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• Winter Is Gaining Steam, Snow Forecasted To Fall Across Colorado, Utah, & California Next Week

  12-10-2026 20:55 via powder.com
  The remnants of Hurricanes Rachel and Simon are combining with a cold front, and more mountain snow is on the horizon.
  On Monday, October 12, 2026, meteorologist Chris Tomer broke down which mountains saw snow over the weekend and how the next storm system could continue to impact different areas in the coming week.
  This past weekend, parts of Montana, including Showdown Mountain and Big Sky, picked up a fair bit of snow at their highest elevations. Showdown in particular got nearly 20″, w
  
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• Hilarious and Grueling Wife-Carrying Tradition Returns to Maine Ski Resort

  12-10-2026 20:48 via powder.com
  As snow graced the highest peaks out West over the weekend, Sunday River, Maine, was hosting a different sort of pre-season tradition.
  Husbands, carrying their wives, raced through a grueling obstacle course in hopes of securing the grand prize: the wife’s weight in beer and five times her weight in cash. This was Sunday River’s 27th Annual North American Wife Carrying Championship.
  (In case you were wondering, the rules do account for the fact that it’s the 21st century: Compe
  
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• New Trail Map Released for Private Backcountry Ski Resort in Utah

  12-10-2026 19:44 via powder.com
  A couple of Utah residents are building their own 400-acre backcountry ski area near Springville.Richard Oldham and his brother, Sam, purchased a cabin property and the adjacent 400 acres roughly six years ago. In 2025, they dubbed the property Moose Springs Ranch and started cutting their own ski runs, building bike trails, and adding features for both. Moose Springs Ranch is private, fully off-grid, and unfinished, according to their website.
  Over the last few years, Oldham has built a road to
  
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• Widespread Snow Blankets Ski Resorts From California to Montana

  12-10-2026 19:40 via powder.com
  Widespread, chilly weather and precipitation brought snowfall to ski resorts across the West this weekend, depositing in some cases more than a foot as anticipation for the 2026-27 season builds.
  The big winners this time were in western Montana. Among them was Showdown, which tallied between 12 and 19 inches. In a social media post, the resort reminded stoked skiers that the season hasn’t officially started yet and that “If you choose to ski, it is at your own risk!”
  
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• The Best Women's Skis of 2027

  12-10-2026 19:03 via powder.com
  Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.When it comes to women’s specific outdoor gear, it’s a mad, mad world out there. Although women’s gear has come a long way from the hallmark days of “shrink it and pink it,” there are still far less market options for women and even less that aren’t slightly dumbed/shrunk down versions of a men’s ski.
  In order to find the very b
  
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• A Love Letter to Skiing and the World's Most Famous Jam Band: Mountains of the Moon Review

  12-10-2026 16:56 via powder.com
  I’ll be honest: the idea of a “4D” movie theater doesn’t interest me.To me, movie-watching is about sitting down in a big, fat chair, getting comfortable, and letting the actors, cinematographers, and directors do the work. I don’t want to get sprayed with a firehose or smell something I don’t expect, which, yes, one 4D theater advertises as “scent.” Heck, even those 3D glasses make me feel sick.
  Yet, not so long ago, I found myself perched in a se
  
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• Review: 2027 Stöckli Stormrider 95 Skis

  12-10-2026 16:19 via powder.com
  Why would you buy a pair of skis for groomers that don’t actually ski well on groomers? It’s a question I ask myself when I see good skiers on crappy, narrow skis just for the sake of being on a narrow ski. Yes, your 88mm underfoot ski will be easier to turn on the hardpack groomers than your 120mm big dogs, but if the ski can’t hold an edge, what’s the point?
  Enter the Stormrider 95, a burly, stiff, and fairly heavy “freeride” offering from Swiss ski racing s
  
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• Nordica Made the Perfect Ski for Ex-Racers, All Mountain Experts, and Speed Demons

  12-10-2026 15:32 via powder.com
  Terms like “jibby” and “surfy” are all the rage in the all-mountain category these days, with skis that, at least according to the marketing lingo, can do everything well. 
  But some skiers don’t want a ski that’s soft or approachable. Some skiers want a beefier option that challenges them a bit. This crowd should consider the Nordica Enforcer 99.
  It’s not playful, and I’d call it a particularly burly ski, but if your legs can handle the Enforc
  
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• Review: 2027 Elan Ripstick 96 Black Edition

  12-10-2026 14:30 via powder.com
  There’s skis that literally everyone talks about, and then there’s skis that quietly fly under the radar but offer wildly good performance for the discerning skier. Elan’s Ripstick line definitely falls into the latter category, and the Slovenian ski manufacturer even offers a higher-performance version of the line under the Black Edition moniker. Think of it like the RS-series version of a 4-door Audi family sedan—same body, same sleeper styling, but a much more powerful
  
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