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• Howling Winds Thrash Chairlift At Italian Ski Resort

  28-03-2024 22:33 via powder.com
  
  High winds thrashed  a stopped chairlift in Cervinia, Italy, per a video shared by an X user named @MrCrabtreePE.This lift in Cervinia (Cretaz) closed just before we got on! Scary! Few people are stuck on lifts and some clearly damaged by huge gusts! #Cervinia @CerviniaValt @Cervinia_ski @BBCNewsPR @BBCNews pic.twitter.com/lKBy1tOsTV— Mr C Geo and PE (@MrCrabtreePE) March 28, 2024
  "This lift in Cervinia (Cretaz) closed just before we got on! Scary!" @MrCrabtreePE wrote. As @
  
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• Review: Mountain Hardwear Powder Maven Parka and Bibs

  16-05-2024 17:00 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.In a nutshellMountain Hardwear’s Powder Maven Parka and Bib combine to create a heavy-duty, highly insulated kit designed to keep you warm for bell-to-bell resort laps on the coldest of winter days. SpecsPowder Maven ParkaSize tested: Small Materials:Fabric: Dry.Q® 150D 2-Layer: 100% PolyesterFabric Lining: 20D Nylon Taffeta. 100% NylonFabric Body: Dry.Q® 1
  
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• Snow Science Storytellers: How Avalanche Forecasters Communicate Risk

  16-05-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  On crisp winter mornings, the Utah Avalanche Center employee responsible for publishing daily public avalanche forecasts in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area arrives at an office near the international airport. There, they drink from the proverbial fire hose, translating raw data into digestible backcountry safety messaging. The task is weighty—failures to communicate where and when avalanches might occur could endanger hundreds, if not thousands, of backcountry skiers.The UAC's director, Mar
  
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• Australian Ski Resort Fires Up Snowguns As Winter Approaches

  15-05-2024 23:21 via powder.com
  
  Perisher, located in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, Australia, is the Southern Hemisphere's largest alpine resort. The resort's snowmaking crew has officially clocked on for the season and have been warming up the guns this week. Officials at the resort celebrate with a post and caption that reads, "Winter 2024 let’s go!!" View this post on InstagramA post shared by Perisher (@perisher_resort)
  Perisher currently has 47 lifts, with 4 different resort areas, so snowmaking at t
  
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• John Collinson Shares How He Navigated Multiple Season-Ending Injuries

  15-05-2024 23:08 via powder.com
  
  Professional skier John Collinson has had his share of knee injuries--three, in fact. While Collinson wrote that "injuries are tough both mentally and physically," he learned a lot going through the recovery process multiple times. For these experiences, Collinson compiled a list of the things he did to stay well mentally. View this post on InstagramA post shared by John Collinson (@johncollinson)
  Collinson advises giving the injury respect. "This one will probably look different for a
  
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• The Kitchen Dwellers Talk Their Love for Skiing After Jamming at 6,000 Feet

  15-05-2024 20:30 via powder.com
  
  The tram, which we filed into slowly, was big enough to fit twenty or so people comfortably. The Montana quartet, the Kitchen Dwellers, were at one end of the tram, with a collection of musical instruments. The band, made up of four men playing acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo, and stand-up bass, had played unique and renowned venues such as Red Rocks. Somehow, though, I bet playing in a tram crawling up the side of Palisades Tahoe was the coolest venue they had played so far.Tram jam. Phot
  
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• This Season, Winter Park Resort, Colorado, Raised $80,000 for Local Outdoors Non-Profits

  15-05-2024 19:07 via powder.com
  
  This season, Winter Park Resort, Colorado, has raised more than $80,000 for local nonprofits by donating all of its proceeds from uphill access armband sales. Three nonprofits benefitted from the program: Grand County Search and Rescue (GCSAR), Colorado Rapid Avalanche Deployment (C-RAD), and Friends Of Berthoud Pass. These organizations rely primarily on volunteer work and community donations.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Winter Park Resort (@winterparkresort)
  GCSAR is an all-volu
  
