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• French Ski Patrollers Trigger Imposing Avalanche

  04-12-2023 20:21 via powder.com
  
  Val d'Isère Rescue Trackers posted an exciting series of photos to Facebook yesterday, showcasing the impressive amounts of snow that currently exist in the Tignes and Val d'Isère ski area. Partially located on glaciers, skiers of Val d'Isère have huge stomping grounds, and the risk of an avalanche is high enough for the rescue team to perform tests as seen here.Look at all that snow... and look at all that snow that separated to careen down the moun
  
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• Old Farmer's Almanac Predicts Favorable Ski Conditions for East Coast In Winter 26/27 Forecast

  28-08-2026 20:16 via powder.com
  The Old Farmer’s Almanac Winter 26/27 forecast is here, and if their predictions are true, it could be good news for skiers in New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and the southern parts of Vermont and New Hampshire.
  Shown on the full map below, ski resorts in this region are expected to experience a “Cold, Snowy” winter, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. This could be influenced by the impending El Niño, which tends to produce Nor&
  
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• Old Farmer's Almanac Releases Hopeful Winter Forecast for Utah, Colorado, and the Rockies

  28-08-2026 19:59 via powder.com
  Last season was a doozy for ski resorts across the Intermountain West. Nearly every resort reported below-average snowfall, and even ski resorts in Utah’s Cottonwood Canyons were forced to get creative as Mother Nature didn’t cooperate.
  The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which recently released its full Winter 26/27 forecast, is offering a sign of hope for skiers in Utah, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho this upcoming winter, with one caveat.
  A large dark blue blob covers most ski
  
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• Old Farmers' Almanac Contradicts El Niño Impacts for West Coast During Winter 26/27

  28-08-2026 19:40 via powder.com
  The Old Farmer’s Almanac released its Winter 26/27 forecast today, August 28, 2026, and skiers in the Pacific Northwest and California probably noticed something odd about its predictions.
  El Niño has been the talk of the town since it was first forecast earlier this year, and many meteorologists expect one of the strongest such events in recent memory. Because of this, skiers in Oregon and Washington are expecting dry weather and warmer temperatures, a common symptom for their regi
  
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• The Indy Passes Teases "Huge News" and New Partner Ski Resorts

  28-08-2026 18:27 via powder.com
  If the big dogs are Ikon and Epic, the Indy Pass is a feisty chihuahua that bites and barks well-above its weight.It’s been the Indy Pass’s mission to highlight independently-owned, mom-and-pop ski areas from coast to coast since its inception in 2018, and owner Erik Mogensen has backed that up with the purchase of Black Mountain and the subsequent relocation of his businesses to the once-sleepy town of Jackson, New Hampshire.
  The Indy Pass has momentum, seemingly growing every year
  
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• Avalanches Wreak Havoc, Forcing New Zealand Ski Resort To Temporarily Close

  28-08-2026 17:29 via powder.com
  New Zealand’s ski season has been fairly lackluster in terms of snowfall, but that changed this week as a strong storm dumped snow on the island nation’s peaks.
  Treble Cone, known for being one of the largest ski resorts in New Zealand, is reporting 23 inches (60cm) of new snow in the last 24 hours and 31 inches (80cm) over the last seven days.Nearly three feet of snow should be a boon for skiers and snowboarders, but Mother Nature has a fickle way about her. The storm turned warm to
  
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• The Old Farmer's Almanac Predicts How El Niño Will Affect Canada's 2026-27 Winter

  28-08-2026 13:16 via powder.com
  It’s that time of year again.Yes, it’s still broiling in many places, but winter’s no longer so far off. Skiers are speculating about the weather—a national pastime for our silly little clique—and if next season could bring some powder turns or two or three. No one has the answers. The best we can do right now is, truly, an educated guess, if that.Regardless, the Old Farmer’s Almanac, a time-honored and vaguely mystical tome, has arrived to add its contributio
  
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• Old Farmer's Almanac Forecasts Mostly "Mild" 2026-27 Winter Nationwide

