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• New Zealand's Ski Season Delayed Once Again

  22-06-2026 20:35 via powder.com
  Ski season is off to a slower start in parts of the Southern Hemisphere than expected. Not unlike the Northern Hemisphere's past winter, Ullr hasn't quite delivered enough snow to kick things off at several of New Zealand's ski areas, specifically.The Remarkables, on New Zealand's South Island, is having a tough time with conditions thus far. The ski area originally pushed its opening date to June 20th and had teams hard at work making snow. Unfortunately, the weather didn't quite cooperate, and
  
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• New York Governor Takes Major Step To Bring the Olympics Back To The Empire State

  22-06-2026 19:39 via powder.com
  POWDER reported on the rumors that New York Governor Kathy Hochul was eyeing an Olympics bid a couple of weeks ago, but today, June 22nd, marks an important official step in the process.Hochul has announced the formation of the Lake Placid-New York City Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Exploratory Committee, a statewide effort.
  The Exploratory Committee will be tasked with "evaluating the feasibility of a future Winter Games concept linking Lake Placid's Olympic legacy with New York City's
  
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• The "Mountain of Hell" Returns: 1,000+ Mountain Bikers Descend Les Deux Alpes

  22-06-2026 19:10 via powder.com
  Have you ever looked up at a ski run and thought, 'It might be fun to ride a mountain bike down that?'Me either, but this past weekend, over 1,000 people not only had that thought, but acted on it at the 2026 Mountain Of Hell race. The race is held at Les Deux Alpes, France, and after a mass start at 11,200 ft. of elevation, the course descends 8,200 vertical feet through the 2 Alpes Bike Park over a 17-mile course.
  Between the mass start, sections of snow, ice, other variable conditions, and st
  
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• Jessie Diggins and Anna Gibson Showed Out at Palisades Tahoe's Broken Arrow Skyrace

  22-06-2026 18:46 via powder.com
  The world's best trail runners flock to the Palisades Tahoe, California, each June for what is arguably the biggest event of the year—The Broken Arrow Skyrace.Held over three days, Broken Arrow challenges trail runners with a selection of races that vary in distance, vertical ascent, and difficulty.
  As it turns out, former cross-country ski race icon Jessie Diggins and current endurance athlete-slash-Olympic ski mountaineer Anna Gibson are among the best trail runners in the world.The firs
  
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