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• Editor’s Picks: The Best Ski Jackets for Women of 2026

  26-01-2026 23:53 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.When it comes to ski jackets, there’s likely hundreds of options on the market at this point. Between insulated, hardshell, and softshell jackets, we’ve been busy testing the year’s best products. Here are our Editor’s Pick choices for the year’s best ski jackets for women. Insulated vs. Hardshell Recently, on a chilly day at Mt. Bachel
  
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• Buffalo Ski Center: Indy Pass Opens a Door

  26-01-2026 23:50 via nyskiblog.com
  Coming off a great MLK weekend of skiing, the Great Lakes were firing snow into their usual inland targets. I spent the early part of the week watching the forecast, trying to time where and when to get out. In Western New York, the band was setting up most consistently over Buffalo Ski Center and Kissing Bridge, with snowfall rates that were hard to ignore. I’ve been interested in Buffalo Ski Center’s history and the area as a whole for » Read More »
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• Corbet's Couloir Champion Joins Blizzard Tecnica Ski Team

  26-01-2026 22:04 via powder.com
  
  Blizzard Tecnica has scooped up another one of skiing's most talented freeriders for their athlete team. Wasatch-based skier and 2025 King of Corbet's Couloir, Tim McChesney, is the newest addition.McChesney, who grew up skiing Montana's Bridger Bowl, had never actually been on a pair of Blizzards before last December. The skier was previously sponsored by Faction, but parted ways with the brand at the end of last year. Generally speaking, the two brands have a pretty&nb
  
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• Ski Boots Are Vital Pieces of Ski Equipment. What Stiffness Do You Choose? (Poll)

  26-01-2026 21:00 via powder.com
  
  You’ve heard it before, but we’ll repeat it: boots are one of the most essential pieces of ski equipment you can buy. If they fit poorly, they’ll hold you back. If they’re uncomfortable, they can ruin a day in the mountains.There's a reason the "Date your skis, marry your boots" mantra exists.What’s less certain, though, is skiers’ preferences around boot flex. While these numbers can give skiers an idea of how soft or stiff a boot will be, it's not actually a
  
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• A Maine Ski Resort’s Snowstorm "Apology" Perfectly Captures Skiers’ FOMO

  26-01-2026 20:19 via powder.com
  
  When you’re a ski resort, what do you do before a storm that’s forecasted to deliver more than a foot of snow? According to Saddleback Mountain, Maine, you apologize.“After careful consideration and several weather apps refreshing at the same time, we feel it's important to address the situation caused by Winter Storm Fern,” began a social media update from the ski resort on Sunday as much of the U.S. braced for chilly and snowy weather.Then, with a tongue firmly planted
  
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• A Massive Storm Just Delivered Feet of Snow to East Coast Ski Areas

  26-01-2026 19:40 via powder.com
  
  The northeastern United States continues to have an incredible ski season, while many mountains out west are still hurting for snow. After a bit of a dry spell in mid-January, this most recent storm cycle brought another round of significant precipitation to much of the northeast and New England. Mountains across Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, and other parts of the East racked up impressive snow totals, particularly heading into Monday, January 26. Much of the East benefi
  
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• Olympian Delights Crowd by Snowboarding and Throwing Tricks in Central Park Amid Blizzard

  26-01-2026 18:24 via powder.com
  
  The monstrous winter storm that passed through the U.S. this weekend buried towns, left millions without power, snarled roadways, and grounded flights. It’s proven, as expected, to make getting around complicated.But fresh powder in the lowlands was also a cause for celebration among snow fans, including the five-time Olympian and snowboarder Shaun White. In a video shared by NBC, White was spotted on Sunday throwing down in New York City’s Central Park as a crowd of fans looked
  
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• It's a Race Against the Clock for Italy's Winter Olympics

  26-01-2026 13:09 via powder.com
  
  Race Against the ClockIt is a race to the finish for the start of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.Venue infrastructure, snowmaking and grooming of courses, roads and tunnels, hotels, parking lots, and other Games-related projects continue as the clock ticks toward February 6th, when the Olympic flame will illuminate cauldrons in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, as part of an innovative, multi-location opening ceremony.The Il Gazzettino newspaper, one of Italy’s oldest and pub
  
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• The Making of ORNADA, Armada's Bold, Two-Year Film Project

  26-01-2026 12:48 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.Space Time ContinuumIn the spring of 2023, the Armada ski team visited Absolut Park in Austria for a video shoot alongside the artist Mark Paul Deren, best known by his nom de guerre, Madsteez. Deren had an out-of-this-world plan. He wanted to construct and paint enormous murals imbued with his signature, spray-can brush stroke
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin Clinches Record-Setting Win at the Same Ski Area Where Her Career Began

  26-01-2026 11:49 via powder.com
  
  Hollywood couldn’t have scripted it any better. Mikaela Shiffrin stormed to her 108th World Cup victory, while clinching a record ninth slalom title on a slope and at a ski area where it all began for her.It all unfolded at unheralded Špindlerův Mlýn in the Czech Krkonoše Mountains, on the Svaty Petr Black piste, where Shiffrin made her World Cup debut nearly 15 years ago, on March 11, 2011. Shiffrin was then a precocious 15-year-old—the GS race coming just
  
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