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• Freeride Event Above One of World's Southernmost Cities Cancelled

  25-08-2026 21:16 via powder.com
  The eagerly anticipated Backcountry Invitational event in Ushuaia, Argentina, has been canceled by organizers who cited uncooperative snow conditions.
  The competition, a spin-off of an original series held in Nendaz, Switzerland, blends freeride with slopestyle, adding human-built jumps to natural faces. In a run, a skier might jump off a cliff before throwing a double cork 1080, making for some entertaining multi-discipline action.
  Another key part of the Backcountry Invitational’s draw i
  
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• Summer Snow Day: How a Nevada Ski Area Made Snow in August

  25-08-2026 20:03 via powder.com
  It’s August. It’s hot. Winter and ski season still feel more like a mirage than something that will actually, you know, happen. We’re in the doldrums.
  And yet, at a small ski area near Reno, Nevada, it just snowed.
  Well, kind of. Last weekend, Sky Tavern hosted a BBQ, a live DJ, and a group bike ride. Those are all fun and great, but more interesting was the pile of snow, purpose-built for a snowman-making competition and snow play.
  The snow, obviously, didn’t come courte
  
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• Washington Ski Area Delays New Lift Installation Again Until Next Summer

  25-08-2026 19:20 via powder.com
  Washington’s small Bluewood ski area has once again been forced to delay the opening of its new-to-them high-speed quad lift.
  The ski area recently shared a letter from its general manager, Pete Korfiatis, who wrote that two of the four shipping containers with material for the lift had arrived. While he wrote that the haul rope was expected to arrive in the next two weeks, the bull wheels weren’t set to arrive until mid-September.
  “Because of that, we cannot confidently say th
  
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• How We Talked of Wildfires And How We Do Now

  25-08-2026 14:54 via powder.com
  On July 11th, 1910, J.E. Kirkwood, a thirty-eight-year-old, Ivy League-trained botanist left the budding Northern city of Missoula, Montana by train, bound for the pine-choked peaks around the tiny outpost of Haugan. “The object in undertaking this trip was to gain a knowledge of the natural features of this country,” he would later report. “In the second place the operations of the Forest Service as carried out on the National Forests was made the object of special study,&rdqu
  
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• Ski Forecaster Reveals 2026-27 El Niño Winter Predictions

  25-08-2026 13:24 via powder.com
  As the ski season draws nearer, another forecaster is providing a broad look at what we might see.
  This time, it’s Chris Tomer, who’s known for his regular ski season snow forecasts and forecasting work for skiers and mountaineers.
  Of course, the headline has to be El Niño, the climatic pattern that’s dominated the news and could reach historic strengths in a few months, according to the Climate Prediction Center.
  “We’re a locomotive at this point,” sai
  
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• Lindsey Vonn Hits Another Major Milestone In Injury Recovery

  25-08-2026 12:13 via powder.com
  Lindsey Vonn nearly lost her leg in a horrific crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but, similar to her impressive professional comeback at age 40, she is used to beating the odds.
  Not only did Lindsey Vonn not lose her leg, but she’s well on her way to a full recovery. She shared in June that she was back in the gym and was looking strong.
  Vonn revealed in an Instagram post on August 25, 2026, that she hit another major milestone by getting back on her road bike. “First time back on a
  
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• Maine Ski Area Hits Market for $3.5 Million

  25-08-2026 11:42 via powder.com
  Mt. Jefferson, a small ski area in Lee, Maine, is for sale.
  The property, encompassing about 152 acres, was listed for $3.5 million and includes “an operating ski and tubing area, a functioning firewood business and lumber kiln operation, extensive commercial infrastructure and equipment, and residential and commercial development opportunities,” according to Zillow.
  Per Lift Blog, a database of ski lifts across North America, Mt. Jefferson has one t-bar, a Hall lift called the &ldqu
  
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