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• Ski Patrol Assists With "Freak Accident" Lightning Strike In Utah

  20-07-2026 20:49 via powder.com
  On Saturday, July 18, 2026, the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Search and Rescue unit responded to a call about a hiker who had been struck by lightning and had subsequently fallen, just after noon.
  The individual was hiking near the summit of the east peak of the American Fork Twin Peaks, located just south of Snowbird Resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
  The Utah Department of Public Safety quickly dispatched a helicopter to locate the patient. Once the storm had cleared, a Search and Rescue
  
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• Netflix Producing New Drama Series Set in Famed Ski Town

  20-07-2026 20:34 via powder.com
  Netflix is turning its attention towards ski towns and, no, we’re not talking about the company’s co-founder, Reed Hastings, and his purchase of Powder Mountain, Utah. A new series called Queenstown, set and shot in the titular New Zealand ski locale, following “a wealthy family at war with itself,” is in production, according to Tudum, Netflix’s companion site. While the press release was otherwise scant on plot details, it did add that beneath the glamou
  
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• 12 Feet of Snow and Counting: South American Ski Resorts Slammed by Intense Winter Storm

  20-07-2026 19:25 via powder.com
  The first chapter of a promising storm cycle for skiers across South America delivered, dropping feet of snow and, almost overnight, leapfrogging ski resorts from the early-season to the mid-season.Valle Nevado, Chile—where around six and a half feet of snow has fallen—recently shared before and after images from around the mountain. In the photos, areas that were previously barren are now blanketed in white. See below. Tap the arrow on the right to progress through the slides.V
  
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• America's Summer Ski Season Is Officially Over

  20-07-2026 18:26 via powder.com
  Pour one out for the 2025/2026 ski season, it's officially come to an end.Timberline Lodge, located high on Oregon's Mt. Hood, welcomed skiers and snowboarders for the last time this season on Sunday, July 19, 2026, marking 212 days since the ski resort opened on December 20, 2026.Logging a season longer than 200 days is a pipe dream for many ski resorts in North America, but the number is actually quite low for Timberline Lodge.
  Warm temperatures delayed the resort's opening by more than a mont
  
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• Remembering David Page: A Writer Who Helped Define POWDER

  20-07-2026 17:54 via powder.com
  On the shelf above my desk in Jackson, there is an unopened can of Ski Kind Lager: 1 pint, 4.9 percent ABV, white label with black lettering, a small pink heart to dot the "i" in Kind. It was given to me by my friend David Page about five years ago. He was in town to ski and represent the Winter Windlands Alliance, where he worked, for some meetings on conservation issues affecting the Tetons. David came up with the motto Ski Kind during the COVID pandemic because people were having a hard
  
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• Lindsey Vonn, Eileen Gu, Mikaela Shiffrin, and Others Recognized at ESPY Awards and TIME 100 Gala

  20-07-2026 17:28 via powder.com
  Although some pro skiers aren't strangers to having moments in greater pop culture, there's a lot to be said for skiers catching the eyes of those outside the sport. However, hot off the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games, a few skiers remain top-of-mind to the public. Of course, walking the Met Gala red carpet is one thing, but to be celebrated amongst the athletes in mainstream sports, especially in the United States, is a milestone.
  The Excellence in Sports Performance Year Awards, bette
  
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