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• Canada's Second Largest Ski Resort Triples Summer Snow Storage Program

  27-10-2026 19:44 via POWDER
  At Canada’s second-largest ski resort, Sun Peaks, British Columbia, a grand experiment in snow storage is entering its second year.
  The approach, which has tripled in size since 2025, uses specialized insulated mats from the Finland-based company Snow Secure. This summer, the mats covered three enormous piles of snow totaling approximately 17,000 cubic meters, according to Sun Peaks.
  The resort added that 80 to 85% of the snow survived the warmer months. It’ll be used to prepare the Nancy Gr
  
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• New Automated Snowmaking System To Be Used on Iconic Birds of Prey World Cup Course

  27-10-2026 18:40 via POWDER
  One of the most iconic World Cup courses is getting a serious infrastructure update ahead of the 2026/27 race.The Vail Valley Foundation, which helps to organize Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey race each December, announced the implementation of new snowmaking equipment to build the course on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.A new, automated snowmaking system will be used to build the lower third of the Birds of Prey race course. The system was specifically designed to produce a more consistent race cou
  
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• Crested Butte, Colorado, Kicks Off Snowmaking as 2026-27 Ski Season Approaches

  27-10-2026 17:59 via POWDER
  At Crested Butte, the party’s on.
  The Colorado ski resort announced on Tuesday, October 27, that it fired up its snowmaking system Monday night, “thanks to colder temps, a little help from Mother Nature, and the hard work of our Snowmaking and Mountain Operations teams.”
  The post also included scenes of snow guns happily blowing snow and shots of higher-altitude peaks caked in snow.View this post on InstagramThe pre-season effort comes around a month ahead of Crested Butte’s planned open
  
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• Barbie Says Shaun White is 'Kenough'

  27-10-2026 17:00 via POWDER
  A whole new Ken is about to enter the Barbie-verse. If the original Ken doll’s job is ‘Beach,’ we’d guess this new Ken doll’s job would be ‘Halfpipe.’
  In celebration of Ken’s 65th anniversary year, Mattel and the Barbie brand have announced that none other than Olympic gold medalist and the founder of the Snow League and WHITESPACE, Shaun White, is getting his own Ken doll. White is the third honoree in the Barbie Signature Kenbassadors Collection, along with LeBron James and Len
  
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• Maine's Sunday River Launches Huge Snowmaking Push as Temps Plummet, and the Photos Are Glorious

  27-10-2026 15:14 via POWDER
  Sunday River, Maine, is known for one of the longest seasons on the East Coast, and with October openings logged in the past, it’s no surprise that the resort is capitalizing on every snowmaking window Mother Nature has provided thus far.
  The resort took advantage of cold temperatures during the middle of the month and did the same in the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
  “Our snowmakers are busy in Newry, Maine. Since 3 a.m., our team has had nearly 200 snow guns running acr
  
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• Colorado Skier's Head Buried In October Avalanche On Popular 14er

  27-10-2026 14:08 via POWDER
  It’s only the end of October, but the first major avalanche burial of the season has officially taken place in Colorado, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).
  “On Sunday, Oct. 25, a skier triggered a large wind slab avalanche on an east-facing slope above 14,000 feet on Mount Bross,” writes CAIC in an Instagram post reporting on the accident. “The skier was partially buried with their head under the snow. Fortunately, their partners performed a swift companion re
  
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• Historic Los Angeles Ski Area Mt. Waterman Is Back on the Market for $3.2 Million

  27-10-2026 13:35 via POWDER
  A small, historic ski area just outside downtown Los Angeles is back on the market after plans that, in part, included the creation of a private membership club didn’t materialize. 
  The saga began in 2024, when Angeles Mountain Partners (AMP) announced in a release that it had acquired the ski area and would add an “extremely limited” program called the Waterman100, with private powder days and helipad access. 
  While Joshua Shelton, the co-founder of AMP, confirmed to POWDER at the time
  
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• Review: 2027 Nordica ProMachine 3 Boots

  26-10-2026 22:37 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.Ski boots take time. They take time to develop and manufacture, they take time to fit and break in properly, and they take time to learn. Nordica’s new Promachine 3 boots are no different. In fact, for a number of reasons, this boot took me a bit longer than most to appreciate.Earlier this year, Nordica announced the launch of their new flagship resort boot, the Proma
  