  28-08-2026 11:12 via powder.com
  Knock, knock. Next ski season’s at the door. And in case you missed all the headlines about the “Super” El Niño and what that might mean for winter, here’s a reminder: in only a few months, hopefully, we’ll all be skiing. It’s time for summer to kick rocks.
  Okay, not really. Tans, cold beer, and lemonade are great. A break from the cold is nice. But we have entered a phase you could call the pre-season—or maybe the pre-pre-season?—when winte
  
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• Skiers Beware, The El Niño Hype Train Has Officially Left The Station

  27-08-2026 19:43 via powder.com
  Have you heard the news? A mega El Niño is approaching, and every ski resort from California to Maine is now expecting a record-breaking season in terms of snowfall.
  You’d better buy their pass now before it’s too late!
  Truthfully, many western ski resorts are looking to cash in on the hopeful nature of a strong El Niño following last season, which could go down as one of the worst in North American history. As with any industry in capitalist America, you need only foll
  
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• 30+ Inches of New Snow and Counting: South America's Wonderful Winter Continues

  27-08-2026 18:35 via powder.com
  Chile and Argentina’s ski resorts are smack-dab in the middle of one of the best seasons in recent memory. The snow started in early July and hasn’t stopped since.
  A storm that started on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, is still pounding the Andes with snow and is expected to taper off throughout the weekend. More snow showers are in the forecast for the following two weeks, according to OpenSnow.
  Ski Portillo, Chile, perhaps the most famous ski resort in South America, has far exceeded it
  
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• The Snow League Will Be Even Easier To Watch This Season

  27-08-2026 17:18 via powder.com
  One of the biggest complaints that I hear from skiers is that there aren’t enough “mainstream” broadcasts of events. Well, that’s finally changing this upcoming season.
  Shaun White’s high-flying head-to-head halfpipe competition, dubbed The Snow League, announced today, August 27, 2026, that it has expanded its media and broadcast partnership with NBC Sports and Peacock.
  We’ll dive into the specifics in a bit, but perhaps the most exciting development included
  
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• Backcountry.com Rebrands Its In-House Gear Line

  27-08-2026 14:12 via powder.com
  Last week at the re-launch of Outdoor Retailer in Minneapolis, Utah-based e-commerce giant Backcountry.com unveiled a new look for the collection of brands under their in-house product line umbrella. It’s now called BGA (Backcountry Gear & Accessories).
  Formerly sold under the Backcountry name, BGA now steps into its own identity across apparel, accessories, and hardgoods, and will roll out across all manner of product pages in the coming months. That includes snow outerwear, like
  
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• Dinner and a Movie? In Denver, a First Date Might Include Bouldering

  27-08-2026 13:17 via nytimes.com
  For some, dating in Denver is an endurance sport.
  
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• After Wildfire Torches Ski Lift In Montana, Local Group Starts Fundraising

  26-08-2026 20:56 via powder.com
  After a fire torched the lone chairlift at Montana’s small Maverick Mountain, a local non-profit that runs a program for young skiers, the Dillon Jaycees, is raising money to help get the ski area back on track by launching the Friends of Maverick Mountain initiative.  
  You can learn more by following this link.
  Ignited on August 1, the Sand Creek fire crossed into Maverick Mountain’s boundaries just over a week later, burning a portion of its runs and causing the chairlift
  
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• Vermont Ski Resort Denounces Trade War Tensions With Neighbors In Canada: "You Are Our Friends"

  26-08-2026 20:18 via powder.com
  As the Trump administration ramps up its new trade war with Canada, Jay Peak, Vermont, known for being the snowiest and one of the best ski resorts on the entire Eastern Seaboard, is reaching out with words of support to their friends across the border.
  Jay Peak General Manager Steve Wright, who testified before Congress in 2025 about the catastrophic impacts of Trump’s tariffs on his resort and the local community, has penned an open letter to his Canadian friends and colleagues.Shared on
  
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• Crested Butte Touts New Avalanche Control Systems Ahead of 65th Season

