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• Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles Secure Olympic Bronze in First-Ever Team Combined

  10-02-2026 22:20 via powder.com
  
  A pair of Team USA skiers raced to bronze in the new Team Combined alpine racing event, which features one athlete in downhill and one in slalom, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.For the duo, slalom skier Paula Moltzan and downhill skier Jackie Wiles, the standout performance marked their first Olympic medals. "I didn't sleep well the last couple of nights, but I felt grateful that I had another opportunity with Paula," said Wiles, per U.S. Ski & Snowboard. “I just tried to move forw
  
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• Solitude Cancels Some Paid Parking Days In Response To Slow Season

  10-02-2026 20:23 via powder.com
  
  In a move that may seem unlikely as parking programs become the norm at many ski resorts across North America, Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah, is heading in the other direction.The resort recently announced that, for the rest of the season, parking will be free and reservations will not be required on Fridays. Paid parking and reservations remain in place on Saturdays and Sundays. On those weekend days—and holidays—you’ll still pay to park.For vehicles carrying one to thre
  
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• Skier Tearfully Admits That He Cheated On Girlfriend After Winning Olympic Medal

  10-02-2026 19:55 via powder.com
  
  The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are well underway, and emotional celebrations have been the norm, but Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid took a different approach after winning his first Olympic medal.
  Holm Laegreid, 28, won the Bronze in men's biathlon on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, and his post-race interview is drawing international headlines.
  "There's someone I want to share this with, who may not be watching today," said Holm Laegreid emotionally to a Norwegian TV station. "Six
  
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• American Alex Hall Wins Silver Medal in Olympic Ski Slopestyle

  10-02-2026 19:16 via powder.com
  
  Another Olympics, another slopestyle medal for the American Alex Hall.This time, he grabbed silver, having been beaten out by Norway’s Birk Ruud amid a stacked field of skiers. Hall won the gold medal in Olympic slopestyle at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.In true Hall fashion, his silver medal run opened with a technical rail section, followed by a dizzying series of jumps.
  Among freeskiing fans, Hall’s known for his MAGMA video series, which tracks him and fellow Olympian Hunter
  
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• Nerds Are Ruining Backcountry Skiing

  10-02-2026 18:48 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.Shane McFallsNerds! Self-Righteousness! Paleolithic Murder!Taking backcountry skiing seriously is seriously dumb. I always figured that it was so purposeless, so goofy and impractical that it couldn’t become nerded out and uptight. I was so, so wrong.In 1991, high in the Alps on the Austria/Italy border, German tourists f
  
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• Winter Is Back: 12 Inches for The West to Be Followed by a "Monster" Holiday Weekend Storm

  10-02-2026 18:29 via powder.com
  
  Western US snowfall through Thursday, February 12, 2026.Powderchasers/WeatherBellPreviewThe best midweek skiing will be in California on Wednesday, February 11, and Utah on Thursday, February 12. The Sierra peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday with snow levels falling through the event, and the Wasatch keeps accumulating steadily from Tuesday night through Thursday. Snow quality improves as temperatures cool, and the biggest downside is wind on exposed terrain during the heart of the storm
  
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• "To Victory!" Six Days Backcountry Skiing in Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains

  10-02-2026 17:38 via powder.com
  
  In the last few years, the tiny European country of Georgia has suddenly landed on the map as an otherworldly ski destination.
  Sitting on the southern border of Russia and the western end of the Black Sea, Georgia is a country that’s been caught in wars since the 10th Century AD. Outside the capital city’s old town, the rows of concrete block buildings make it hard to ignore evidence of the Soviet Union’s 70-year occupation of the country.
  Yet, beneath its war-torn history, Geo
  
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• Mt. Shasta Ski Area Closes, but Feet of Snow Is in the Forecast

  10-02-2026 17:11 via powder.com
  
  Mt. Shasta Ski Park, the humble but beloved ski area tucked in the flanks of California's towering Mt. Shasta, is temporarily closed.The ski area announced the closure on Monday, February 9, 2026, due to "low snow coverage". Brendan, a representative from the ski area, posed in front of a barren slope to show how hard Shasta's snowpack had been by recent rainfall.Tap or click below to watch Shasta's full message about the closure. Keep reading for more on the forecasted winter storms that could
  
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• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ski Bomb

  10-02-2026 14:29 via powder.com
  
  Boy, did I ever have it wrong. After diving into the deep end on divisive issues in skiing, exploring how our sport intersects with broader movements like politics, identity, and meaning (silly me for following my passion!); after analyzing why things happen instead of taking them for granted like a good boy, I finally came around to the truth. Why worry so much about why things are the way they are? Let’s just get on with it already, and learn to love the Ski Bomb.What is the Ski Bomb, yo
  
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• I Bought the Powder Ski Propaganda. Then I Tried Carving Skis

  10-02-2026 12:12 via powder.com
  
  I should start with a confession. Since I was 12 or 13, I’ve believed that carving skis—those narrow-waisted, parabolic sticks—were the stuff of antiquity and stodgy killjoys who cared more about technique than fun.It was odd, then, that during a recent trip to Sun Valley, Idaho, I found myself standing atop a groomer with a pair of Volkl Peregrine 82s below my feet. The stocky carvers were far skinnier and shorter than anything I’d ridden in the past decade or two (save
  
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• Say no to fake snow: the Austrian ski resort that likes to keep it real

  10-02-2026 08:00
  Like many Alpine areas faced with declining snowfall, Villach had to make a difficult choice: bring in the snow cannons or reinvent itselfWalking up a winding trail in the Dobratsch nature park in Carinthia, surrounded by picturesque snowy slopes dotted with pines, we hear shrieks coming from round the corner. The path is as wide as a one-way street but Birgit Pichorner, the park ranger I’m taking a tour with, motions for me to move to the side, where we watch a couple with wide grins glid
  
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