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• Colorado Ski Resort Installs the World's First Ski Lift Battery Backup

  12-11-2026 21:21 via POWDER
  There’s a fancy bit of technology coming online at Aspen Snowmass, Colorado, this winter.
  The resort’s Elk Camp chair is now home to the world’s first battery-powered ski lift backup, marking a notable change to the usual approach. Nearly all other ski lifts have gasoline or diesel backups so that they can continue operating through power outages. 
  Elk Camp, though, can now run for up to two hours without burning any diesel when the power cuts out.
  “When it’s not backing up the lift,
  
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• Another Colorado Ski Resort Confirms Opening Day as More Snow Approaches

  12-11-2026 21:00 via POWDER
  Put it on the calendar. 
  Vail Mountain, Colorado, opens for the season tomorrow, Friday, November 13, 2026, at 9 a.m.
  The resort broke the news in a social media post, sharing what skiers can expect when they first click in. Ramshorn, an upper-mountain intermediate trail, will be open, accessible via the Mountaintop Express and Gondola One. Swingsville, a green trail in the same area, isn’t ready for prime time yet, so no beginner terrain will be available.
  Still, Vail added, the top of Swing
  
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• FWT Announces 2027 Challenger Region 1 Roster and Competition Dates

  12-11-2026 19:14 via POWDER
  As the level of competition steadily increases on the Freeride World Tour, the same goes for the final stage of the qualifying circuit, the Challengers.
  In these events, FWT Qualifier athletes go head-to-head with former FWT competitors who didn’t earn enough points to stay on the pro tour. Whoever performs the best punches a ticket to the big leagues the next winter.
  These are the athletes named to the 2027 Region 1 qualifier circuit so far. Ski Women 
  Jenna Keller (SUI) FWT 2026 rider
  Eva
  
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• Freeride World Tour Star WeiTien Ho Drops New Freeride Kit With Peak Performance

  12-11-2026 19:12 via POWDER
  Canada’s WeiTien Ho has accomplished more than most on the Freeride World Tour, including a win at the XTreme Verbier 2025 competition, and now, at just 22 years old, the Whistler-based skier/mountain biker has his own pro model kit.
  Dubbed the WeiTien Ridge HIPE® ACE Ski Capsule by Peak Performance, the collection includes freeride-inspired materials, a relaxed fit, and a swaggy colorway.
  Peak Performance
  “Silhouette is important,” explains WeiTien. “When I feel good, I perform even be
  
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• Jackson Hole Reveals Athlete Roster and Dates for Kings & Queens of Corbet's 2027

  12-11-2026 19:00 via POWDER
  Another season, another edition of the famed Kings & Queens of Corbet’s competition.
  The event, which involves hucking off the sheer entrance of the titular Corbet’s Couloir, will touch down at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, sometime between February 6 and February 13, 2027, weather-dependent.
  Here’s what you need to know.Tristen Lilly mid way through a run befitting a king.Keegan Rice/JHMR
  Meet the Skiers
  Women’s Ski
  Hannah Epsteyn
  Valerie Festavan
  Wynter McBrideMen’s Ski
  Wyatt Gentry
  Ale
  
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• New FX Comedy Series Will Take Place In Aspen and Feature SNL Alums

  12-11-2026 17:59 via POWDER
  Ski resorts have long been the setting for cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies, trashy reality shows, and the occasional Hollywood flick, but a half-hour comedy series on FX? This will be a first.
  Saturday Night Live (SNL) alum Beck Bennett is set to star in the unnamed ski-resort-focused show and will play a “disgraced Olympic skier who is forced to save his family’s failing Aspen resort,” according to an exclusive report from Deadline.
  Former SNL head writer Anna Drezen is tapped to be the
  
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• The Indy Pass Just Added 15 Ski Resorts and Discounted Lift Tickets To Three New York Ski Areas

  12-11-2026 16:00 via POWDER
  The Indy Pass continues to grow.
  15 downhill and cross-country ski resorts have joined the Indy Pass for the Winter 26/27 season, according to a press release dated today, November 12, 2026.
  Notable downhill additions include Cherry Peak Ski Resort, UT; Mount Cain, BC; Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria; and Beito Resort, Norway.
  Stoke Mountain, Washington, an indoor ski training facility located near Seattle, has been added to the list as well. The ski facility, which opened earlier this year, feature
  
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• Gore, Whiteface and Belleayre Join the Indy Pass Allied Program

  12-11-2026 15:59 via NYSkiBlog
  
  JACKSON, N.H. — The Indy Pass has expanded its 2026/27 lineup, adding 18 new ski areas including six from New York. The three alpine ski areas run by NY’s Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) have been added to the Indy Pass Allied Program, which gives passholders a 25% discount on up to two lift tickets at each ski area. In addition, three more NY nordic centers — Gore Mountain Nordic, Mount van Hoevenburg and the Paul Smiths Visitor’s Interpretive Center » Read More »
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