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• Australia's Ski Season Is About To Get Underway

  04-06-2025 22:39 via powder.com
  
  In North America, skiers are enjoying the season’s last hurrah at resorts like Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, and Mammoth Mountain, California, making their final turns before the long, dreadful summer arrives.But in Australia, the party’s about to get started, even if the early-season offerings look humble.Thanks to snowmaking, Thredbo Resort will kick the season off on Saturday, June 7, 2025 with a small collection of terrain in the Friday Flat area, serviced by the magic carpets and th
  
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• British Men To Walk More Than 750 Miles in Ski Boots to France

  04-06-2025 20:28 via powder.com
  
  Walking in ski boots is, to be blunt, a pain in the butt.But that truism hasn’t dissuaded a British pair, Matthew Brinkley and Reuben Gray, from crafting an absurd itinerary that will take them from London to the French ski resort town of Val Thorens while wearing ski gear. They plan to travel on foot and, yes, they’ll be wearing ski boots the whole time.Thinking about the stats of the journey, which Brinkley and Gray expect will cover more than 750 miles, pass through a vast swath o
  
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• Monarch, Colorado Reveals New Trail Map for Exciting Terrain Expansion

  04-06-2025 20:22 via powder.com
  
  Monarch Mountain, Colorado isn't the state's most popular ski resort, but the down-home feel, all-natural snowfall, and expansive terrain solidify it as a diamond in the rough.The mountain has been touting its exciting 377-acre ski terrain expansion since it broke ground on the project last year. Today, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, Monarch published the first trail map for the new zone.Take a look at the new trail map below. Keep reading for more information about the exciting No Name Basin expansio
  
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• Ski Mountaineer Disappears on North America's Highest Peak

  04-06-2025 19:00 via powder.com
  
  The search continues for a fallen ski mountaineer on North America’s highest peak, Denali (Alaska), according to a news release from the National Park Service published on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.On Monday, two members of a three-person expedition group reported that an un-roped ski mountaineer had fallen at a location on the mountain known as Squirrel Point. The skier, a 41-year-old man, fell towards a rocky and icy 3,000-foot face called Peters Glacier, the National Park Service said.The r
  
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• Arapahoe Basin Extends Ski Season Deeper Into June

  04-06-2025 18:41 via powder.com
  
  It’s wish-fulfillment season, apparently.After previously announcing tentative plans to close on June 8, 2025 Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, has just shared that it will be open for another weekend of skiing and riding on June 13, 14, and 15, 2025. In an email sent to POWDER, Arapahoe Basin confirmed that June 15 is its final closing date, and there won’t be further extensions due to the “forecast and conditions.”For its upcoming ski and ride dates—including this we
  
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• Vail Resorts Shakes Up Mountain Classifications After Replacing CEO

  04-06-2025 17:51 via powder.com
  
  In an email shared with employees late last month, Vail Resorts noted several planned changes to its business that included internally categorizing its mountains by “experience” rather than geography, just days after the company announced that its CEO, Kirsten Lynch, would be replaced by her predecessor, Rob Katz.Shared by LiftBlog on X (formerly Twitter), the email outlined four changes, including tweaks to HR and the implementation of new Centers of Excellence (COEs) that focus on
  
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• The Best '70s Ski Outfits From the POWDER Archives

  04-06-2025 17:31 via powder.com
  
  As you might remember (or as your parents might remind you), things were a bit different in the 1970s. Global politics were in upheaval, society was opening its mind to new norms, and ski bumming was entering its first golden age.
  Those were also the years when this publication, first helmed by founders Jake and Dave Moe, began chronicling the deeper side of ski culture. At the time, ski culture had started to evolve into the free-spirited and expression-driven form it still has today, in p
  
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• Gus Kenworthy Is Going for Broke on Unprecedented 2026 Olympics Comeback

  04-06-2025 17:20 via powder.com
  
  As one of the only North American ski resorts that remains open into May and beyond, Mammoth Mountain, California, is a great place to say goodbye to the season.
  For former Olympian and freeskier Gus Kenworthy, though, a recent trip to the mountain was about training for the future and beginning anew. In 2026, he hopes to compete in halfpipe at Milano Cortina, Italy.Most thought that Kenworthy had already finished. After the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, he retired. Wracked by several head injur
  
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• The 10 Best Ski Resort Logos According to POWDER Staff

  04-06-2025 13:51 via powder.com
  
  An inquisitive Reddit post on r/skiing inspired the POWDER staff to collaborate on a short article about our favorite ski resort logos.These logos either have sentimental value, are beautifully designed, or have been included for some other contrived reason. We're skiers with skier brains, mind you. Consider these to be our favorite logos, in other terms.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.M
  
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• Up to 30 Inches of Snow To Slam New Zealand Ski Resorts

  04-06-2025 00:39 via powder.com
  
  Two southerly waves this week set up the South Island of New Zealand for a healthy early-season base. The first, warmer pulse Wednesday night (June 4, 2025) lays dense “glue” over Canterbury and the Mackenzie.
  A second, colder round Friday night into Saturday buries that layer in light powder, locking in the new snowpack just in time for Mt Hutt’s scheduled June 14th opening. Queenstown/Wanaka fields collect modest refreshes, while Ruapehu sees light, wind-blown snow.Want to ke
  
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