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• Backcountry Access Introduces New Electronic Avalanche Airbag In '25/'26 Collection

  27-08-2025 23:34 via powder.com
  
  Powder aims to feature only the best products and services.If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.We're always big fans of increasing our safety margins when skiing in the backcountry, and avalanche airbag backpacks are undoubtedly a great way to do that. Backcountry Access (BCA) has long been ahead of the game with their Float airbag packs, featuring well-designed packs at competitive prices for backcountry skiers. In particular, BCA's smaller Float packs have long
  
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• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Shares Update: “100 Days to the Downhill in Beaver Creek”

  27-08-2025 21:56 via powder.com
  
  Norwegian alpine ski racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is back on snow in Chile, and is counting down the days before he’ll hopefully compete at an upcoming World Cup downhill more than a year after an injury that left him on the sidelines.“It’s amazing to be here,” he said in a social media video. “Feeling this close to the sport—it’s been a minute.” While Kilde’s there to hone his skills and train, his timing aligned with a recent South America
  
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• Aspen Estate Could Become the Most Expensive Residence Ever Sold in the U.S.

  27-08-2025 21:12 via powder.com
  
  What could become the most expensive home ever sold in the U.S. just hit the market—and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s in a ski town.Listed by the Californian billionaire couple Lynda and Stewart Resnick, who are the co-owners of the agriculture business, the Wonderful Company, the property sits a mile from downtown Aspen, Colorado, and spans 74 acres.According to the home’s Zillow listing, it costs $300 million—a price that, if met, would set
  
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• Despite Workforce Challenges, Northwest Avalanche Center Leads Successful Season

  27-08-2025 18:42 via powder.com
  
  Washington and Oregon’s Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC), led a successful season despite tumult in the federal workforce as detailed in a report with statistics and insight from the winter of 2024 and 2025.The season—according to an opening letter penned by NWAC’s Executive Director, Scott Schell, and Forecast Director, Dennis D’Amico—started with uncertainty.In fall 2024, the Forest Service seasonal hiring freeze cast doubt on NWAC’s ful
  
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• Dining at 11,500 Feet? Arizona Snowbowl Serves Five-Course Meal on Mountain Gondola

  27-08-2025 16:24 via powder.com
  
  Most skiers have eaten in the gondola, cobbling together quick meals that consist of energy drinks, espresso, and protein bars. Then, a few minutes later, they’re back on the slopes and fueled up to ski for a few more hours.This past Sunday, August 24, 2025, Arizona Snowbowl flipped the haphazard gondola meal time script. For an evening, the ski resort offered a five-course tasting menu in collaboration with two Flagstaff, Arizona, restaurants, Shift Kitchen and Oe
  
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