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• This Ski Area Could Become the First To Open in Washington State

  02-12-2025 22:04 via powder.com
  
  Washington’s ski season is slated to start on Thursday, December 4, 2025, when Mission Ridge begins welcoming skiers and snowboarders.The mountain in eastern Washington plans to host a limited opening with Chair 1, Chair 2, and the Pika Peak Rope Tow, starting at 9 a.m. Terrain will include Sunspot, Tumwater, Mimi, and the Pika Peak learning area.Mission Ridge credited the planned opening to a sustained stretch of cold temperatures that allowed its snowmakers to make “tremendous prog
  
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• America's Olympic SkiMo Hopes Are Riding on 20-Year-Old Griffin Briley

  02-12-2025 21:57 via powder.com
  
  Acclimating and preparing meticulously for ski mountaineering’s Olympic debut at Milan-Cortina 2026, American Griffin Briley recently benefited from a valuable pre-season training camp, exploring vast terrain around the Italian Dolomites and Stelvio Pass. The future Olympic venue in Bormio lies below.“We had a really productive trip to Italy – we spent four days at the Stelvio Pass, practicing downhill, doing laps, and working on technique with a coach,” Briley tells POWD
  
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• Jackson Hole Ski Resort Confirms New Opening Day, Feet of Snow in Forecast

  02-12-2025 20:30 via powder.com
  
  After a brief weather delay, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is back in business with the possibility of heavy snow in the forecast.The ski resort now plans to open this week on Thursday, December 4, 2025, with three lifts operating: Teewinot, Après Vous, and the Sweetwater Gondola up to the Mid-Station.Those lifts will access a group of beginner and intermediate runs. As expected, early-season hazards will exist, so skiers should be on the lookout for rocks and stumps.Alongside the ski terrain, J
  
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• Don’t Blindly Follow TikTok: Stowe Rescuers Warn of Surging Backcountry Calls

  02-12-2025 18:55 via powder.com
  
  The local search and rescue organization in Stowe, Vermont, has some advice for skiers and snowboarders: don’t blindly follow what you see on TikTok.According to Stowe Mountain Rescue, epic powder videos shared on social media are luring unprepared people into the backcountry around Stowe Mountain Resort. The mountain’s ski patrol has been inundated with an unprecedented number of calls to rescue lost skiers, the organization said.“Our team has been called in to help several ti
  
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• Mammoth Is Open, But How Is The Snow? I Drove There To Find Out

  02-12-2025 18:48 via powder.com
  
  I was shoving a delicious bite of a breakfast burrito down my throat when I heard a fellow skier ask a Mammoth Mountain employee what time the lifts open.
  "Lifts open at 8:30," the friendly employee replied.I looked down at my phone to check the time. It was 8:28 a.m. I had been taking my time with the massive burrito, thinking that the lifts spun at 9, but when I saw that there was hardly a line for Mammoth's Chair 2, I scarfed the remaining potatoes, eggs, and bacon down like a ravenous animal
  
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• 'It's Got To Get A Lot Cheaper.' Leading Telemark DIYer Jason Quintana Has A Few Thoughts On The Future Of Free-Heel

  02-12-2025 16:41 via powder.com
  
  In a matter-of-fact but almost philosophical manner, Jason Quintana, perhaps telemark skiing’s most talented home innovator, is making sweeping points; not just about the state of telemark equipment, something he has shaped greatly over decades. But of the current milieu the telemark world finds itself in.“You haven’t even done anything and you’re in $1300 already,” he says of how expensive telemark equipment has become before comparing it to alpine counterparts. &l
  
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• Meet the Colorado Sisters Making the Backcountry More Welcoming

  02-12-2025 16:09 via powder.com
  
  The backcountry is for everybody. Well, it should be for everybody, but a slew of obstacles—both personal and societal—make it easier for some groups to hit the skin-track than others. That’s where VNTRbirds (pronounced "venture birds"), a Colorado-based adventure company, comes in. Co-founded by sisters Leanne and Kelley Wren, the outfit offers outdoor sports courses for women and femme folks. This includes AIARE courses, avalanche safety refreshers, and, after the snow m
  
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• 21-Year-Old Olympic Hopeful Snags First World Cup Win With Triple Cork 2160

  02-12-2025 15:53 via powder.com
  
  21-year-old Troy "T-Pod" Podmilsak has taken a major step towards a spot on Team USA by securing his first win on the World Cup circuit.Podmilsak competed in big air at Secret Garden Resort in China over the past weekend, which was the first big air competition of the season and a selection event for the U.S. Olympic team.For his first run, Podmilsak pulled out a switch triple cork 1980, setting him up nicely ahead of run two. In his second run, the Park City-based skier landed a triple cork 216
  
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• After Weather Delay, Sun Valley Ski Resort Confirms New Opening Day

  02-12-2025 12:12 via powder.com
  
  The ski season at Sun Valley, Idaho, is set to kick off this week on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.The Upper College, Lower College, Sunset Strip, and Lower River Run trails will be open, with top-to-bottom skiing served by the Lookout Express and River Run Express chairlifts.The opening will mark the beginning of Sun Valley’s 90th season. This Wednesday, the resort is offering commemorative 90th anniversary mugs on a first-come, first-served basis. A DJ will play tunes at the River Run Base
  
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