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• Inches of Snow Bring Winter Stoke to Mt. Bachelor, Oregon

  26-10-2026 22:10 via POWDER
  The last bits of summer seemed to bid Central Oregon farewell last week and make way for a chilly, cloudy weekend. The first significant storm of the season rolled into Oregon on Sunday night, bringing a few inches of snow to ski areas across the PNW. 
  Much to the delight of skiers in Central Oregon, who are still recovering from the emotional rollercoaster of last winter, Mt. Bachelor picked up the highest snow total, with 3″ falling down to the mountain’s base area as of Monday morning.A
  
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• Watch: Six Minutes of Hardcore Skiing at Tuckerman Ravine

  26-10-2026 22:03 via POWDER
  Last winter, Tuckerman Ravine went off. Or, at least, it did for Andrew Drummond, who recently shared an edit of his time spent skiing around Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, last winter. The footage largely comes from the Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines.
  If you’re in need of Northeast inspiration, look no further—this one’s got it all.As any North American skier can tell you, the West gets much of the attention from backcountry skiers. Outside the boundaries of famed ski resorts, there are
  
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• Browser-Based Ski Game Includes 6,000+ Real Resorts

  26-10-2026 19:26 via POWDER
  The world of browser ski games that import real-life resorts continues to expand with a new addition, Bonvo.
  Included are more than 6,000 resorts with plenty of hotspots that North American skiers will recognize, like Palisades Tahoe, Killington, and Whistler Blackcomb. 
  The game itself is pretty simple. You take control of a skier (or snowboarder), pick a run, and head downhill. While there are some racing features, the most fun approach, I found, was the self-explanatory “freeride
  
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• Colorado's Opening Day Is Approaching, Here's How It's Shaking Out

  26-10-2026 18:50 via POWDER
  November is right around the corner, which means so is the start of Colorado’s ski season, conditions permitting, of course.Quite a few of Colorado’s resorts have scheduled opening dates in the next two weeks and others have been gearing up to open “ASAP”.
  While Mother Nature will ultimately decide who wins the race to open, there’s no doubt that a robust snowmaking system makes a big difference. Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Loveland, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Winter Park, and other
  
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• Vail Resorts Goes All In on Dining With Largest Food Investment to Date

  26-10-2026 18:06 via POWDER
  This winter, Vail Resorts says it’s going all in on food, making its largest dining investment to date with improvements across 15 resorts. 
  According to a release, the company that owns numerous ski resorts around the world is “elevating its most popular quick-service menu items”—that’s typical lodge fare like burgers and pizza—with “higher-quality ingredients and refined presentation.”
  One example is the “Steakhouse Burger, a butcher’s blend burger with melted New School A
  
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• Winter Is About To Kick Into High Gear Out West, Widespread Snow Forecast for Ski Resorts From California to Colorado

  26-10-2026 15:50 via POWDER
  The start of winter out west has been a slow burn thus far, but meteorologist Chris Tomer is forecasting a “nice” storm that should dump snow from Mammoth to Arapahoe Basin over the next seven days.
  Utah is expected to get hit the hardest, with Tomer forecasting nearly two feet of snow for ski resorts like Alta, Brighton, and Snowbird.Colorado’s ski resorts that are racing to open (Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Copper, Loveland, and Winter Park) should benefit from the storm, too.Snowfall accu
  
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• The Ski Season Unofficially Started 40 Miles Outside of Boston This Past Weekend, Here's How

  26-10-2026 14:40 via POWDER
  Ladies and gentlemen, skiers and snowboarders! The winter 26/27 ski season is unofficially underway.
  Ski Ward, a humble but beloved ski area about 40 miles outside of Boston, used its high-tech Latitude 90 all-weather snowmaking machine to kick things off on Saturday, October 24, and Sunday, October 25.
  The Latitude 90 system can produce snow at temperatures upwards of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and with the first snowmaking test launched in September, Ski Ward was able to maintain its recent tradit
  
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• Underdog Paula Moltzan Claims First World Cup Victory in Austria, Shiffrin Finishes Seventh