  26-08-2026 19:12 via powder.com
  Crested Butte, Colorado, has some “extreme” news, just in time for its 65th anniversary season: the ski resort is installing a new remote avalanche control system (RACS) over the next few weeks. The project will “help improve safety and efficiency in getting some of our most coveted expert terrain open,” according to the resort. 
  Crested Butte is building the RACS in two areas of the mountain.
  Parts of those areas (shaded in red by a map Crested Butte shared) “
  
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• Bored Skier Recreates Popular California Ski Resort In Minecraft

  26-08-2026 18:19 via powder.com
  It’s the end of August, and unless you’re a skier fortunate enough to hop on a jet to South America, odds are you’re tired of waiting for winter to get here already.
  Redditor u/ReforminDesert expressed how bored they are waiting for the season to start, and rather than playing a new skiing video game, they took matters into their own hands.Using a few mods and some time to kill, ReforminDesert recreated California’s Kirkwood Mountain Resort on a near 1:1 scale in Minecraf
  
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• Utah Ski Guide Passes Away In Chile

  26-08-2026 17:24 via powder.com
  Wasatch Mountain Guides and the greater Utah skiing community is mourning the passing of longtime guide Todd Passey.
  Passey died in a skiing accident on Chile’s Osorno Volcano on Friday, August 21, 2026. Passey’s wife, Winslow Passey, provided the following statement:
  “Our beloved Todd passed away Friday in Chile while skiing on a volcano. He slipped and fell. We are devastated. We know we will be okay in time, but right now we are in a sea of sorrow, with quiet moments of peac
  
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• A New Ski Pass for East Coasters Is Here, and It Costs Less Than $500

  26-08-2026 11:52 via powder.com
  A new Northeast-focused ski pass that includes access to 14 mountains has officially arrived, giving skiers looking for a way to hit the slopes another option. 
  Called the Snow Pass, the product is the latest from Snow Partners, who, in addition to offering ski resort business tech, own Mountain Creek Resort and the indoor ski area Big SNOW in New Jersey.
  It works much like the Indy Pass or Mountain Collective, with two days of access at each partnering resort. Beyond the second day, the Sn
  
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• 17 Feet of Snow With No End In Sight: Chilean Ski Resort Extends Season Into October

  26-08-2026 11:48 via powder.com
  The good times will keep rolling into October in South America this winter.
  Just days after Ski Portillo announced its season would be extended to October 12, Valle Nevado, another popular Chilean ski resort, announced its season will now run through October 18, 2026.
  “We are experiencing a remarkable season, and the snow and slope conditions are exceptional,” said Dominique Rudloff, General Manager of Valle Nevado in a press release. “Extending through October 18 gives skiers
  
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• Freeride Event Above One of World's Southernmost Cities Cancelled

  25-08-2026 21:16 via powder.com
  The eagerly anticipated Backcountry Invitational event in Ushuaia, Argentina, has been canceled by organizers who cited uncooperative snow conditions.
  The competition, a spin-off of an original series held in Nendaz, Switzerland, blends freeride with slopestyle, adding human-built jumps to natural faces. In a run, a skier might jump off a cliff before throwing a double cork 1080, making for some entertaining multi-discipline action.
  Another key part of the Backcountry Invitational’s draw i
  
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• Summer Snow Day: How a Nevada Ski Area Made Snow in August

  25-08-2026 20:03 via powder.com
  It’s August. It’s hot. Winter and ski season still feel more like a mirage than something that will actually, you know, happen. We’re in the doldrums.
  And yet, at a small ski area near Reno, Nevada, it just snowed.
  Well, kind of. Last weekend, Sky Tavern hosted a BBQ, a live DJ, and a group bike ride. Those are all fun and great, but more interesting was the pile of snow, purpose-built for a snowman-making competition and snow play.
  The snow, obviously, didn’t come courte
  
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• Washington Ski Area Delays New Lift Installation Again Until Next Summer

  25-08-2026 19:20 via powder.com
  Washington’s small Bluewood ski area has once again been forced to delay the opening of its new-to-them high-speed quad lift.
  The ski area recently shared a letter from its general manager, Pete Korfiatis, who wrote that two of the four shipping containers with material for the lift had arrived. While he wrote that the haul rope was expected to arrive in the next two weeks, the bull wheels weren’t set to arrive until mid-September.
  “Because of that, we cannot confidently say th
  
