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• Monarch Mountain Offers Free Tickets to Skiers After Telluride Resort Closure

  02-01-2026 22:41 via powder.com
  
  As the unionized patrol strike and associated closure of Telluride Ski Resort continue, another Colorado mountain is offering free lift tickets to those impacted. Monarch Mountain, in a social media post, announced, “Telluride employees and their dependents, guests with a valid Telluride season pass or anyone with proof of a Telluride day-ticket purchased between December 29 and January 8, 2026 are eligible for three complimentary lift tickets.”“We care deeply about our sk
  
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• Soggy Weather Forces Closure of Popular Pacific Northwest Ski Resort

  02-01-2026 21:07 via powder.com
  
  Parts of the Pacific Northwest rang in the New Year with quite a bit of precipitation, but not the kind skiers want. As the ball dropped on the New Year in Pacific Time, a storm brought significant rainfall to Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor, Oregon.Mt. Hood saw a wintry mix turn to rain Thursday evening, with temperatures in the mid-high 30's. Rain and wet snow have continued through Friday morning. Mt. Hood Meadows, which opened for the season on December 23, spun lifts on New Year's Day despite the
  
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• Dozens Dead After Tragic New Year's Blaze at Swiss Ski Resort Bar

  02-01-2026 20:27 via powder.com
  
  Forty people are dead and 119 are injured after flames tore through a bar at the popular ski destination Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on New Year’s Eve, according to local police.Reportedly, the fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. local time on January 1 as partiers celebrated the New Year at Le Constellation, the bar where the disaster took place.“What was a moment of joy turned into a tragedy in Crans-Montana last night, felt across the country and beyond,” Switzerland’s pre
  
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• Stevens Pass Ski Resort Celebrates "Opening Day 2.0" After Crucial Road Access Restored

  02-01-2026 19:31 via powder.com
  
  After a bumpy start, the ski season seems to be back on track.West side access to Stevens Pass, a mountain popular among Seattle, Washington, skiers, has been restored only weeks after Highway 2 was damaged and closed during a period of torrential rain. The opening came sooner than expected. When Highway 2 first shuttered in early December, Governor Bob Ferguson said the closure between Skykomish and Leavenworth would last for months.The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on
  
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• Nearly 4 Feet of Snow Forecasted to Fall Across California Ski Resorts

  02-01-2026 18:33 via powder.com
  
  High-Level SummaryA brief lull on Friday gives way to a stronger, longer-duration Sierra storm that ramps up late Friday night and runs through early Monday, with snow levels starting high and then dropping steadily into Sunday and Monday. Saturday favors higher-elevation terrain, but snow will be dense, and winds will be strong on exposed ridges. The best combination of depth and quality lines up Sunday into Monday as colder air lowers snow levels, snow ratios improve into more skiable packed p
  
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• James Bond Stuntman Recalls Skiing Down Italian Bobsled Track in 'For Your Eyes Only'

  02-01-2026 12:12 via powder.com
  
  It is still remembered as one of the most thrilling and memorable sports action sequences across six decades of James Bond Films.Italian stuntman Giovanni Dibona evaded the pursuit of black-clad assassins on motorcycles, while careening down the sweeping curves of the Olympic bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, in the 1981 Bond classic For Your Eyes Only. It was part of a daring and intricately designed skiing sequence that began at the 1956 Olympic ski jump, continued at high
  
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