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• More Parking, More Snowmaking, and Avalanche Control: Arapahoe Basin Proposes Improvements

  27-07-2026 20:23 via powder.com
  Arapahoe Basin (A-Basin), Colorado, hopes to expand its parking and snowmaking, alongside adding remote avalanche control systems, in a slew of projects that, according to a Forest Service document, are meant to accommodate early-season ski demand, increase staff safety, and make for an easier experience as skiers arrive at the mountain.The proposal includes expanding A-Basin’s snowmaking by about 65 acres, with approximately 4.4 miles of new snowmaking lines. The snowmaking infrastru
  
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• More Parking, More Snowmaking, and Avalanche Control: Arapahoe Basin Proposes Improvements

  27-07-2026 20:23 via powder.com
  Arapahoe Basin (A-Basin), Colorado, hopes to expand its parking and snowmaking, alongside adding remote avalanche control systems, in a slew of projects that, according to a Forest Service document, are meant to accommodate early-season ski demand, increase staff safety, and make for an easier experience as skiers arrive at the mountain.The proposal includes expanding A-Basin’s snowmaking by about 65 acres, with approximately 4.4 miles of new snowmaking lines. The snowmaking infrastru
  
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• New York Ski Resort Uses Explosives To Widen Popular Trail for Next Season

  27-07-2026 19:48 via powder.com
  Ever wondered if your favorite ski trail was a result of Mother Nature's handiwork or if it came to be in some other way?
  While some trails are happy, geological accidents, others are literally blown up.
  Plattekill Mountain, New York, recently posted videos to its social media accounts showing the process of using explosives to widen a popular ski trail. The ski area contracted an explosives company to help with the operation, which involved drilling into the ground to place hydromite.
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• New York Ski Resort Uses Explosives To Widen Popular Trail for Next Season

  27-07-2026 19:48 via powder.com
  Ever wondered if your favorite ski trail was a result of Mother Nature's handiwork or if it came to be in some other way?
  While some trails are happy, geological accidents, others are literally blown up.
  Plattekill Mountain, New York, recently posted videos to its social media accounts showing the process of using explosives to widen a popular ski trail. The ski area contracted an explosives company to help with the operation, which involved drilling into the ground to place hydromite.
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• New Mexico's First High-Speed Six-Person Ski Lift Nears Completion

  27-07-2026 19:11 via powder.com
  At Angel Fire ski resort, work on New Mexico’s first high-speed six-pack chairlift is almost complete.Aptly called the Angel Express, the lift recently underwent load testing, a process that simulates the weight of skiers and snowboarders. To do that, Angel Fire’s lift maintenance crew, along with engineers from Summit Install and Leitner Poma, used a technique you may have seen at other ski resorts: they filled trash cans with water and strapped them to the lift’s chairs.
  
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• New Mexico's First High-Speed Six-Person Ski Lift Nears Completion

  27-07-2026 19:11 via powder.com
  At Angel Fire ski resort, work on New Mexico’s first high-speed six-pack chairlift is almost complete.Aptly called the Angel Express, the lift recently underwent load testing, a process that simulates the weight of skiers and snowboarders. To do that, Angel Fire’s lift maintenance crew, along with engineers from Summit Install and Leitner Poma, used a technique you may have seen at other ski resorts: they filled trash cans with water and strapped them to the lift’s chairs.
  
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• World's Top Trail Runners Take On New Course Through Cortina's Nine Olympic Venues

  27-07-2026 18:00 via powder.com
  Five months after the Olympic flame was extinguished in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the venerable Italian Dolomites ski resort celebrated its Olympic heritage by hosting the inaugural Cortina 56-26 Legacy trail races.Nearly 300 competitors vigorously ascended and descended the Ampezzo valley’s scenic trails, woodlands, and ridges, while taking in panoramic vistas of a place that has been home to memorable winter sports competitions over many decades, highlighted by Cortina’s 1956 and mo
  
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• World's Top Trail Runners Take On New Course Through Cortina's Nine Olympic Venues

  27-07-2026 18:00 via powder.com
  Five months after the Olympic flame was extinguished in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the venerable Italian Dolomites ski resort celebrated its Olympic heritage by hosting the inaugural Cortina 56-26 Legacy trail races.Nearly 300 competitors vigorously ascended and descended the Ampezzo valley’s scenic trails, woodlands, and ridges, while taking in panoramic vistas of a place that has been home to memorable winter sports competitions over many decades, highlighted by Cortina’s 1956 and mo
  
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