  25-10-2026 13:49 via POWDER
  Sölden, Austria: It was long overdue and well-deserved. A performance proving that perseverance pays off.
  Competing in her 149th World Cup race, having achieved 10 career podiums, including six runner-up results, Paula Moltzan charged down the Rettenbach Glacier track, battling steady snowfall and waning visibility en route to a dramatic first career victory.The 32-year-old ski racer, fifth after the first run, 0.59 seconds behind leader Mikaela Shiffrin, claimed Saturday’s GS race by the nar
  
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• The Ski Monster Is Expanding From Boston to the Twin Cities, and It's Owner Has a Not-So Secret Trick To His Success

  25-10-2026 10:51 via POWDER
  Skiers of a certain age have played the classic Windows computer game ‘Ski Free’. 
  Moving your mouse side to side and clicking every once in a while to jump over obstacles, the goal is simple—ski as long as you can without crashing, and for god’s sake, don’t let the Yeti catch you from behind.
  Skiing video games have evolved dramatically since the 90s, but George Michealson, a skier turned park rat who hails from Minnesota, used the game as inspiration when he opened his shop, The Ski
  
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• Rumor Skis, A New Brand Owned by a Woman, Reimagines How Women's Skis Are Designed

  24-10-2026 12:27 via POWDER
  Since the beginning of time (or the invention of the patriarchy), men have been trying to design things for women without actually consulting women or considering that perhaps women are not just “small, weak men,” when it comes to biomechanics.Things as simple as the pockets on women’s pants and as complex as most modern birth control methods provide fantastic (and cringey) examples of this, as do nearly 100% of women’s skis on the market, until now.
  Palisades Tahoe-bred skier, Anna Dail
  
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• The Salomon QST X is A Combo Between a Swiss Army Knife and a Meat Cleaver

  23-10-2026 22:24 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.With innovative ski construction and an outside-the-box approach to design, Salomon continues to make skis that quickly gain a cult following, and the 2027 QST X is no exception. A true powder ski at 116mm underfoot, but light enough to slap a touring binding on and bring on big-mountain powder-hunting missions, the QST X is as versatile as it is purpose-built. The QST
  
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• New Deal Offers Free Tickets at Jackson, Wyoming, Ski Areas

  23-10-2026 22:18 via POWDER
  Got a trip to Jackson, Wyoming, on the books? Just considering one?
  A new deal makes the excursion a little sweeter for skiers. Three of the town’s local ski resorts—Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, and Snow King—are now offering free lift tickets to air travelers on the day they arrive.
  All you have to do is fly into Jackson Hole Airport, rock up to your chosen resort, show a boarding pass or flight confirmation with your name, arrival date, and arrival into JAC, plus a matching photo, and ge
  
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• Mali Noyes' Rapid Fire YouTube Series Is Back for Season 2 With a Descent of Canada's Comstock Couloir

  23-10-2026 21:57 via POWDER
  If you’ve been following Mali Noyes on Strava (or Instagram) and seen all the cool stuff she got up to last winter (mostly dropping boys in the booter), then we’ve got some great news for you. Episode One, Season Two of Noyes’ YouTube series, Rapid Fire, is now live.
  Last season, Rapid Fire showed the ins and outs of Noyes’ effort to ski the Wasatch Chuting Gallery in record time. Following her completion of all 93 lines in just 47 days, Noyes went in search of bigger mountains and more
  
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• The Best Photos From Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort's October Snowstorm

  23-10-2026 19:29 via POWDER
  In California, winter is making its presence known.
  At one of the region’s best-known haunts, Mammoth Mountain, three to five inches of snow fell this week, providing a very welcome tease ahead of the 2026-27 ski season.
  Per the ski resort’s webcams, snow was continuing to fall Friday morning but, according to the National Weather Service, clear weather is expected in the coming days. 
  Mammoth Mountain’s planned opening date, November 13, is still a few weeks away. Last winter, like other
  
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• Mila De Le Rue Signs With Armada Ahead of Freeride World Tour Debut

