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• Mikaela Shiffrin's Leg Day Workout Is Brutal

  02-07-2025 21:06 via powder.com
  
  We're back to closely examining the offseason workouts pro skiers post to Instagram, (last time I actually tried Lindsey Vonn's workout) which, if anything, probably means I will be in a world of pain at the gym after giving them a try myself. Ski racing all-time great Mikaela Shiffrin has been spending plenty of off-season time in the gym, and with her fiancé, fellow ski racer Aleksander Kilde. It's likely helpful that these they share a profession. Kilde and Shiffrin are in incredi
  
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• The Utah Avalanche Center Is Hiring—Dream Job Opportunity for Skiers

  02-07-2025 20:36 via powder.com
  
  Ever wanted to help skiers stay safe in the backcountry? Now’s your chance. The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is hiring one or two seasonal meteorological technicians/avalanche forecasters.
  Applications for the role can be submitted here between July 1 and July 14, 2025. Candidates are also strongly encouraged to contact Paige Pagnucco, the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center director, at [email protected] to the UAC, new hires will “contribute directly to pu
  
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• Wendy Fisher To Be Inducted Into Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame

  02-07-2025 20:15 via powder.com
  
  The Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 class of inductees. Included alongside several renowned skiers and figures in skiing is women's freeskiing pioneer, Wendy Fisher. Fisher attended Burke Mountain Academy with the legendary Shane McConkey before joining the US Ski Team and representing the US in the 1992 Winter Olympics in downhill, slalom, and giant-slalom.
  Following her time on the national team, a trip to Crested Butte, Colorado with McConkey inspired Fisher
  
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• New Direct Flight To Connect the Southeast to Colorado Ski Country

  02-07-2025 19:22 via powder.com
  
  A new flight will bring Vail, Colorado, and Charlotte, North Carolina, closer together this coming winter during the holidays between December 18, 2025, and January 5, 2026.The route, operated by American Airlines with an Airbus A319, features daily flights connecting Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Eagle County Regional Airport. The latter is just a 30-minute drive from Vail Mountain, one of Colorado's most famous ski resorts.“We’re thrilled to welcome American Airlines&
  
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• Targeted Closing Day Revealed for Timberline Lodge's Summer Ski Season

  02-07-2025 17:58 via powder.com
  
  For skiers in North America, the winter season is over. It’s time for activities that usually don’t involve snow, like biking, golfing, and rock climbing.
  That’s one way to see summer, at least. But on Mt. Hood, Oregon, at Timberline Lodge, a different program endures. Heralded as North America’s summer skiing mecca, the resort draws a varied crowd during the warmer months, including racers, elite freestylers, and dirtbags who aren’t ready to give up on skiing
  
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• The Evolution of Skis: A Short History

  02-07-2025 16:21 via powder.com
  
  Skiing has a long history, and so do the planks we strap ourselves to and slide across snow. From the early days of nomadic Central Asian hunter-gatherers traveling cross-country on skis, to the long tradition of skiing in Scandinavia, our sport has a rich past. Since then, things have come a long way, with the evolution of ski technique warranting the introduction of new materials and shapes in ski design.
  Some would say we are living in the golden age of ski design today, with equipment making
  
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• French Ski Resort Closes Because of Budget Cuts and Low Snow

  02-07-2025 12:40 via powder.com
  
  In a joint press release issued by the Communauté de communes de la Matheysine (CCM) and the SATA Group on June 24, 2025, it was officially confirmed that a French ski area's doors would close after local officials decided to cut subsidies, The Connexion reports.
  The Alpe du Grand Serre station's fate has been in limbo since last fall, when the ski area itself decided to close permanently due to a lack of funding following subsidy cuts from the CCM. The Alpe du Grand Serre station's slope
  
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