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• How Earthquakes, Oceans, and Glaciers Formed Jackson Hole's Iconic Terrain

  24-11-2025 23:08 via powder.com
  
  Few ski areas are as visually iconic as Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming.
  Situated at one end of the Teton range, Rendezvous Peak drops more than 4,000 feet to the valley's floor, scaled in part by the Tram as it hangs above the mountain. The skiable terrain not just within the boundaries of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, but the surrounding Tetons, is every bit as jagged and technical as the range's iconic silhouette.
  If you've ever skied in the Tetons, perhaps you've wondered how all those
  
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• Jackson Hole Reveals Incredible Roster for Kings & Queens of Corbet's 2026

  07-01-2026 22:09 via powder.com
  
  Another season, another opportunity for the best skiers in the world to huck themselves off Corbet’s Couloir, the famed line at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming. They’ll do so during the aptly named Kings and Queens of Corbet’s, an event that, after the snow settles, crowns a new pair of champions each year. Whoever can put on the best show as they fly and flip down Corbet's Couloir wins. This year, the event is set to be held between February 7 and February 14,
  
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• About Five Feet of Snow Since Christmas: Winter Returns to Utah's Ski Resorts

  07-01-2026 20:33 via powder.com
  
  It’s been a dry, agonizing start for Utah’s ski resorts and skiers, but the New Year is showing promise with local mountains reporting feet of snow during the last days of 2025 and the opening of 2026.In November, a slew of ski resorts across the state delayed their opening dates, including Deer Valley, Alta Ski Area, and Solitude Mountain Resort. The next month, Alta Ski Area saw about 45 inches of snow, roughly two feet lower than the December total during the 2024-25 season.
  
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• Skiers Hit the Slopes in Paris Amid Wintry Weather of "Rare Intensity"

  07-01-2026 19:15 via powder.com
  
  This week, Paris transformed into a winter wonderland as snow fell, prompting flight cancellations, causing travel quagmires, and encouraging an unexpected local activity: skiing.Photos captured on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, show snow blanketing the City of Light. In one memorable scene, a skier was spotted ski touring in front of the Eiffel Tower. See below.The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on a newsstand near you, or click here to have a copy shipped directly to
  
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• Candide Thovex Says This Incredible Day of Skiing Is "Mellow"

  07-01-2026 18:58 via powder.com
  
  Professional sports fans have notifications turned on for breaking news about their favorite teams. Stock investors set alerts to be notified when prices change dramatically.Skiers turn on notifications for each time Candide Thovex decides to drop down from the Heavens above and post a new ski clip.
  We never know when one is coming, as the Frenchman is notorious for being mysterious online, but today, January 7, 2026, is 'One of Those Days'.Arguably the greatest freeride skier of his generation,
  
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• FPV Drones Have Changed Skiing—Meet The Best Pilot In The World

  07-01-2026 18:05 via powder.com
  
  This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.Flying the LineA lone skier drops into the razor-sharp ridgeline of Priority I, a 1,800-foot spine in Alaska’s Tordrillo Mountains. The pitch averages 40 to 55 degrees, but he’s not hesitating. He flashes a double cliff drop up top, floats a massive corked 360, stomps it clean, and caps it off with a backflip. Unsee
  
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• Washington Ski Area Set To Open Historic New Lift Amid Intense Storm

  07-01-2026 17:38 via powder.com
  
  After a slow start to the season, Alpental, a hidden gem frequented by Seattle, Washington, skiers, is scheduled to open today, January 7, 2026, with a historic new chairlift, the Edelweiss triple. The timing of Edelweiss’ grand opening aligns with the arrival of much-needed snow in Washington. The state’s mountains were drenched with rain in December. Now the temperatures have dropped.Alpental is reporting a foot of new snow at its base, with a bit more up top, and around two f
  
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• How To Win The Fingers Race at Palisades Tahoe, California

