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• Is Your Local Ski Hill in for a Big Snow Year? This Is What AccuWeather Says

  12-11-2025 23:51 via powder.com
  
  At a growing collection of ski resorts across North America, the 2025-26 winter season has arrived. New England joined the party this week when Killington and Sunday River opened. As is often the case, Colorado's mountains led the early-season charge in late October. In California, Mammoth Mountain is scheduled to kick winter off later this week.Still, we have an entire season ahead of us, and skiers, most likely, are wondering how good the snow will be where they live this winter. AccuWeather,
  
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• Shaun White's Snow League Raises $15 Million in Latest Funding Round

  12-11-2025 22:06 via powder.com
  
  Shaun White's progressive snow sports competition league, the Snow League, has secured another huge round of funding in an effort to continue expanding. The latest funding round was anchored by a series of venture capital and investment firms with additional participation from existing investors. In total, the round secured a whopping $15 million. The Snow League, which was founded in 2024 and kicked off its inaugural season in March of 2025, is a series of halfpipe, freeskiing, and sn
  
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• The Northern Lights Just Lit Up Ski Resorts as Far South as New Mexico

  12-11-2025 21:53 via powder.com
  
  On Tuesday night, ski resorts at least as far south as New Mexico enjoyed a rare treat, the northern lights, with mountains throughout ski country sharing photos from the atmospheric performance.At New Mexico’s Angel Fire ski resort, lift director Tucker Cottam caught photos of the astral show as it danced above the new Rakes Rider lift. Angel Fire, in a social media post, wrote, “Moments like these remind us why this mountain is more than just a place to ski.”The 2026 POW
  
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• After Almost a Foot of Snow, Jay Peak Announces Soft Opening

  12-11-2025 20:37 via powder.com
  
  One of the United States' snowiest resorts has decided on its opening day for the 2025/26 ski season. Following a storm that dropped 6-10" of fresh snow, Jay Peak announced that they would soft open for the season on November 22 and 23.The ski area's official opening date is November 28, 2025, but this last dump of snow clearly got them excited to kick things off a little early. For the soft opening later this month, Jay Peak is planning to open some advanced terrain off of the Jet Triple c
  
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• Northeast Ski Resorts Have Opened: Here’s Where You Can Ski Now

  12-11-2025 20:13 via powder.com
  
  The chilly weather that has arrived on the East Coast and New England over the past week has brought on quite a good start to winter. So good, in fact, that several major Northeast ski areas are already opening for the season. While many western states have had to delay openings or are biting their nails watching the forecast as opening dates inch closer, East Coast skiers are rejoicing as lifts start to spin. November 12, 2025, marks the opening day for the beloved Vermont ski area, K
  
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• The Making of ORNADA: A Ski Film Driven by the Unexpected

  12-11-2025 19:38 via powder.com
  
  Sponsored StoryThere’s a hidden secret to all the big lines, beautiful pow turns, and perfect shots we see on screen when watching a ski film; it’s all about logistics.Beyond the environmental and physical challenges of filming skiing, the actual production process involves a lot of hoping the weather cooperates while on a deadline, corralling professional athletes, remembering not to forget sponsor deliverables, wrangling busy creatives who are also skiers (a deadly combination for
  
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• OnX Backcountry Updates ATES Coverage In 3D Mapping Software

  12-11-2025 19:02 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 use our phones a lot in the backcountry, whether it's snapping clips of our friends, chiming in on work calls on the skintrack, or checking our favorite mapping apps to find the exact entrance to that sneaky line. These days, smartphones have become as indispensable a backcountry tool as our avalanche safety gear and climbing skins–which is why any update in the
  
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• “Gnarliest Episode Ever”? Skiers Throw Down at Aspen in Game of SLVSH

  12-11-2025 18:49 via powder.com
  
  SLVSH is back, and instead of operating in its usual stomping grounds—the terrain park—it headed to the open slopes of Aspen Mountain, Colorado, on a spring day.Two contenders stepped up: Townsend Reed and Kelly Hilleke. Both are freeride competitors, so their all-mountain chops are undeniable. In the episode, they made use of Aspen Mountain’s steep terrain, tricking over grass and flipping off cat tracks. Unsurprisingly, more than a few eyebrow raisers ensued. One YouTube
  
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• Best BOA Ski Boots of 2026

  12-11-2025 16:33 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.In case you live under a rock BOA is still kind of a hot topic in the snowsports industry this year, especially when it comes to ski boots. This year, it's not just about more brands adding BOA technology to their boots, it's about how they're utilizing the tech. New for 2026, several brands are ditching the buckles completely, and integrating dual BOA dials (top and bot
  
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• How Gear Determinism Became the Defining Cultural Marker in Skiing

  12-11-2025 14:03 via powder.com
  
  In October of 1998, the venerable backcountry skiing publication Couloir came to press with their yearly gear guide, but while that fall’s edition of the magazine appeared like the typical equipment fare, it was more than a simple overview.
  With a deep review of dozens of skis and snowboards, incorporating many options with newer technologies like parabolic shapes and wider profiles, the small, core magazine was perhaps unknowingly on the cutting edge of a paradigm shift in ski equipment.C
  
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• Mammoth Mountain Delays Opening as Storm Approaches California

  12-11-2025 13:12 via powder.com
  
  Mammoth Mountain, California, has adjusted its upcoming opening day as a winter storm approaches the Golden State.In an update published on its website, the ski resort noted that it’ll now open on Saturday, November 15, 2025, to take “full advantage” of the new snow (up to 16 inches according to Powderchasers). The resort originally planned to open on November 14.“This gives Mother Nature and our ops team the time they need to get the mountain dialed in for some amazing f
  
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