffinelsley)
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