  07-01-2026 17:27 via powder.com
  
  There are countless lines coveted by Palisades Tahoe skiers, but none is sexier than winning the Fingers Race on a classic KT-22 powder day.Professional skier Noah Gaffney is no stranger to winning the race. His POV videos on The Fingers launched his career as a teenager. A few years later, and he's still winning the race with big lines at breakneck speed.Gaffney, in the YouTube video embedded below, shows what it takes to win the race following a 40+ inch storm that blanketed Palisades Tahoe th
  
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• The Legacy of Tunnel Creek and Skiing's Complicated History Grappling With Death

  07-01-2026 12:44 via powder.com
  
  In December 2012, POWDER magazine released the fourth issue of its forty-first volume, marking the first full season of publication for the eminent title since the devastating, paradigm-shifting avalanche at Tunnel Creek, Washington, an event that fundamentally changed skiing.
  The accident just outside the boundary of Steven’s Pass ski area was sweeping in its scope. Sixteen individuals from disparate backgrounds—professional skiers, ski media luminaries, freeride comp pioneers, and
  
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• 5 Places to Channel the Olympic Spirit Without Attending the Games in Italy

  07-01-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  Can’t make it to Italy for the Winter Olympics? No worries, these spots in North America offer a taste of the Games (and let you try everything from speedskating to ski jumping, if you dare).
  
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• Engagement Ring Drops 118 Feet, Ski Resort Employee Saves The Day

  06-01-2026 19:20 via powder.com
  
  Boyne Mountain, known for being one of Michigan's most popular ski resorts, is celebrating one of its employees following a heroic effort that saved a newly-engaged couple's big day.Trevor Van Camp planned a surprise weekend getaway to Boyne Mountain with his girlfriend Danielle Jenkins. Jenkins had shown Van Camp a TikTok of Boyne Mountain's SkyBridge Michigan, a suspension bridge that spans the ski area's two peaks, and Van Camp figured it would be the perfect place to drop a knee and pop the
  
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• Surprise Powder Day Blankets Arapahoe Basin, Colorado With Needed Snow

  06-01-2026 18:46 via powder.com
  
  It's no secret—the winter 25/26 season hasn't been ideal in Colorado.Arapahoe Basin Ski Area (A-Basin), known for having one of the longest seasons in the country, was able to kick things off on Sunday, October 26, 2025, but Mother Nature didn't exactly cooperate throughout November and December.Consistent warm temps and clear skies plagued powder-hungry skiers during the early season, but could today's surprise storm be a sign of better things to come?Arapahoe Basin is reporting nine inch
  
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• Teton Gravity Research's Origin Story Is As "Core" As It Gets

  06-01-2026 17:57 via powder.com
  
  This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.Rigging the GameThere’s a few different versions of the story depending on who you ask, but deep in the annals of TGR lore, the tale starts in a smelly snow cave occupied by four ski bums outside Valdez, Alaska in the spring of 1995.
  Heli guiding season had just wrapped up, and young brothers Todd and Steve Jones squeezed
  
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• 1 Dead In Avalanche Near Lake Tahoe, California

  06-01-2026 17:23 via powder.com
  
  The Nevada County Sheriff's Office is confirming that a male snowmobiler died yesterday, January 5, 2026, in an avalanche near Truckee, California. Truckee is 14 miles north of Lake Tahoe.According to a media release, the initial 911 call was received at 2:19 p.m. Approximately 45 emergency responders were dispatched to the scene from the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, Truckee Fire, and North Truckee Fire. Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue also responded to the call.A total of three SnoCats,
  
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• "Today Was All-Time"—Palisades Tahoe Skiers Had a Day To Remember

  06-01-2026 16:47 via powder.com
  
  In case you've been living under a rock, the talk of the last two weeks has been the Lake Tahoe region's miraculous winter comeback.The first storm, which began with heavy rain on December 22, 2025, eventually deposited over 80 inches (more than 6.5 feet) across nearly all elevations of Palisades Tahoe over the course of seven days.The second storm just dumped another 44 inches (nearly four feet) since last Friday, January 2, 2025. With combined storm totals eclipsing 100 inches, Palisades Tahoe
  
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• Telemark Gear Has Improved Dramatically Over Time. But Some Insiders Think It's Getting Too Stiff