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• American Alpine Racer Sanctioned by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for Whereabouts Failures

  15-05-2024 00:41 via powder.com
  
  The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced yesterday that alpine racer and former Olympian Breezy Johnson, of Victor, Idaho, had been sanctioned for three Whereabouts Failures in a 12 month period. Via social media, Johnson clarified that this sanction—which bans her from racing until December 2024—doesn’t mean she tested positive for doping. Whereabouts Failures, in USADA nomenclature, mean an athlete has either missed a drug test or failed to adhere to the USADA’s fi
  
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• Copper Mountain's Summer Skiing Hike Park To Open Next Month

  14-05-2024 22:44 via powder.com
  
  Copper Mountain, Colorado's Woodward Copper summer hike park will return for another summer on June 7th, offering freestyle skiers and snowboarders a snow-laden reprieve from the heat with various jibs and rails.The park's tickets cost $25. It will be open Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. as long as conditions allow.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Woodward Copper (@woodwardcopper)
  Copper Mountain farms snow from surrounding trails and its superpipe to construct the park.
  
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• Serendipity and the Lurk

  14-05-2024 17:00 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.Wrongly turning up my nose, I had always found the singular, long wooden pole to embody telemark hyperbole at its most superfluous. Never mind its history as the original hand tool for free-heel skiing, used to shepherd animals or wade through snow with a free arm for numerous non-leisure ski necessities. To me–a closed-minded telemarker used to skiing double flick
  
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• A New York Skier’s Season in Photos: 2023/24

  14-05-2024 16:00 via nyskiblog.com
  
  As I write this in May, some of us are still skiing Killington, but for me the season ended in April. Much like last season, this season started with optimism, followed by a mid-season lull due to poor weather, and it wrapped up with an absolutely amazing season end. As a photographer always carrying a camera when skiing, here are my favorite photos from the 2023/24 season. This December photo from Hunter looks mundane at first glance. It’s a nice » Read More »
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• Cómo evitar el mal de altura: elige bien dónde dormir y qué comer

  14-05-2024 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  El mal de altura provoca molestias pasajeras para la mayoría de las personas, pero en casos extremos, puede llegar a ser mortal.
  
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• Arapahoe Basin Is Testing the Future of Ski Resort Sustainability: Electric Snowcats

  13-05-2024 23:04 via powder.com
  
  Skiing and sustainability aren't always the first words you associate, but Arapahoe Basin in Colorado is looking to shift that narrative. The Colorado resort initially set a goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2025, but this season, the ski area achieved the massive feat months ahead of schedule. While the resort has reached one goal, that does not mean they are at their final destination. According to their "Looking Towards The Future" description of their sustainability goals, "A-Basi
  
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• Northern Lights Spotted From Ski Resorts Across the Globe

  13-05-2024 21:13 via powder.com
  
  While March is often considered the best time to see the aurora borealis—or the northern lights—this weekend, the cosmic phenomenon was visible over many ski areas in May thanks to a powerful geomagnetic storm.Breckenridge Ski Resort, for one, reported that late Friday night, the northern lights were on full display at their ski area. Officials at the resort commented that this was the first time ever that their team has seen the northern lights in Breck. The northern lights glo
  
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• Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, Will Remain Open Into June

  13-05-2024 19:43 via powder.com
  
  The Coloradan ski season lives on. Arapahoe Basin Ski Area—known affectionately by locals as “A-Basin”—confirmed this morning that it will remain open into June. “We do not have a closing date to announce quite yet,” A-Basin wrote on Facebook. “Once we reach the end of May, operations will be assessed on a week-by-week basis based on conditions.”A representative of A-Basin told POWDER via email that "it's too early" to predict an exact closing date
  
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• Review: K2 Mindbender 115 BOA

