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• Why Skiers Should Care About Wyoming's Wealth Inequality Gap

  10-03-2026 20:26 via powder.com
  
  Last week, the New York Times published an article titled Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America's New Gilded Age.The article chronicles the subtext beneath Wyoming's great ski town, which has only become more prevalent over the last five years. Once a small town that attracted only the most die-hard mountain lovers, Jackson Hole has become a billionaire's tax haven disguised as a ski town.
  TheTimes does a fantastic job breaking down the conundrum that so many mountain towns now face, exace
  
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• Small Wyoming Ski Area Vandalized by Off-Road Vehicle

  10-03-2026 20:05 via powder.com
  
  It seems every ski season, at least one ski area falls victim to a driver who had trouble obeying parking lot signage or simply got lost.
  A photo surfaces of a car (usually a rental, without proper snow tires or 4WD) parked haphazardly on a ski run with skiers around it looking confused, and a quirky comment from the resort reminding folks that parking directly on the mountain doesn't qualify as "ski in, ski out."While these instances are typically innocent mistakes, occasionally, the odd driver
  
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• "The Cut" Is Set: Freeride World Tour's Best Athletes Heading To Alaska

  10-03-2026 19:48 via powder.com
  
  After a bumpy few weeks that included multiple event cancellations, the Freeride World Tour is looking ahead towards its final two events of the season: the Haines Alaska Pro and Xtreme Verbier.These competitions serve as the circuit’s finals, meaning only a select number of skiers—the top 13 men and the top 6 women—made what the FWT calls the “cut.” This season’s cut was colored by those cancellations. The FWT had hoped to give competitors four opportuni
  
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• Forecasters Predicting Alpine Snowmelt as Temps Expected To Soar Out West

  10-03-2026 18:20 via powder.com
  
  A heat wave is almost here, according to forecasters, and it may lead to earlier than usual high-elevation snowmelt amid an already tough and often snowless ski season out West.“Warmer conditions are coming for the West! Probabilities reach 90-100% across the Southwest,” the Climate Prediction Center wrote in a recent social media post. “Temps may reach upper 80s over the CA Valley and triple digits over the Desert Southwest.”“This pattern may lead to early onset of
  
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• The Best Ski Photos of the Year, Part 2

  10-03-2026 17:35 via powder.com
  
  These images originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.Click here to see Part 1 of the 2026 Photo Annual Gallery.The 2026 Photo Annual Gallery,Part 2Piers Solomon. Engelberg, Switzerland.Oskar EnanderAilo Riponiemi. Kuopio, Finland.Arttu HeikkinenBrennan Lagasse. Lake Tahoe, California.Ming PoonDominic Melanson. Blackcomb, British Columbia.Andrew BradleySam Cohen. Alta, Utah.Lee
  
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• Newcomb Ski Slope: Community Spirit

  10-03-2026 17:00 via nyskiblog.com
  I’ve gotten my ski days this year but I haven’t done much to advance my goal to ski all the lift-served hills in New York. Life has required me to stay close to home this season, and it shows in the list of areas I’ve skied. Early this year, I realized that skiing Central NY and Western NY wasn’t realistic. I made a separate list of ski areas ranked by their distance from our base in the Southern Adirondacks. I » Read More »
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• New Lifts and 1,000 Acres of Public Terrain Coming To Powder Mountain

  10-03-2026 16:00 via powder.com
  
  Powder Mountain, Utah, is pouring $40 million into infrastructure improvements that include a soon-to-open chairlift unlocking over 1,000 acres of advanced terrain in the DMI, or “Don’t Mention It,” area. The titular lift, Don’t Mention It, is a new Skytrac fixed-grip triple chair that, starting in the 2026-27 season, will climb uphill just beyond Powder Mountain’s current boundaries. “The terrain in DMI is some of the best in Northern Utah. As a ski
  
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• Is This The Ultimate Backcountry Skiing Repair and Medical Kit?

  10-03-2026 12:39 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.There's a lot to be said about saving weight when it comes to backcountry skiing–carrying less mass up the hill means you have energy left over when it comes time to pointing those skis back down. We spend a lot of time obsessing over lighter skis, boots, bindings, packs, jackets, helmets–all the obvious things, really. The thing about saving weight on the bi
  
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• Mt. Bachelor's Beloved Summit Chair Opened This Past Weekend

  10-03-2026 12:22 via powder.com
  
  Over this past weekend, Oregon's largest ski area opened its long-awaited final chairlift.
  On Saturday, March 7th, 2026, Mt. Bachelor spun the Summit Chair for the first time during the 2025-26 ski season. Aptly named, Summit Chair brings skiers to the top of Mt. Bachelor and provides access to 360 degrees of volcano skiing, making the ski area the nation's sixth largest.
  A storm brought 12" of snow to Mt. Bachelor early last week, helping to build the mountain's base enough to get Summit's stee
  
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• Soldier Mountain, Idaho Throws In the Towel on Season

  10-03-2026 11:12 via powder.com
  
  Southern Idaho ski area, Soldier Mountain, has officially closed for the 2025/26 season.
  The ski area announced the early closure in a social media post on Saturday, March 8, 2026, and cited weather and poor ski conditions.
  Ultimately, the mountain decided to close due to safety concerns stemming from a lack of seasonal snowfall.
  "Like many of you, we’ve been hoping for winter to finally arrive and allow us to open more terrain and build momentum for the season. Unfortunately, the conditio
  
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