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• Arapahoe Basin President Reveals On Podcast Why "Pali" Is Still a Double Chairlift

  24-02-2026 23:03 via powder.com
  
  Professional skier Drew Petersen's new self-titled podcast has been one of the best ski-media shows in recent memory.Petersen keeps the format simple and intimate, inviting members of the skiing world to join him for a chairlift ride. In the roughly 10 to 15-minute episodes, Petersen asks his guests unique questions about their professions, skiing, and beyond.Previous podcast guests have included Olympic halfpipe Bronze-medalist Zoe Atkin, POWDER Magazine co-founder Jake Moe, and professional sk
  
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• Sheriff's Office Identifies Two Skiers Who Died In Separate Incidents at Heavenly Resort

  24-02-2026 20:58 via powder.com
  
  Two separate skiers were involved in fatal accidents at Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California, last Friday, February 20, 2026.
  Both incidents were reported just before noon at Heavenly's Boulder Lodge. Authorities say life-saving measures were attempted for both victims; however, the attempts were unsuccessful, and both were pronounced dead on the scene.
  As of Monday, February 23, 2026, the Douglas County Sheriff's Department has identified both victims. A statement released by the Sheri
  
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• Skiers Take Over New York City As Blizzard Dumps Snow

  24-02-2026 20:28 via powder.com
  
  Once again this winter season, the northeastern United States is getting walloped by snow.
  Over the last couple of days, parts of Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New England have seen up to 3+ feet of snow. Places in Central Park, New York, received nearly 20 inches of snow, with a snowfall rate of 2-3 inches per hour, setting a record for the ninth-highest snow total in the park.
  It's the biggest storm the New York area has seen since 2020-2021, causing power
  
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• Why Every Ski Day Should Have a Menu, According To Two Ski Bums Turned Cooks

  24-02-2026 20:01 via powder.com
  
  After becoming the first woman to land a backflip into Corbet's Couloir and the professional skiing career that took off with it, Veronica Paulsen has recently shifted her focus to the stories of other athletes and folks in the ski industry.
  Her web series, which is now in its third season, chronicles how others approach the mountains, skiing, and life, often narrated with a framework of a specific ski line. Paulsen has done everything from following Reine Barkered on his last FWT stop, tackling
  
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• The 10 Best Skiing Photos From The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

  24-02-2026 19:54 via powder.com
  
  The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are over, but we're still buzzing from the Games' plethora of exciting moments across a variety of skiing disciplines.Whether it was Breezy Johnson winning Gold in Downhill and then being proposed to days later, or Alex Ferreira soaring high in the pipe for Olympic glory, there was no shortage of amazing and emotional moments throughout the Games.We've compiled some of the best moments captured by numerous photographers below.Enjoy, and start looking forwar
  
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• Utah's Nordic Valley Ski Area Can't Catch a Break, Temporarily Closes After Brief Reopening

  24-02-2026 18:24 via powder.com
  
  Utah's ski resorts are experiencing a lackluster season in terms of total snowfall; that's no secret.
  Resorts like Alta and Snowbird are accustomed to being at or near the top of snowiest ski resorts lists, but, at least as of late February 2026, they don't even crack the top ten.
  These resorts, despite below-average snowfall, remain open due to high elevation, low sun angles, and a decent, if not significantly below-average, season-to-date snowfall of north of 200 inches. It's enough to keep th
  
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• Boston-Area Ski Hill Buried By 24 Inches of Snow, Most In Last 24 Hours Nationwide

  24-02-2026 17:31 via powder.com
  
  According to popular snow tracking and ski forecasting app OpenSnow, Blue Hills Ski Area, located just 16 miles outside of Boston, is the snowiest ski area nationwide over the last 24 hours.The ski area is reporting that 24 inches (two feet) of snow fell yesterday, February 23, in a blizzard that slammed the East Coast from Virginia and Delaware to Maine.The next closest ski resort in terms of 24-hour snowfall totals is Timberline Lodge at 17 inches, which is located high on Oregon's Mt. Hood. T
  
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• New Corbet's Couloir Webcam Captures Skier's Big Mistake

  24-02-2026 17:00 via powder.com
  
  In case you missed it, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming, has installed a webcam at the top of Corbet's Couloir this season.The webcam is pointed directly at Corbet's infamous headwall, giving online spectators a front-row view as local pros and fearful tourists alike drop into the famous trail.Corey Jackson was watching the Corbet's Couloir webcam feed recently and captured a funny moment when a skier accidentally slid backward, or "switch" into the couloir.Tap or click below to watch. Keep
  
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• WorldSkiTraveller: Collector of Ski Areas

  24-02-2026 16:30 via nyskiblog.com
  This month, Zurich-based skier Roger Gfrörer, known online as Worldskitraveller, completed an undertaking that sounded more like a military logistics operation than a ski vacation. Over six weeks, he skied at 79 different ski areas across 18 U.S. states, drove more than 7,500 miles, and checked into 38 hotels and motels along the way. The project was originally titled Project 101, reflecting an initial goal of visiting 101 ski areas; however, a snow drought in the western U.S. forced a &raq
  
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• The 10 Ski Resorts With The Most Snow In The U.S. and Canada This Season

  24-02-2026 16:23 via powder.com
  
  It's nearly March, which means, depending on where you live, ski season is about halfway over.
  There's no doubt it's been a rough season for a lot of places when it comes to snowfall. The northeastern U.S. has had a particularly fruitful snow year, especially during the early season when much of the west was hurting. As December rolled around, interior BC and Alberta seemed to get storm after storm.
  However, as things warmed up in BC, a storm cycle came through California, walloping the Sierras
  
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• Air Force Engineer Gary Denton Helped Win The Indy 500. Now, His DIY Bindings Might Be The Future Of Telemark.

  24-02-2026 15:27 via powder.com
  
  In the summer of 2022, a user known simply as Gravity began posting videos to YouTube and the seldom visited if important free-heel forum BackcountryTalk.com of a mysterious homemade telemark binding they were developing. In true tele fashion, it was an inauspicious start. Gravity had only a few followers on their YouTube channel, and many of the user’s previous posts were simply mods to existing binding models.But that was but the beginning of The Gravity Binding. And its creator–en
  
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• Americans Flock to Japan’s Ski Country for Good Snow and Delicious Food

  24-02-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Faced with soaring ticket prices and bare slopes at many U.S. resorts, Americans are flocking to the island of Hokkaido, which gets up to 50 feet of snow a year.
  
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