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• One of Skiing's Steepest Ticket Discounts Is Back, but It May Not Last for Long

  23-01-2026 21:40 via powder.com
  
  One of skiing’s steepest lift ticket discounts is back, but it may not last for long.The New Hampshire ski area King Pine is, after hosting a sold-out “rollback day” special earlier this winter, once again selling $4 lift tickets. “King Pine decided to give more skiers a chance to experience the great skiing and family vibe again on Friday, March 20,” the ski area shared in an email. “Tickets must be bought online in advance only. Ticket sales will be lim
  
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• Lindsey Vonn Graces Yet Another Magazine Cover Ahead of the Olympics

  23-01-2026 21:14 via powder.com
  
  With the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games just around the corner, all eyes are on not just the athletes most likely to perform well, but those with the most captivating stories. Amongst them is, of course, Queen of the Comeback, ski racer Lindsey Vonn. Vonn stunned the world with her return to ski racing last winter, at 40 years old and sporting a partial knee replacement. As the Olympic winter kicked off, Vonn quickly proved that she wasn't messing around after coming out of retire
  
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• Midwest Ski Areas Close Amid Extreme Cold Warnings and Plunging Temps

  23-01-2026 20:29 via powder.com
  
  A colder-than-usual snap is hitting the Midwest this week. Temperatures are plummeting to lows that even hearty Midwest skiers won't dare braving. The National Weather Service has issued several cold-weather alerts for the Great Lakes area, including an Extreme Cold Warning for parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. In particular, parts of Wisconsin reported temperatures as low as -17 degrees (feels like -39!) on Friday morning, with wind chill dropping things as low as 40-45 below, and no
  
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• Olympic Snowboarder Turned Accused Drug Kingpin Arrested

  23-01-2026 19:11 via powder.com
  
  One of the strangest stories in snowsports has, for now, come to an end. Friday morning, NBC News reported that, according to law enforcement officials, Ryan Wedding, a snowboarder and one-time Canadian Olympian accused of running a transnational drug trafficking operation that imported drugs from Mexico, had been arrested.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.Ryan Wedding slides
  
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• Olympic Snowboarder and “Largest Distributor of Cocaine in Canada” Arrested

  23-01-2026 19:11 via powder.com
  
  One of the strangest stories in snowsports has, for now, come to an end. Friday morning, NBC News reported that, according to law enforcement officials, Ryan Wedding, a snowboarder and one-time Canadian Olympian accused of running a transnational drug trafficking operation that imported drugs from Mexico, had been arrested.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.Ryan Wedding slides
  
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• Ski Season Back on Track: After Strike, Quebec Ski Resort Announces Plans To Reopen

  23-01-2026 16:10 via powder.com
  
  The closure of a Quebec ski resort that was negotiating with unionized employees who went on strike is coming to an end. “We are very pleased to announce that the mountain will officially reopen as of January 24, 2026,” reads a message published on the website of Le Massif de Charlevoix. The ski resort added that daily tickets and consecutive multi-day tickets will be refunded for days that coincided with the strike-related closure, up to and including January 23, 2026.The
  
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• Skier Recreates Iconic Shane McConkey BASE Jump

  23-01-2026 16:02 via powder.com
  
  A skier paid perhaps the ultimate tribute to the late and legendary Shane McConkey earlier this month.
  Professional wingsuit pilot and BASE jumper Kasey English ski BASE jumped Lover's Leap, the iconic cliff in Strawberry, California, just outside of Lake Tahoe. The death-defying stunt not only paid tribute to McConkey but also replicated one of his first-ever ski BASE jumps.
  English shared POV footage of his jump, noting that he was inspired by watching McConkey's segment in the 2007 MSP film,
  
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• We Tested The Best Ski Pants and Bibs For Men–These 7 Outperformed The Rest

  23-01-2026 13:44 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.Ski pants and bibs aren't all made the same. When it comes to choosing, there’s likely hundreds of options on the market at this point, and between insulated, hardshell, and softshell pants and bibs, we’ve been busy testing the year’s best products. Here are our Editor’s Pick choices for the year’s best ski pants and bibs for men.Bibs Vs. Pa
  
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• Colorado Skiers Swarm Trail in Seconds After Rope Drop Amid Wild Powder Frenzy (Video)

  23-01-2026 12:43 via powder.com
  
  How fast can a run get skied out after new snow falls? In a minute or so, at least according to this video shared by Ryan Gaterman documenting a hectic rope drop at Eldora Mountain, Colorado.The clip starts slowly, showing a few skiers cruising through fresh snow, before the intensity picks up. By the end, around 20 are in the frame at once, all jostling to make turns. Many cruise flawlessly down the run. Others get hung up in the snow. If you were looking for a visual definition of the fam
  
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• Eileen Gu Lands TIME Magazine Cover Ahead of Olympics

  23-01-2026 11:11 via powder.com
  
  Eileen Gu can add TIME to the list of publications she's graced the cover of, along with Vogue, Harper's Baazar, and others.
  The 22-year-old landed the cover of the prestigious publication just ahead of the quickly approaching Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games. Time and time again (no pun intended), Gu has proved to the world that she's one of the most multifaceted athletes in our sport, and not just on skis. Her celebrity extends far beyond the slopes, making an accolade like this as unsurpris
  
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