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• The Best Part of Ski Movies Isn't the Skiing, It's the Music

  18-07-2025 21:39 via powder.com
  
  A few years ago, my partner and I went out to a concert in downtown Missoula. We saw Future Islands. We were quickly blown away by the frontman, Sam Herring. In studio sessions, he’s energetic but subdued. On stage, he screams, shouts, and, during the concert we saw, even got so wild that he ripped his jeans. It ended up being one of our favorite concerts ever.
  If it weren’t for skiing, I would never have been there. I first encountered Future Islands as a skiing-crazed teenager
  
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• Long-Shuttered Michigan Ski Area Could Reopen, With a Twist

  18-07-2025 19:50 via powder.com
  
  A Michigan nonprofit has announced plans to reimagine and revive Sugar Loaf (not to be confused with Sugarloaf, Maine) a long-shuttered and beloved ski area that, more than two decades ago, served skiers with a small collection of lifts.The new version of Sugar Loaf, as the Leelanau Conservancy described it in a recent announcement, would be a public space with Nordic skiing and human-powered backcountry ski access. Hiking and mountain biking are other proposed activities.The nonprofit
  
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• The Fascinating History of Corbet’s Couloir—and the Man Behind the Name

  18-07-2025 14:02 via powder.com
  
  If you've ever skied Jackson Hole—scratch that, if you've ever even heard of Jackson Hole, Wyoming the odds are remarkably high that you've also heard of Corbet's Couloir.
  Corbet's Couloir is one of the most famous double-black ski runs in the world for a number of reasons, but who on Earth is Corbet, and why are we all so excited about his couloir?More often than not, the moment you step off the Tram at Jackson Hole, you're greeted by a blast of arctic air, high winds, the feeling that yo
  
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• Snowbird Asks Skiers To Vote on Name of New Lodge, Silly Suggestions Ensue

  18-07-2025 12:28 via powder.com
  
  A new mid-mountain restaurant is under construction at Snowbird, Utah, and the ski resort wants your help naming it.
  In a social media post, Snowbird announced there are three options to choose from: the Nest, Vitrea, and the Cube. Inevitably, though, the internet decided to offer some unsanctioned, far more ridiculous options.Check out the original post embedded below. Keep reading for the remainder of POWDER's story.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to
  
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