  23-10-2026 18:00 via POWDER
  Another day, another new member added to the Armada squad.
  The latest entrant is Mila De Le Rue, an up-and-coming freerider who recently qualified for the 2027 Freeride World Tour. 
  The daughter of famed freeride snowboarder Xavier De Le Rue—her uncle is Victor De La Rue, another big name in snowboarding—Mila’s burgeoning career marks another chapter of the De Le Rue dynasty. With two planks involved rather than one, though, this one’s different.
  “It’s an opportunity for me to expre
  
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• Beloved Oregon Ski Area Mt. Ashland Seeks $1.87 Million In Donations To Replace Aging Chairlifts

  23-10-2026 12:44 via POWDER
  Mt. Ashland, Oregon, a small but mighty ski area near the California border needs help.
  Following a disastrous season that lasted a cumulative 17 days, the nonprofit ski area needs to replace two of its main chairlifts. Without deep pockets from corporate investors or private equity overlords, Mt. Ashland is turning to its passionate passholders to lighten the load.
  “Mt. Ashland Ski Area is undertaking a transformative infrastructure project to replace its aging Ariel and Windsor Chairlifts, w
  
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• New Hampshire's King Pine Ski Area Eyes Expansion

  22-10-2026 23:08 via POWDER
  New Hampshire’s King Pine Ski Resort has big plans for the future.
  The resort, in a news release, announced that expanded trails and a new base lodge with live music and an event space are targeted for completion by 2030. Improvements for this winter include “new family après ski experiences, upgraded snowmaking, a refreshed tavern, new guest lockers and updated trail signage.” King Pine also joins the Indy Pass as a full member this year.
  The Hoyt family, the owners of King Pine, Danfort
  
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• Watch: The Rossignol Sender Free 100 Can Do It All

  22-10-2026 21:20 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.Rossignol’s Sender Free 110 & 118 have been staple market freeride skis for the last few years. Between their innovative construction, and burly, auto-stomp personality, there’s not much these skis were missing- except an option for a narrower, daily driver ski.
  That’s where the Sender Free 100 comes in. One of the most versatile skis on the market, Rossignol�
  
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• Why Atomic's Bent 110 Remains a Cult Favorite Years After Hitting the Market

  22-10-2026 21:14 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.Why screw with a classic? It’s a simple question with a simple answer: if you’re Atomic, you don’t. The ever-popular Bent 110 returns unchanged this winter since first rolling out in 2022, and features the lively, jibby shape current fans already know. The only update comes in the form of new topsheets created by, of course, Chris Benchetler himself. Trippy and ey
  
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• Widespread Snow Hits Lake Tahoe and Mammoth

  22-10-2026 21:11 via POWDER
  It’s starting to look more like ski season in Lake Tahoe and the Eastern Sierra.Ullr paid a visit to several California ski areas last night, and while snow totals weren’t too significant, it’s a sure sign that winter is on its way.Mammoth Mountain picked up the most snow, with 2″ falling over the last 24 hours. Heavenly also got an inch, and Kirkwood and Mt. Rose got a nice coating as well, although not quite enough to tally. Palisades Tahoe also got a light dusting overnight, which the
  
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• It's Only October, But Colorado Forecasters Are Already Warning About Avalanches

  22-10-2026 20:12 via POWDER
  Halloween hasn’t arrived yet, but avalanche forecasters in Colorado are already asking people who might go backcountry skiing to stay safe. 
  The cautionary Instagram post—the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) won’t start publishing daily avalanche forecasts until November 1—noted that “It’s still October, but avalanche hazards are developing on steep, snow-covered slopes as a major storm moves through Colorado.”
  Meteorologist Chris Tomer, who shares morning snow forecas
  
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• The Ski Season That Refuses To End: Unprecedented Snow Keeps Falling at Valle Nevado, Chile

  22-10-2026 17:39 via POWDER
  Chile’s ski season is notoriously short, but a little thing called “super El Niño” brewing in the Pacific Ocean had other plans this year.
  Valle Nevado, one of the most popular ski resorts in the Southern Hemisphere, has extended its season through November 8, 2026, the latest closing date in its history, and snow continues to fall despite winter transitioning into spring, a typical death knell for the southern ski season.
  Five inches (13cm) of snow has fallen in the last seven days at Va
  
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