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• Alta’s Terrain Pushes Two Freeride Skiers to the Limit in Exciting SLVSH Match

  03-12-2025 20:14 via powder.com
  
  If you ever needed a reminder to visit Alta Ski Area, Utah, let this be it.Last April, freeride skiers Ross Tester and Tristen Lilly faced off in an all-mountain game of SLVSH at Alta, fighting for the win as they made ample use of the resort’s natural jumps and cliffs.Both skiers came into the casual competition with plenty of bona fides. If you’re a Freeride World Tour fan, Tester is a name you’ll recognize. He’s put down more than a few memorable lines on the circ
  
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• This Unique Ski Movie Blends Skiing, Rapping, and Spoken Word

  03-12-2025 19:29 via powder.com
  
  Snow streaks across a dark screen. Wind whistles in the background and is joined by the rhythm of jazz drumming. Despite the separation provided by the screen, the viewer feels the chill of a cold, stormy winter night. The drum solo intensifies, and a blurry light in the distance appears. If hip hop is culture, then rap is the story.The light becomes a tent, lit from within, and then a dark skin track and a skier with a headlamp approaches before cutting away to a car on a city street in wa
  
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• Deer Valley Ski Resort Sets New Opening Date as Major Utah Storm Approaches

  03-12-2025 19:08 via powder.com
  
  After a warm and slow start, ski season is finally starting to get underway in Utah.Deer Valley will kick off the 2025-26 season on Friday, December 5, for a passholder appreciation day. A general public opening follows on Saturday.The early season terrain offerings include three runs—Birdseye, Silver Link, and Success—serviced by three chairlifts: Carpenter Express, Sterling Express, and Homestake Express.Skiers will start their days at the Snow Park Lodge. The Deer Valley East Vill
  
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• Eileen Gu, Gus Kenworthy, and More: Who To Watch at Snow League's First Event

  03-12-2025 16:35 via powder.com
  
  Shaun White's game-changing Snow League is about to kick off its second-ever event at Yunding Snow Park in China.
  From December 4-6, 2025, the best athletes in freeskiing and snowboarding will compete at the Snow League at the site of the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
  The event not only kicks off the 2025/26 winter season for the Snow League (although last winter's Aspen event will be counted towards this season), but it's also the debut of the freeskiing category for the Snow League.
  The Snow League h
  
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• Colorado Driver Captures Subaru’s Wild Near-Crash on I-70

  03-12-2025 16:28 via powder.com
  
  There are close calls. Then, there are close calls.Michael Walsh, who runs a mobile ski and snowboard tune shop, captured the latter on Colorado’s I-70, a famed freeway that connects Denver to a slew of popular ski resorts. In Walsh’s video, a Subaru whips up behind a group of slower-moving cars, then loses traction and veers off the road. That’s when things get interesting.Tap or click the video below to watch. Keep reading for more.The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! L
  
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• Pennsylvania's Ski Resorts Tally Fresh Snow as Opening Dates Arrive

  03-12-2025 16:23 via powder.com
  
  Snow is flying at resorts across Pennsylvania as the start of the ski season arrives.Camelback Resort, one of the state’s best-known mountains, first fired up its chairlifts today, December 3, 2025. The opening included the Nile Mile and Sunbowl trails with access via the Stevenson Lift and the Sunbowl lifts, which are operating between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.The mountain, in a press release, noted that it’s tracking towards a solid early-season lineup thanks to its ongoing investments in
  
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• First Look: 25/26 Atomic x Arc'teryx Grottoflage Collab

  03-12-2025 14:07 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.It's no surprise that limited-edition topsheets are all the rage these days–I mean what better way for a ski brand to make an already desirable product even more coveted? For the second year running, Austrian ski maker Atomic and Canadian outerwear maker Arc'teryx are teaming up to release a new line of special-edition products straight from the minds of two of the
  
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• Don't Let High Production Value Fool You, "Yard Sale" is By Ski Bums, For Ski Bums

  03-12-2025 13:39 via powder.com
  
  If there's anything skiing was really missing this fall, it was a true bro-fest of a film. There's nothing that transports you back to those perfect sled skiing days with the boys like 45 minutes of reliving them with skiers like Josh Anderson, Garrett Balen, Brandon Craddock, Josh Gold, and more.
  Luckily, the Ski For the Love crew just released their new film, Yard Sale, so you can do just that.
  Yard Sale follows a crew of (mostly) Tahoe skiers as they tick off spicy sled-accessed zones in the
  
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• How to Ski: A Beginner’s Guide

  03-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  What to know about gear, ski passes, classes and more.
  
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