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• Exciting Photos Show Winter Transformation in Aspen, Colorado

  05-11-2026 22:40 via POWDER
  It’s starting to look a lot like winter in Aspen, Colorado.
  A series of snowy days throughout this week has produced top-to-bottom coverage in the town and on the mountains, making for a nice tease ahead of the four local resorts’ planned opening dates, which begin arriving late this month.
  From Snowmass to Aspen Mountain, as much as eight inches of snow piled up in the past 24 hours, the group of resorts said in an email. The Aspen Mountain snow stake looks like it may have even climbed a l
  
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• Popular Virginia Ski Resort Rebrands With New Logo and Website

  05-11-2026 21:09 via POWDER
  As the ski season approaches, a Virginia ski resort is unveiling a new look and logo.
  The sleeker, modern-looking design for Massanutten Resort replaces a past brand mark and includes four “M” shapes.
  The “M” shapes, Massanutten’s director of marketing, Drew Hurst, said in a release, “represent the four seasons and everything the mountain has to offer.”
  “What excites us most is how the mark can come to life through seasonal colors, animation, and creative storytelling,” Hurst a
  
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• The Best Photos From Mammoth Mountain's 26/27 Opening Day

  05-11-2026 20:07 via POWDER
  It’s here!
  On Thursday morning, at Mammoth Mountain, California, skiers and snowboarders gathered to celebrate the opening of skiing in the Golden State. 
  The surprise opening, which comes more than a week earlier than Mammoth’s previously announced opening date, November 13, was made possible by recent snow and favorable snowmaking conditions. 
  As is often the case this time of year, Mammoth’s offerings are modest but still enough to get the stoke flowing: the Broadway Express and Panor
  
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• Breckenridge Postpones Opening as Warm Temperatures Bar Sustained Snowmaking

  05-11-2026 18:53 via POWDER
  Fans of Breckenridge Ski Resort, Colorado, will have to wait a little longer before making their first turns. 
  The resort planned to open this Friday, November 6, but recently announced a delay.
  While the snowmaking team has had a good start on the terrain Breck plans to open, a rep said in an email, overnight temperatures have hovered just barely too warm to run snowmaking at full power for sustained periods.
  “To give guests the quality experience they expect,” the rep wrote, Breck is call
  
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• Why Baltimore, Maryland, Just Dedicated a Street to Lindsey Vonn

  05-11-2026 18:13 via POWDER
  Lindsey Vonn has added another accolade to her collection—a street dedication in one of the most populated cities on the East Coast, but it’s not New York, Boston, or Miami.
  A ceremony took place yesterday, November 4, to dedicate West Peninsula Drive, a street that runs adjacent to the Under Armour headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, as ‘Lindsey Vonn Way’.
  Vonn has been with Under Armour for 20 years, and considering the brand is one of Baltimore’s biggest economic drivers, the city
  
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• Indy Pass Adds Upgrade That Unlocks More Days of Skiing at 13 Destination Resorts

  05-11-2026 16:56 via POWDER
  The Indy Pass is getting bigger, well, kind of.
  The popular alternative ski pass, which grants two days of skiing at each of its partner resorts, has added a “Destination Upgrade” product to unlock more days of skiing at 13 destination resorts in the western US, Canada, and the Alps.
  The Destination Upgrade starts at $199 for adults and $139 for kids, and is an added expense on top of a regular Indy Pass.It unlocks five days of skiing and riding at each of the following destination resorts:
  
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• New El Niño Weather Map Shows Encouraging Sign for PNW Snow Lovers

  05-11-2026 11:36 via POWDER
  An updated U.S. snowfall forecast from the meteorology YouTube channel Direct Weather has unexpected and perhaps good news for Pacific Northwest skiers as a winter season dominated by “super” El Niño talk begins to unfold.
  Previously, Direct Weather shared a forecast that roughly mirrored the historical El Niño pattern: more moisture in the southern U.S. and warmer temperatures up north. The channel’s expected snowfall map took that into account, with the winning states, snowfall-wise, s
  
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