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• "Miracle" Avalanche Rescue Captured on Camera

  08-07-2025 20:58 via powder.com
  
  A video captured the dramatic rescue of a couple near Ushuaia, Argentina, who had been buried in an avalanche.The video, shared by Tripin Argentina and a local rescue group on social media, documented three mountaineers as they dug through the snow to reach the buried travelers. See the rescue unfold below. Tap or click to play.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 shar
  
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• The 6 Best Après-Ski Drinks: From Beloved to Controversial

  08-07-2025 20:10 via powder.com
  
  The title might say "best" après drinks, but perhaps a more appropriate descriptor would be "iconic," "memorable" or even "gross."
  Whether you prefer a light beer or hot chocolate to bask in the end of a great day of skiing (or any activity really—après just means "after" in French), there are some classics that you just can't turn your head to and others you'd probably like to forget you've ever tried.
  Here are a few of the most legendary après beverages, with the cav
  
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• Palisades Tahoe's 14-Year Legal Battle Is Over

  08-07-2025 19:55 via powder.com
  
  A lawsuit that challenged Palisades Tahoe’s proposed development project appears to be settled after the ski resort and two environmental groups reached an agreement that shrinks the development and creates a land parcel for public recreation.The agreement between Palisades Tahoe, Sierra Watch, and Keep Tahoe Blue was announced on Tuesday and forwards a revised blueprint that cuts the total bedrooms in the planned development by 40%, reduces the total new commercial space by 20% in the mai
  
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• Neon Night Skiing Coming to Mammoth? Chris Benchetler Teases Possibility

  08-07-2025 19:46 via powder.com
  
  If you've seen Chris Benchetler's 2019 film, Fire on the Mountain, or any of the teasers he's dropped for his upcoming project, Mountains of the Moon, odds are you've had the thought 'dang that looks fun.'
  After all, who wouldn't want to ski under neon lights at one of the most iconic ski resorts in the world, Mammoth Mountain, California?Benchetler teases that this might be a possibility for the public in his latest behind-the-scenes episode. POWDER is has yet to confirm if this will becom
  
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• The Telemark Newschool Goes Jaded

  08-07-2025 17:00 via powder.com
  
  At first I thought it couldn’t be. The nascent new movement in telemark, with its film tours, light-hearted social media presence and hip, youthful style, seemed too fresh to already find itself resigned to that hard-to-thrill indifference of adulthood. But in hindsight, hints abounded.
  There were the groaning sighs that came from the budding young telemark scene every time someone commented on Instagram that a rail had indeed been slid before using free-heel gear. And there were signs tha
  
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• The 7 Best Ski Horror Movies of All Time

  08-07-2025 13:00 via powder.com
  
  Skiers are awash in video content. Yearly movies, Instagram reels, long-form documentaries, shorter edits—if your goal is to watch a well-produced mountain adventure, you have plenty of options. But crossovers that take skiing and put it in a high-budget cinematic genre—say, an action movie or a romcom—are a bit less common. Even as millions of people crowd the slopes each year, skiing remains somewhat niche, which seems to bereflected in the relative dearth of mainstream movie
  
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• Chris Benchetler and Kimmy Fasani Lead July 4 Parade

  08-07-2025 12:25 via powder.com
  
  Local professional snowsports athletes Kimmy Fasani and Chris Benchetler led the Mammoth Lakes, California, Independence Day parade as grand marshalls.Fasani, a snowboarder, and Benchetler, a skier, are married. During the festivities, they shared a convertible as it wound through the streets of Mammoth Lakes.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 Chris Benchet
  
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