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• Flowers or Snowdrifts? The Old Farmer's Almanac Reveals Spring 2026 Forecast

  29-01-2026 22:50 via powder.com
  
  Spring is still months away, but a historic publication famed for its long-range forecast, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, has a few thoughts on how the season, which officially starts in late March, could unfold.Does The Old Farmer’s Almanac think chilly weather is on the way? Will the barren conditions across the West get a snowy bookend? Can skiers look forward to more powder days?Overall, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the story of spring is mostly warm and dry.“Spr
  
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• Freeride Skiing Takes a Another Step Toward the Olympics With This New Event

  29-01-2026 20:50 via powder.com
  
  This winter, Freeride World Tour fans are getting a bonus event: the FIS Freeride World Championships.In the tradition of the Alpine racing World Championships, held every two years, the upcoming event is billed as an all-out throwdown to determine the next World Champion of freeride.It’ll start sometime between February 1 and February 6 at Ordino Arcalís, Andorra, a mountain locale that’s hosted Freeride World Tour events in the past. As with other freeride events, organizers
  
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• The Ikon Pass Offers To Pay Guests up to $60 in “Mountain Credits” for Going Skiing

  29-01-2026 19:19 via powder.com
  
  Imagine how cool it would be if your ski pass gave you points the same way your credit card does? The Ikon Pass had a similar thought. In an email sent to pass holders, the company shared an offer: skiers could earn "Mountain Credits" by skiing at Ikon Pass destinations in the US during the 2025-26 season. Here's how it works: skiers must register in order to earn Mountain Credits. $20 in Mountain Credits will then be earned for each day skied at an Ikon Pass destination through Februa
  
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• Colorado Ski Area Opens 370-Plus Acres of New Terrain: No Name Basin

  29-01-2026 18:31 via powder.com
  
  The plans for Monarch Mountain's massive terrain expansion were laid out more than a decade ago in the ski area's Master Development Plan. Now, as of January 29, 2026, skiers will finally get to enjoy more than 370 acres of new terrain in No Name Basin. After a quick storm dropped almost a foot of snow on Monarch last week, the mountain announced that No Name Basin would make its debut. The access to No Name Basin via Breezeway lift was scheduled to open at 9:30 am on Thursday, with Panoram
  
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• What Skiers Need to Know About ZipFit’s Ultralight Espresso Boot Liner

  29-01-2026 17:37 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.Among skiers and bootfitters alike, there’s a lot of debate about who makes the best custom ski boot liner. For many skiers, the stock liners that come in your off-the-shelf boots just don’t quite cut it, with limited customization, a tendency to pack out after just a few days of skiing, and uncomfortable pressure points due to a generic, “one-size-fits
  
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• Pro Skier Cole Richardson Talks Creativity, Ski Movies, and His New Sponsor, Salomon

  29-01-2026 17:00 via powder.com
  
  After a heavy, life-threatening crash in 2023, the professional skier Cole Richardson felt compelled to tell his story. He’d hit a tree, suffered a long list of injuries, and was left wondering when—and if—he could ski next. Miraculously, though, Richardson was back on snow within months. In recounting his journey to and from the brink, he chose a non-traditional path, making a deconstructed ski movie with help from his outerwear sponsor Arc’teryx and the new wave sk
  
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• “Trending Cold, Snowy in Colorado”: Meteorologist Sees Sign of Hope for Snow Fans and Skiers

  29-01-2026 16:21 via powder.com
  
  Don’t break out the powder skis quite yet. But Jacob Woods, a meteorologist for FOX31 and CW 2, has spotted a sign that could be cause for cautious optimism among Colorado skiers and snow fans.“I'm seeing the strongest signal that we've had all season long … for a prolonged duration of colder air and more active weather,” he wrote in a recent social media post. Although Woods added, in a parenthetical, that that’s “not saying much.” ̴
  
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• Sights and Sounds From Ski Ballet's First Competition In Nearly 30 Years

  29-01-2026 13:11 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.Ballet is Back!Kathryn Wadsworth is dressed as a butterfly. More precisely, the Event Manager at Monarch Mountain Ski resort is in a monarch butterfly costume, made of lift tower pads she says were stitched together by “our tower-pad guy.” It’s a befitting look, considering we are watching a ski discipline kno
  
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• Pro Skiers Reflect on Their Historic Corbet's Couloir Double Backflips

  29-01-2026 12:00 via powder.com
  
  Pro ski film stars, Parkin Costain and Jake Hopfinger, visit Jackson Hole Mountain Resort on mountain bikes to reflect on their history-making first-ever double back flips during the King and Queen’s of Corbet’s event. POWDER catches up with Parkin about this pivotal moment in the sport of skiing and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the impact on his skiing from that iconic experience.  ​Watch the video to check out the impressive cliff and how mighty steep Corbet
  
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• Editor's Picks: The Best Ski Pants & Bibs for Women of 2026

  29-01-2026 00:02 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
  
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