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• Want To Ski For Free on Christmas? Dress as Santa at This Utah Resort

  22-12-2025 22:01 via powder.com
  
  Utah's Brighton Resort is ringing in the Christmas spirit the best way they know how— with free lift tickets!
  On Christmas Day, the first 200 folks dressed up as Santa or Mrs. Claus at the ticket window will receive a free lift ticket for the day. Brighton also knows that the whole 'holly jolly' thing isn't everyone's vibe, so they'll also issue free tickets if you're dressed as the Grinch.
  Brighton's annual Santa Run will also take place in one big showing of Christmas cheer. Those in cos
  
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• How Much Are You Willing To Pay for a Lift Ticket? (Poll)

  22-12-2025 21:00 via powder.com
  
  Skiing is expensive, and it doesn't help that the daily lift ticket is all but dead at many major ski resorts scattered across the United States.While passes such as Epic and Ikon offer cheaper per-day rates, depending on how often you utilize the pass, purchasing a walk-up lift ticket at ski resorts like Breckenridge, Deer Valley, and Steamboat will cost more than $200 and can spike to over $300 on Holidays and peak periods.The shift to these mega-passes has expanded the frequency with which so
  
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• Christmas Lift Tickets Are Surging To More Than $300 In Colorado

  22-12-2025 20:27 via powder.com
  
  Christmas break is no doubt one of the most popular and busiest times of year for ski areas.
  As a result, many ski resorts inflate lift ticket prices during the peak season and limit lower-tiered pass options to quell lift lines and general skier traffic.This Holiday season, daily lift ticket prices at more than a few Colorado ski areas are reaching an all-time high. For the week following Christmas and into New Year's, at least five Colorado ski resorts will charge more than $300 for lift ticke
  
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• Powder Editors Get Honest About the Gear They Actually Ski Daily

  22-12-2025 20:17 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.Full disclosure, we get to try a lot of new gear here at POWDER–it's how we put together all of our reviews and our annual Gear Guide. It's undoubtedly extremely fun to try new things, but there's also something about coming back to our personal favorites. Here's a deep dive into the gear that each of us likes to use on our days off, what's in our personal quivers,
  
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• Big Sky's 10-Year Transformation Is Complete

  22-12-2025 20:17 via powder.com
  
  A multi-year transformation at Big Sky Resort, Montana, came to a close late last week when the ski area opened two final improvements, the Explorer Gondola and the Kircliff Alpine Observatory, perched at 11,166 feet.Both part of Big Sky’s “Big Sky 2025” plan, the additions augment a sprawling list of upgrades that also included a replacement of the famous Lone Peak tram and the installation of an eight-person, high-speed chairlift. "In ten years, Big Sky has welcomed 20 n
  
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• Road To Jackson Hole Buried Under 35 Feet of Snow After Large Avalanche

  22-12-2025 19:46 via powder.com
  
  Teton Pass Highway, also known as Idaho 33 and Wyoming 22, that connects Jackson, Wyoming, to the wider world, is buried beneath avalanche debris after road workers set off a large controlled slide early Monday morning.The Jackson Hole News & Guide, a local news outlet, reported that the debris is as deep as 35 feet, containing dense, wet snow. The avalanche, part of planned mitigation efforts, was released in a slide path called Glory Bowl, which ends at Highway 22.“This is the bigges
  
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