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• Lindsey Vonn Joins Advisory Board of Venture Capital Firm

  06-06-2025 21:46 via powder.com
  
  Lindsey Vonn knows a thing or two about going fast on skis. Now, she's taking another big leap into the world of investing.Vonn, who staged a successful ski racing comeback at age 40 this past winter and hopes to compete in the upcoming Winter Olympics in 2026, has joined the advisory board of Athena Capital, a women-led venture capital and private equity firm that bills itself as a funding partner for growing tech-enabled companies.“Athena Capital’s no-frills approach to investing a
  
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• New Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz Delivers First Earnings Report

  06-06-2025 20:26 via powder.com
  
  Earlier this year, when Vail Resorts shared its ski-season-to-date metrics on everything from skier visits to lift ticket revenue, Kirsten Lynch, the company’s previous CEO, was running the show.
  Now, Rob Katz is back in charge as CEO after Lynch publicly stepped down on May 27, 2025. On Thursday, June 5, when the company delivered its third fiscal quarter results, he was the one discussing earnings and skier visitation.The company’s third fiscal quarter, which stretches from Februar
  
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• My First Time on Skis: A Magic Carpet Meltdown

  06-06-2025 17:19 via powder.com
  
  Sometime in the spring of 2002 (probably), my mom loaded my older brother and me into her station wagon and drove us the seven hours from Denver to the little log cabin nestled in the town of Norwood, Colorado.
  We spent summers and the occasional week or two in the winter at the cabin. Presumably, Nanci Griffith played through the car speakers as we drove through Montrose and stopped for Wendy's french fries in Grand Junction on our way to what would be my very first time on skis. The once
  
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• SoCal's Newest Bike Park Is Just 90 Mins From LA

  06-06-2025 14:12 via powder.com
  
  More lift accessed downhill mountain biking is coming to Southern California this June. SoCal resort Mountain High West, which is just an hour and a half from LA, is opening their brand new bike park on June 14th, 2025. The bike park's grand opening celebration will feature demos, vendors, microbrew specials, and a great day of DH riding on Mountain High West's brand new trails.Construction of the bike park's trails is taking place in three phases. The first phase is currently underway and
  
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• Colorado Ski Resorts Report Third-Busiest Season on Record

  06-06-2025 13:38 via powder.com
  
  Colorado’s 2024-2025 ski season was the third busiest on record, with a projected 13.8 million skier visits, according to a preliminary report from Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA).This number, the ski resort industry trade association said in a press release, “highlights the ongoing enthusiasm for skiing and snowboarding in Colorado.”“This season brought a little bit of everything, starting off strong with solid snowfall in November, followed by weather variability mid-
  
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• 22 People Died In Avalanches This Year—Here's What Happened

  06-06-2025 12:18 via powder.com
  
  According to Dullin, McQuinn & Young, an average of 22.5 Americans die from avalanche-related causes each year.During the Winter of 24/25, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) recorded 22 avalanche-related fatalities. These accidents included backcountry skiers and snowboarders, snowmobilers, snowbikers, and a ski patroller.The first fatality occurred on December 15, 2024 and the most recent occurred on March 22, 2025. Avalanche fatalities occurred in the following states: Alaska
  
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