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• 40 Inches Overnight With No Signs of Slowing Down: South America's Ski Resorts Buried in Snow

  17-07-2026 21:33 via powder.com
  The powder train is pulling into the station.At ski resorts across South America, snow is piling up amid the region’s largest winter storm in recent memory—so large, in fact, that upwards of 200 inches of snow could arrive over the coming days, according to forecasts.Ski Portillo, Chile, one of the resorts expecting the biggest dump, is already reporting 41 inches in the past 24 hours. Or, about three and a half feet. The storm comes after a slow early season for many of South A
  
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• Ice Collapse Triggers Massive Avalanche in New Zealand

  17-07-2026 10:34 via powder.com
  Every now and then, Mother Nature offers a reminder to skiers, mountaineers, and climbers: when you’re in the mountains, you’re merely a visitor, and I’m the one calling the shots.Photographer Tori Harp captured one such moment, filming a big avalanche triggered by collapsing ice on the Kaufmann Glacier in New Zealand.“As the glacier moves under the force of its own weight, it advances until it meets a vertical cliff face,” Harp explained in her post. “Gravity
  
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