  06-01-2026 16:32 via powder.com
  
  For years, telemark skiing had a problem. As the also-ran of the snowsports world emerged from decades of retrograde, a small but impactful flourish of new, modern norms and innovative if niche bindings came to the fore, breathing life into the sport and its scene. But perhaps the most important part of the equipment equation–telemark boots–remained untouched by this wave of progress. As 2024 came around, telemark footwear hadn’t seen meaningful evolution in some fifteen years,
  
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• Veronica Paulsen Tackles One of Jackson's Gnarliest Lines

  06-01-2026 16:05 via powder.com
  
  Central Couloir is one of the most formidable and recognizable lines in the Jackson Hole backcountry.
  Sitting smack in the middle of Cody Peak, Central Couloir's easily recognizable hourglass entrance, middle choke, and exit air stare at anyone who dares to dream of skiing it.
  Since moving to Jackson Hole, Veronica Paulsen is one of many skiers who have stared at the line year in and year out.
  Paulsen, who is known as a moguls skier turned big mountain skier turned Queen of Corbet's Couloir, is
  
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• Do You Enjoy Skiing Moguls? (Poll)

  05-01-2026 20:54 via powder.com
  
  As much as we all wish every day was an endless, free refills, powder day, that's not a reality for most places, and even the snowiest spots go through dry spells.
  As a result, skiers are left to work with different snow conditions and configurations between storms. For some, that means sticking to groomers where snowcats have smoothed over the snow's surface to make for easy-skiing runs. But for others, it means taking advantage of piles of snow pushed around by skiers to get their heart rate u
  
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• Telluride Opens While Patrollers Enter Second Week of Strike

  05-01-2026 20:17 via powder.com
  
  Telluride's unionized ski patrollers, known as Telluride Professional Ski Patrollers Association (TPSPA), officially went on an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike on December 27, 2025.
  Months of contract negotiations with Telluride Ski and Golf came to an impasse over a wage increase when TPSPA rejected Teleski's Last and Best Final Offer on December 8th.As TPSPA hung up their patrol jackets and locked their lockers, Telluride announced that the resort would be closing on December 27th due to th
  
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• Exploring Japan's Niseko Tokyu Grand HIRAFU: Where Ski Dreams Come True

  05-01-2026 18:45 via powder.com
  
  Sponsored StorySkiing at Niseko Tokyu Grand HIRAFU should be on every skier's bucket list. There’s enough snow to go around, and then some.
  I had the opportunity to visit during mid-December for the opening of a new lodge and unexpectedly scored multiple powder days in classic JAPOW fashion.
  Keep reading for a breakdown of my trip, including tips for the best places to eat, stay, and ski in Niseko Tokyu Grand HIRAFU.The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on a newsstand
  
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• Winter Storm Warnings Issued for Pacific Northwest—Feet of Snow Expected at Ski Resorts

  05-01-2026 17:32 via powder.com
  
  High-Level SummaryA short break fades quickly as a series of systems reloads the Pacific Northwest with the best snow from Tuesday night through Thursday (January 6-8, 2026), when multiple mountains stack up meaningful overnight totals and keep daytime snow going.
  Snow levels stay favorable for most higher-elevation terrain through midweek, and temperatures remain cold enough for solid snow quality, especially in Washington’s Cascades and at Whistler. The main limiting factor is wind, with
  
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• Review: Kühl's Glen Plake-Designed Defiant Freeride Shell and Bib

  05-01-2026 17:29 via powder.com
  
  Powder aims to feature only the best products and services.If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.Well, it’s no secret that the ski season in Utah has been, shall we say, underwhelming so far. With record high temps and really only one single storm to speak of, December has been a challenging month for those of us that live and thrive in snowing mountains. But, we’re making due, we’re being patient. For me that means training, planning, and dialing
  
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• Blood Found at Utah Avalanche Burial Site, Skiers "Likely" Ducked Rope

