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• Another Stellar Stop of the Freeride World Tour Just Went Down: Watch the Winning Ski Runs Here

  15-01-2026 22:49 via powder.com
  
  The first stop of the Freeride World Tour in Baqueira Beret, Spain, has come and gone. The venue, known for its avid and vocal spectators, drew a crowd of 3,000. As is often the case with the FWT, they were treated to a show. Keep reading to watch the winning runs.The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on a newsstand near you, or click here to have a copy shipped directly to your front door.Despite mixed-looking conditions, all three members of the women’s podium put d
  
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• Low Snowfall Caused Vail Resorts’ Ski Visitation To Dip 20% Amid Slow Start to the Western Season

  15-01-2026 21:16 via powder.com
  
  Visitation to Vail Resort’s collection of North American ski areas has dropped 20% compared to last season so far, the company said in an investor update. Vail Resort's decline in lift ticket revenue, including applicable season pass revenue, was smaller, at 1.8%. The company also saw 14.9% drop in school revenue. Dining revenue fell 15.9%. Rob Katz, the company’s CEO, attributed the slowdown to a lack of snowfall, which, across the Western states, has limited terrain at so
  
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• The Natural Selection Ski Super Session Roster Is Official, and It’s Stacked

  15-01-2026 19:42 via powder.com
  
  Skiing fans already learned that this winter, the Natural Selection Ski Super Session was coming to Palisades Tahoe, California. Now, organizers have revealed which eight athletes will compete. The event serves as a qualifier for the Natural Selection finals, which debuted as a ski event last winter in Alaska. The circuit, a brainchild of snow sports star Travis Rice, previously only included snowboarders and drew considerable buzz when skiers got the opportunity to participate.  
  
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• Sun Valley Confirms Return of One of the World's Biggest Ski Racing Events in 2027

  15-01-2026 18:44 via powder.com
  
  Once wasn’t enough.In March 2027, the alpine racing World Cup Finals will return to Sun Valley, Idaho, drawing a crowd of elite racers and excited onlookers for one of the biggest events of the year. The show last appeared at the ski resort in 2025, hosting multiple standout moments. After returning from a serious abdominal injury, American star Mikaela Shiffrin won the slalom race there. Amid a fairytale comeback at age 40, the famed skier Lindsey Vonn took second in the super-G, bec
  
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• Salomon/Atomic Shift 16 First Look: Can It Silence the Haters?

  15-01-2026 18:31 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.There's a new version of the venerable Salomon/Atomic Shift binding in town, and it's aimed squarely at aggressive skiers looking for the ultimate 50/50 binding. The basic functionality remains the same, but a completely redesigned metal heel block is based on the clamp design from the STH and Strive alpine heel, offering 16mm of elastic travel. The toe piece also gets t
  
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• 6-12 Inches of Snow Forecasted for New England Ski Resorts

  15-01-2026 16:46 via powder.com
  
  A warm-start system rolls through the East Coast Wednesday night into Thursday, January 15, with snow levels mostly above the bases, so the best early accumulations stay on upper terrain.
  Expect dense snow where it sticks, then a sharp cooldown Thursday night into Friday that drops snow levels to the valleys and improves quality quickly.From Saturday night through Tuesday of next week, light snow returns in a colder, more persistent pattern. Totals add up slowly, with the White Mountains and nor
  
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• I Took a First Look at Nordica’s Promachine 3 Boots—Here’s What Stands Out

  15-01-2026 16:45 via powder.com
  
  Despite some seriously performance-boosting advances made in ski boot design over the last few years, there's been a pretty resounding refrain from hardcore skiers about their ski boots: quit the BOAs, and bring back traditional four-buckle overlap designs that mimic the performance of a race boot.
  As a skier who's enjoyed the locked-in feeling and stiff, precise, and damp ride of a traditional "plug" or race-style boot (not to mention the quick release and convenience of traditional buckles), I
  
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• Bode Miller's Ski Brand Is Back, but Questions and Unpaid Debts Remain

  15-01-2026 16:29 via powder.com
  
  Peak Skis, the brand founded in part by American alpine racing legend Bode Miller, seemed to have an unceremonious downfall. At least two athletes who formerly worked with Peak, Chris Davenport and Michelle Parker, said that their contracts haven't been paid in full. The brand’s Bozeman, Montana, headquarters and website shut down.
  Employees were laid off. Rumors swirled.All of this was chronicled in a story published by The Colorado Sun in June 2025. It was, presumably, the last anyo
  
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