  13-05-2024 17:00 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.In a nutshellThe K2 Mindbender 115 BOA is a freeride-oriented women’s boot that also has the ability to go uphill. It performs well for long days at the resort while providing a decent walk function, as well. StatsSize skied: 24.5Weight: 1860 gStated Flex: 115 Binding compatibility: GripWalk, pin bindings Stated ROM: 50°The K2 Mindbender 115 BOA women’s b
  
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• Jackson Hole’s Aerial Tram to Reopen May 18th for Sightseeing and Backcountry Skiing Access

  12-05-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s Aerial Tram—known colloquially as “Big Red”—will reopen on May 18th for summer sightseeing operations. The Tram’s summer operating season extends until October 6th.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (@jacksonhole)
  Constructed in 2008, the Tram transports sightseers to the top of the 10,450-foot Rendezvous Mountain, providing access to numerous hiking and biking trails alongside Corbet’s
  
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• Palisades Tahoe Preparing for End of Season Skiing

  12-05-2024 13:18 via powder.com
  
  Palisades Tahoe, CA, will remain open for skiing and riding through Memorial Day, May 27th, 2024. With one of the longest seasons in the country, skiers flock to the self-proclaimed 'Spring Skiing Capital'.The resort announced how the rest of the season will shake out in an Instagram post. See below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Palisades Tahoe (@palisadestahoe)
  "As the longest season in Tahoe continues into (third) spring, we know you all are eager to find out what will happen ove
  
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• Silence—Capturing the Quiet Symphony of Mountain Landscapes

  11-05-2024 23:22 via powder.com
  
  Capturing the Quiet Symphony of Mountain LandscapesWords and Photos by Ryan CrearyQuiet moments... they come and they go in the mountains. Sometimes fleeting but always there when we slow the senses down a bit. The empty skin track rising skyward to the horizon; that first brushstroke of morning light hitting a mountain; or a perfect ski line left on a snowy face that fades into the shadows. These are some of the moments I seek to capture when travelling through snow-covered terrain; I’m a
  
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• Keep Your Clips Up #3: Best Ski Videos of the Week

  11-05-2024 13:56 via powder.com
  
  "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." While he was onto something in the '80s, I don't know if Ferris Bueller's advice applies to 2024. Thanks to the non-stop deluge that is social media, life's now moving at warp speed—blink, and you're out of luck. That’s where Keep Your Clips Up—a weekly collection of the best videos in skiing—comes in.We're in a funky intervening period, but this much is obvious: winter is wind
  
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• Two Skiers Killed In Utah Avalanche

  10-05-2024 23:21 via powder.com
  
  On May 9th, 2024, the Utah Avalanche center posted an update regarding accident on Lone Peak, writing, "we are saddened to report two people died in today’s avalanche near Lone Peak. A third party member was transported off the mountain and taken to a local hospital for assessment." See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Utah Avalanche Center (@utavy)
  "Recovery efforts have been suspended for the day and will resume in the morning.""The Utah Avalanche Center will conti
  
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• Beartooth Basin, America's Summer Ski Area, Won't Open in 2024

  10-05-2024 23:18 via powder.com
  
  There are a handful of places to make summer lift-served turns in the United States, but only one them considers themselves a 'summer-only' ski area.Beartooth Basin, Wyoming offers skiing at high elevation from May-July along the Beartooth Highway just over the border from Montana. Unfortunately, the ski area announced today, May 10th, 2024 that they will not open this season. See below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Beartooth Basin Ski Area (@beartoothbasin)
  As mentioned in the cap
  
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• Mountain Capital Partners To Purchase La Parva, Chile

  10-05-2024 20:07 via powder.com
  
  Mountain Capital Partners (MCP)—owners of several ski resorts primarily in the southwestern U.S.—has entered an agreement to purchase Chile's La Parva Ski Resort, located in the famed Tres Valles region.La Parva boasts 14 lifts, 40 named trails, and over 3,000 feet of vertical. It is less than an hour's drive from Santiago, the largest city in Chile.La Parva's slopes border Valle Nevado, a neighboring ski resort.La Parva Ski ResortLast year, MCP became a majority owner in Valle Nevad
  
