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• Popular California Ski Resort Reveals Steep Midweek Lift Ticket Discounts

  30-01-2026 21:21 via powder.com
  
  A California ski area is launching a program that offers discounted lift tickets—and gives back to the local community. On select Wednesdays in February and March, Palisades Tahoe will be holding Community Days. Palisades' Community Days will celebrate the perks of mid-week skiing, like fewer crowds and more open slopes, by offering $89 lift tickets. That's far lower than the sticker price of standard Palisades tickets, which crest $100 or $200, depending on the day.Communit
  
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• Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, and Others Star in New ESPN Ski Series

  30-01-2026 20:02 via powder.com
  
  Just ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, ESPN is launching a new limited series that gives an inside look into the lives and training of the world's most elite alpine ski racers. On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing, which premieres on January 30, 2026, was directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Pat Dimon and produced by the International Ski & Snowboard Federation in partnership with the Stifel US Ski Team and Team USA.The series, which consists of five episodes, foll
  
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• Heavy Snow, Intense Cold To Slam the Southeast US This Weekend

  30-01-2026 19:58 via powder.com
  
  A rare, high-impact winter storm is set to hit the Southeast late Friday into Sunday, with accumulating snow reaching far beyond the Appalachians. Cold air is already dug in, and a developing low will ride the temperature boundary from Georgia into the Carolinas, setting up a broad swath of snow and a tight gradient that runs through big cities.Now that's a snow forecast you don't see every day!Powderchasers/WeatherBellThis setup works because the atmosphere stays cold from the surface u
  
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• Ski Star Lindsey Vonn Crashes, Airlifted From Downhill Course

  30-01-2026 17:03 via powder.com
  
  At the final World Cup downhill before the upcoming Winter Olympics, American ski racing superstar Lindsey Vonn crashed and skidded into the safety netting, later being airlifted off the course.The fall happened after she cruised over a jump on the course, losing control. She stayed down for a few moments as medical staff helped her.Vonn stood, but carefully. She clicked into her skis and reached the finish line, stopping and checking her knee multiple times on the way down. Then, she limped to
  
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• Ski Star Lindsey Vonn Addresses Crash: "My Olympic Dream Is Not Over"

  30-01-2026 17:03 via powder.com
  
  On Friday, at the final World Cup downhill before the upcoming Winter Olympics, American ski racing superstar Lindsey Vonn crashed and skidded into the safety netting, later being airlifted off the course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.The fall happened after she cruised over a jump on the course, losing control. She stayed down for a few moments as medical staff helped her.Vonn stood, but carefully. She clicked into her skis and reached the finish line, stopping and checking her knee multiple ti
  
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• "Parks and Rec" Star Spotted Skiing the Slopes in Utah—and He Rips

  30-01-2026 12:00 via powder.com
  
  On the list of celebrities who can actually, you know, ski, Rob Lowe is top-ranked.The Parks and Recreation star has a penchant for stopping by Utah’s Alta Ski Area, to sample the goods. Most recently, he shared a photo of himself in the sun at the mountain, soaking up some Little Cottonwood Canyon goodness.“Celebrating the Sundance premiere of “The Musical” with some quality time at Alta,” he wrote in the caption of his Instagram
  
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• A Group of Skiers Tried a Real-Life “Third-Person Mode.” It Went How You'd Expect.

  30-01-2026 12:00 via powder.com
  
  Video game fans know the lingo. The “first-person” viewpoint, for the most part, is the stuff of action-packed shooters. “Third-person,” on the other hand, hovers above the video game character, a kind of omniscient presence guiding the wizard, soldier, or hero through a digital realm.Both work seamlessly when you’re using a controller. But what about trying to move your own body from the third-person perspective? And, to step it up a notch, what about skiing?T
  
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