  05-01-2026 17:06 via powder.com
  
  The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is reporting that two skiers were buried in a "large" avalanche on January 3, 2026.Evidence of the avalanche was discovered by Brighton Snow Safety's Malia Bowman and UAC forecaster Drew Hardesty while investigating a separate skier-triggered avalanche in Hidden Canyon.According to the official accident report published on UAC, Bowman and Hardesty know little about the origins of the slide, as it was not reported. They were able to conclude, however, after discove
  
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• Do You Wear a Ski Helmet? We Asked Over 8,000 Skiers for Their Opinion

  04-01-2026 15:03 via powder.com
  
  It’s Sunday, and you know what that means—we’re back with the results of another POWDER Weekly Poll!This time, we asked readers a classic question: Do you wear a ski helmet?Here’s what 8,837 skiers had to say.POWDER Weekly Poll ResultsThe 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on a newsstand near you, or click here to have a copy shipped directly to your front door.Poll HighlightsTotal Votes: 8,837Number of Votes on Instagram: 2,350Num
  
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• Cazenovia: Hitting the Club

  03-01-2026 16:20 via nyskiblog.com
  There’s nothing better than hitting the club on New Years Eve. The club I favor has an old Hall T-Bar and this year featured 16 inches of new lake effect snow. When Evan, Tiff and I pulled into the lot and looked up the hill, we knew it was going to be all-time. Untouched snow as far as we could see. We geared up and headed to the new lift ticket window in the Wax Hut. I saw friend and » Read More »
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• The POWDER Staff Discusses Their Favorite Ski Movies of the Year

  03-01-2026 15:00 via powder.com
  
  Welcome to 2026. In the spirit of the New Year, we—the POWDER crew—decided to make note of the recent ski movies we loved most. This isn’t a judged, finely-tuned selection, because none of us has watched all of the countless ski movies that came out at the end of 2025. Instead, for this list, we each wrote about the movie that, personally, we found the most entertaining or impactful. The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on a newsstand near you, or cl
  
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• Monarch Mountain Offers Free Tickets to Skiers After Telluride Resort Closure

  02-01-2026 22:41 via powder.com
  
  As the unionized patrol strike and associated closure of Telluride Ski Resort continue, another Colorado mountain is offering free lift tickets to those impacted. Monarch Mountain, in a social media post, announced, “Telluride employees and their dependents, guests with a valid Telluride season pass or anyone with proof of a Telluride day-ticket purchased between December 29 and January 8, 2026 are eligible for three complimentary lift tickets.”“We care deeply about our sk
  
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• Soggy Weather Forces Closure of Popular Pacific Northwest Ski Resort

  02-01-2026 21:07 via powder.com
  
  Parts of the Pacific Northwest rang in the New Year with quite a bit of precipitation, but not the kind skiers want. As the ball dropped on the New Year in Pacific Time, a storm brought significant rainfall to Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor, Oregon.Mt. Hood saw a wintry mix turn to rain Thursday evening, with temperatures in the mid-high 30's. Rain and wet snow have continued through Friday morning. Mt. Hood Meadows, which opened for the season on December 23, spun lifts on New Year's Day despite the
  
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• Dozens Dead After Tragic New Year's Blaze at Swiss Ski Resort Bar

  02-01-2026 20:27 via powder.com
  
  Forty people are dead and 119 are injured after flames tore through a bar at the popular ski destination Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on New Year’s Eve, according to local police.Reportedly, the fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. local time on January 1 as partiers celebrated the New Year at Le Constellation, the bar where the disaster took place.“What was a moment of joy turned into a tragedy in Crans-Montana last night, felt across the country and beyond,” Switzerland’s pre
  
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• Stevens Pass Ski Resort Celebrates "Opening Day 2.0" After Crucial Road Access Restored

  02-01-2026 19:31 via powder.com
  
  After a bumpy start, the ski season seems to be back on track.West side access to Stevens Pass, a mountain popular among Seattle, Washington, skiers, has been restored only weeks after Highway 2 was damaged and closed during a period of torrential rain. The opening came sooner than expected. When Highway 2 first shuttered in early December, Governor Bob Ferguson said the closure between Skykomish and Leavenworth would last for months.The 2026 POWDER Photo Annual is here! Look for a print copy on
  
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