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• Tough Winter? Not in Vermont, Where Ski Resorts Saw Best Visitation in Decades

  09-06-2026 20:20 via powder.com
  It was a challenging year out West, but for ski resorts in Vermont, the 2025-26 season told a different story.Earlier this month, Ski Vermont, a local non-profit trade group, announced that the state’s ski resorts reported 4.36 million skier visits, a 4.7% increase over the previous year and an 11% increase over the ten-year average. The stat, according to Ski Vermont, also marked the best ski visitation in the state since the 2014-15 season.Vermont’s ski resorts had a strong start w
  
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• Alterra Decides To "Part Ways" With Steamboat Ski Resort President

  09-06-2026 19:43 via powder.com
  Steamboat Ski Resort, Colorado, announced this week that its owner, Alterra Mountain Company, had decided to “part ways” with the resort’s president and COO, Dave Hunter. In a news release covered by the Steamboat Pilot, the resort said that the search for a new leader would begin immediately. Steamboat Ski Resort didn’t share more information with the local outlet about the decision to part ways with Hunter.In the meantime, the executive vice president of Alterra&rs
  
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• Are You Ruining Your Touring Bindings Without Realizing It?

  09-06-2026 19:06 via powder.com
  As skiers, we're by and large pretty good about taking care of our gear in the middle of winter. It's pretty obvious when your bases need a wax or your edges need a sharpen, and not hard to address that yourself, or drop your planks off at the local shop for a quick overnight tune. However, come spring and summer, when it's time to (sadly) hang things up for a few months, I'd wager that we're far less careful with our gear. Perhaps its laziness, disbelief that the season is over, or just plain o
  
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• Forever Intertwined: The Telemark Turn and the Jamband

  09-06-2026 12:44 via powder.com
  On a toasty spring day I’m bounding down the slushy south-facing runs at Steamboat, lunging on pin bindings with low-cut boots through hero moguls and corn snow. It’s not my usual tele gear—I’m typically found sporting aggressive boots and the newer, stiffer binding norms. But today I’m leaning into the free-flexing equipment and vibe of a time gone by. The gear is slack, lending itself to loose turns that feel like a leap of faith in a way the more rigid modern gea
  
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• Vail Resorts Says Next Season's Pass Sales Are Down After Challenging Year Out West

  09-06-2026 12:32 via powder.com
  As the snow settles after a memorably challenging Western ski season, Vail Resorts is reporting a decline in pass sales for next winter and readjusting it's financial forecast.The resort conglomerate, which sells the popular Epic Pass and owns ski areas in the US and around the world, trimmed its expected yearly net income to between $128 million and $162 million, down from a previous forecast of between $144 million and $190 million.Sales of Vail Resorts’ 2026-27 season passes also sagged
  
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