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• The Best Backcountry Touring Boots Of 2027

  28-10-2026 18:30 via POWDER
  Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.Sure, for us diehards, the recent rise in popularity of backcountry skiing might feel like it’s coming at a cost. Trailheads are getting busier and our secret stashes aren’t so secret anymore, but one upside is the fact that backcountry gear has gotten really really good, and nowhere is it more apparent than when looking at backcountry touring boots. Just a few year
  
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• Surprise! Colorado's Ski Season Starts Today at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area

  28-10-2026 15:15 via POWDER
  Sound the alarms! This is not a drill!
  Arapahoe Basin Ski Area (A-Basin) is opening for the winter 26/27 season today, October 28, 2026, according to a press release obtained by POWDER.
  “Black Mountain Express will spin at 11 AM TODAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, servicing High Noon, an intermediate run,” writes a representative from A-Basin. Ikon Passes will be accepted, and the 6th Alley Bar and Grill will open at 9 a.m.
  Parking Reservations are not required for opening day or the early season.
  
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• French Duo Makes First Ski Descent Of India's 6310m Meru Central

  28-10-2026 13:38 via POWDER
  Himalayan ski mountaineering is having a moment right now.Climbing and skiing mountains of this scale is always a gamble, and the stakes are as real as they get: life and death. This fall, a few expeditions were blessed with excellent weather and conditions on objectives they had been chasing for years: cold, stable snow that brought these ephemeral high-altitude lines into skiable condition.Just yesterday, reports came out from two teams that successfully summited and skied two coveted lines on
  
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• 2026-27 Opening Dates for Vermont's Ski Resorts

  28-10-2026 13:32 via POWDER
  Fresh off a season that started with a bang, Vermont’s ski resorts are getting ready for another one.One regular frontrunner, Killington, has already started snowmaking and tends to open in early November. If the conditions cooperate, winter could be here before we know it.
  These are the opening dates that have been announced at many of Vermont’s winter hotspots so far. They are, as always, contingent on the weather and conditions.
  Vermont Ski Resorts 2026-27 Opening Dates
  Bolton Valley: TB
  
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• National Ski Areas Association President and CEO Steps Down

  28-10-2026 13:28 via POWDER
  After two years in the role, Mike Reitzell will step down as the president and CEO of the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), effective November 10, 2026.
  Reitzell said in a letter that he and his wife have navigated “significant health issues” within their family over the past two years, including “difficult news more recently.”
  “Those experiences have given us a different perspective on our priorities and how we want to spend our time in the years ahead,” he continued. “With t
  
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• How Jim Morrison’s Unthinkable Loss Led Him to the Top of Mount Everest

  28-10-2026 10:04 via NYT > Skiing
  Jim Morrison set a world record. Enduring love made it possible.
  
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