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• Breckenridge Shocks Colorado Skiers With 'Early' Closing Day Announcement

  10-05-2024 19:10 via powder.com
  
  Breckenridge Ski Resort, Colorado has made an effort in recent years to include itself on the list of ski resorts with the longest seasons in North America, but Winter '23/'24 is ending slightly earlier than some folks were hoping for.The resort recently announced that this upcoming Sunday, May 12th, 2024 will be the final day of the season. See below for details.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Breckenridge Ski Resort (@breckenridgemtn)
  Closing on May 12th might not seem early i
  
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• Moms Ski Free on Mother's Day at Canadian Resort

  10-05-2024 16:07 via powder.com
  
  At Banff Sunshine Village in Canada, moms ski and ride for free on Mother’s Day.To thank all the incredible moms out there, Sunshine is "offering free skiing to all moms (including moms to be!)." The resort urges moms to get tickets at the ticket window, available May 12th, 2024 only. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Banff Sunshine Village (@sunshinevillage)
  We checked in with Director of Brand and Communications Kendra Scurfield, who shared why this Mo
  
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• Section of Tuckerman Ravine, NH Closed For Season

  10-05-2024 16:02 via powder.com
  
  The Mt. Washington Avalanche Center (MWAC) in New Hampshire reported that a section of the Tuckerman Ravine Trail through The Lip Area is now closed to all use. This section extends from Lunch Rocks to the top of the Headwall where it meets the Alpine Garden Trail. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mt Washington Avalanche Center (@mwacenter)
  The post explained that only this section of the trail is closed, and that this annual closure is due to the magnitude of the
  
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• Palisades Tahoe President Dee Byrne Announces Retirement

  09-05-2024 22:47 via powder.com
  
  POWDER has learned via press release that longtime Palisades Tahoe President & COO Dee Byrne is retiring after 40 years in the industry, the last 13 with Palisades Tahoe.Byrne was promoted to President & COO in 2021. She previously served as Vice President of Skier Services and as the Managing Director of Snowsports Schools and Ski Teams.Dee Byrne served as President & COO of Palisades Tahoe from 2021-2024Courtesy Palisades TahoeShe will continue serving as President & COO u
  
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• FIS World Cup Schedule Released, American Venues Featured

  09-05-2024 18:11 via powder.com
  
  The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has released its 2024-2025 alpine racing World Cup calendar.In Canada and the U.S., the upcoming World Cup includes stops at Killington, Sun Valley, Beaver Creek, and Tremblant. Palisades Tahoe, which hosted a World Cup event this season, is not on the calendar next winter.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Audi FIS Ski World Cup (@fisalpine)
  The calendar notes that these dates and locations are “subject to FIS council approval.
  
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• Ski Related Names on Shortlist for Utah's New NHL Team

  09-05-2024 17:56 via powder.com
  
  The Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL) have called Phoenix, Arizona home since 1996, but that's changing this upcoming season.The team announced at the conclusion of the '23/'24 season that they're moving to Salt Lake City, Utah, and being purchased by billionaire Ryan Smith. Smith owns the Utah Jazz, and is co-owner of Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.Team owners Ashley and Ryan Smith of the yet to be named NHL Utah hockey team speak before the players are introduced to th
  
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• Review: Ortovox Peak Light 38 S

  09-05-2024 17:00 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.In a nutshellA bag that can get you through four seasons of technical alpine adventures. FeaturesWeight: 860-1250 gStated volume: 38 LNotable FeaturesHelmet netIce axe / hiking pole loopsRope attachment Removable back reinforcementGet the Ortovox Peak Light 38 SIntro I spend a lot of time in the backcountry, where having gear and being able to access it quickly and effic
  
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