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• How We Talked of Wildfires And How We Do Now

  25-08-2026 14:54 via powder.com
  On July 11th, 1910, J.E. Kirkwood, a thirty-eight-year-old, Ivy League-trained botanist left the budding Northern city of Missoula, Montana by train, bound for the pine-choked peaks around the tiny outpost of Haugan. “The object in undertaking this trip was to gain a knowledge of the natural features of this country,” he would later report. “In the second place the operations of the Forest Service as carried out on the National Forests was made the object of special study,&rdqu
  
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• Ski Forecaster Reveals 2026-27 El Niño Winter Predictions

  25-08-2026 13:24 via powder.com
  As the ski season draws nearer, another forecaster is providing a broad look at what we might see.
  This time, it’s Chris Tomer, who’s known for his regular ski season snow forecasts and forecasting work for skiers and mountaineers.
  Of course, the headline has to be El Niño, the climatic pattern that’s dominated the news and could reach historic strengths in a few months, according to the Climate Prediction Center.
  “We’re a locomotive at this point,” sai
  
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• Lindsey Vonn Hits Another Major Milestone In Injury Recovery

  25-08-2026 12:13 via powder.com
  Lindsey Vonn nearly lost her leg in a horrific crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but, similar to her impressive professional comeback at age 40, she is used to beating the odds.
  Not only did Lindsey Vonn not lose her leg, but she’s well on her way to a full recovery. She shared in June that she was back in the gym and was looking strong.
  Vonn revealed in an Instagram post on August 25, 2026, that she hit another major milestone by getting back on her road bike. “First time back on a
  
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• Maine Ski Area Hits Market for $3.5 Million

  25-08-2026 11:42 via powder.com
  Mt. Jefferson, a small ski area in Lee, Maine, is for sale.
  The property, encompassing about 152 acres, was listed for $3.5 million and includes “an operating ski and tubing area, a functioning firewood business and lumber kiln operation, extensive commercial infrastructure and equipment, and residential and commercial development opportunities,” according to Zillow.
  Per Lift Blog, a database of ski lifts across North America, Mt. Jefferson has one t-bar, a Hall lift called the &ldqu
  
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• After Catnapping, Washington Ski Area Tells Visitors: Don't Take the Felines

  24-08-2026 20:05 via powder.com
  If you see a cat, don’t take a cat.
  That’s the message from Mt. Baker Ski Area, Washington, where a coterie of resident felines has lived for decades.
  Someone recently made off with one of those cats, prompting the ski area to issue a notice on social media.
  “Quick PSA. Please don’t take the Lodge Cats home or to an animal shelter even if you find them hanging outside the lodges,” Mt. Baker wrote.
  In the comments section of the post, Mt. Baker confirmed that, yes, a
  
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• The Snow Keeps Coming: Chile's Ski Resorts Brace for Another Blizzard

  24-08-2026 19:51 via powder.com
  Have you heard the news about Chile and Argentina’s ski season? It’s true.South America is experiencing one of the snowiest winters in recent memory, and conditions at ski resorts are at an all-time high.
  The season started off slowly, forcing multiple resorts to delay their openings, but then a record blizzard dumped nearly 200 inches of snow in less than two weeks.Alec Blossom, a ski instructor from Jackson who spends his summers teaching and guiding at Ski Portillo, described the
  
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• "Snow, Sleet, and Surprises": Farmers' Almanac Reveals Canadian 2026-27 Winter Forecast

  24-08-2026 19:14 via powder.com
  It’s that time of year again. The pre-pre season, maybe?It’s the point at which skiers and snow enthusiasts begin to understand that summer, with its hot days and sunburns, won’t last forever. Ski resorts are sharing planned opening dates in a bid to build hype. Forecasters are taking their best stab at what they think will happen in the coming months.
  Among the latter, the Farmers’ Almanac recently shared its first look at the 2026-27 Canadian winter season, breaking dow
  
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