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• Winter Storm Alert: Five Feet of Snow Inbound for California Ski Resorts

  23-12-2025 21:09 via powder.com
  
  A multi-day storm cycle reloads the Sierra from late Tuesday night through Saturday (December 23-27, 2025), with the heaviest accumulation and best stormchasing windows centered on Wednesday through Friday.
  Early snowfall will come in dense with higher snow levels, then trends colder with improving snow quality and lowering snow levels by Thursday into Friday. Mammoth and Kirkwood are the clear depth leaders for the full stretch, while Tahoe resorts rack up strong totals, but contend with strong
  
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• Hey Santa! Here’s What POWDER’s Editors Want for Christmas

  23-12-2025 15:35 via powder.com
  
  Here at POWDER we spend a lot of time chatting about skiing, gear, places we want to ski, and luckily, actually going skiing. These days, we all live spread around the country, from California, to the Tetons, the Cascades, or whatever swell or base area Beny's van is currently parked at. It's 2025, so we're pretty much constantly connected via the internet, so it's fun to drop questions into our team Slack thread to stir the pot a little. This past week, in commemoration of the holidays, I figur
  
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• Has The World - Including Skiing - Gone Too Far With Grateful Dead Branding?

  23-12-2025 14:50 via powder.com
  
  When I heard the news that Arc’teryx and the Grateful Dead had collaborated on a $900 co-branded ski jacket, I was shocked. As both a lifelong skier and jamband fan, the blending of skiing’s conspicuous side with a mutated modern Deadhead ethos left me reeling. Both in the sticker shock sense, and of the soul.But in a world often bound by the ever quantifiable measurements of social media metrics and SEO, where a bloated conformity in page views, likes, and reshares marks the moment
  
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• For the Love of Après—Tales of a Monday Spent Skiing and Beyond

  23-12-2025 13:29 via powder.com
  
  This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.HammerschlagenJust as the snowbound roof above drips ever faster from the rising heat of the day, the din of the bar ascends in a slow but sure fashion as the hours roll on, overtaking the reggae that blares from the old speakers now struggling to be heard. My friend and I are sitting in a grimy pub at the base, one of the last
  
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• How a Sleepier Tahoe Resort Is Becoming a Hub for World-Class Park Skiing

  23-12-2025 13:21 via powder.com
  
  Growing up, pro skier Xander Guldman didn’t spend much time in the terrain parks at his home resort of Sugar Bowl, California.
  The Lake Tahoe area mountain offered hand-built jumps, but when it came to learning tricks, he mostly relied on natural features like wind lips. Occasionally, he would venture to Boreal Mountain, where the freestyle setups were more consistent. That approach worked out for Guldman, who became an elite freeride skier. The Sugar Bowl native, now 27, pairs techni
  
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• The 6 Best Ski Resorts To Visit for Christmas 2025

  23-12-2025 11:15 via powder.com
  
  The prayers of thousands of skiers across the West may have finally been answered. It’s been a dreary ski season in places like California, Oregon, and Washington, but just in time for Christmas, the weather is expected to make a sharp turn.That’s already prompted the opening of some ski resorts that were closed, like Crystal Mountain, Washington, and could lead to several more as the holidays get underway. To help you make the most of the December snow, we’ve detailed a few bi
  
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• In Norway, Skiing Through a Winter Wonderland

  23-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A 100-mile journey along the country’s Troll Trail includes stunning vistas, snowbound mountain hotels and waffles.
  
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