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• May Blizzard Intensifying, Multiple Feet of Snow Forecasted Across The West

  02-05-2024 16:44 via powder.com
  
  Don't take out those mountain bikes just yet. Winter hasn't had its final say.A relatively-cold storm system is developing in the west, and experts are forecasting upwards of two feet of snow for mountain peaks in California, Utah, Wyoming, and more through Wednesday, May 8th, 2024.Take a look at the projected 10 day snow totals for Alta Ski Area according to OpenSnow:Happy May, ya filthy animals! pic.twitter.com/gXDoowvhhg— Utah Daily Snow (@WasatchSnow) May 1, 2024
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• Keep Your Clips Up #6: Best Ski Videos of the Week

  01-06-2024 13:00 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.May is behind us. The month saw a lot. Seasonal closures for most of the fina
  
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• The US Ski Resorts Open on the First Weekend of June

  31-05-2024 23:03 via powder.com
  
  The North American ski season is winding down, much to the dismay of skiers in the U.S. and Canada. Luckily, there are three resorts remaining: Arizona Snowbowl, Arizona; Killington Resort, Vermont; and Timberline Lodge, Oregon. Timberline may not come as a surprise, but Arizona having some of the latest skiing in the U.S. may be more of a shocker. Arizona Snowbowl posted a video detailing their closing day; see below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Arizona Snowbowl (@azsn
  
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• 'Powder Alarm' Issued at Year-Round Austrian Ski Resort

  31-05-2024 22:00 via powder.com
  
  Fresh snow is still on tap across the pond. Hintertux Glacier, an Austrian ski resort open for lift-accessed skiing 365 days a year, has issued a powder alert. Nearly eight inches of new snow fell at Hintertux.The resort shared several images on Instagram that looked more like mid-November than late-May.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Hintertuxer Gletscher (@hintertuxergletscher)
  Ten of Hinterux’s 12 lifts were open today. At Gefrorene Wand, a 10,000-foot-plus peak on Hintertux
  
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• Chow Time: US Ski Team Athletes Discuss Diet and Nutrition

  31-05-2024 16:57 via powder.com
  
  When it comes to physical performance, nutrition is one of the most important aspects of being able to give a course your all. So, how does nutrition differ across disciplines within the professional skiing arena?We spoke to members of the US Ski Team to see how their eating habits vary across three disciplines. In the interest of consistency, we asked each athlete the same series of questions. Keep reading for a quick introduction to our athletes followed by a Q&A-style interview with each.
  
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• Killington, VT to Open for One Final Day of Skiing

  30-05-2024 21:10 via powder.com
  
  Officials at Killington Resort in Vermont had teased a potential final weekend, conditions permitting. This morning, May 30th, 2024, they made things official with a post explaining that the resort will be open on June 1st for the final day of the 2023/24 winter season. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Killington Resort (@killingtonmtn)
  The caption read, "The Superstar Express Quad will spin from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (conditions permitting) on Saturday only." Lift
  
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• Piermont to Irvington by Kayak: Back in the Zone

  30-05-2024 18:20 via nyskiblog.com
  
  Last week, I had an idea of driving up to Vermont for a day or two of spring at Killington. As I got to the actual planning stage though, I had second thoughts. Taking off would leave important chores undone and after a ton of windshield time for work and traveling up to Plattsburgh for graduation last week, I was not looking forward to hours of driving. I made the decision to skip Superstar this year. I spent Saturday mowing » Read More »
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• Shop Talk: Sensation-Driven Innovation

  30-05-2024 16:00 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.It’s no anomaly in the ski industry for a brand to produce more than one ski in a category–in fact, take a look at any big brand’s portfolio and you’re likely to see way too many options. However, Salomon’s current freeski lineup contains exactly two powder-specific skis, with very similar waist widths (112 and 116) and seemingly similar int
  
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• The Challenges of 'Secret Spots': Skiing vs. Surfing

  29-05-2024 23:22 via powder.com
  
  As a ski and surf writer, it is impossible not to note the similarities between the two disciplines. From travel to competition to athletes to gear design to history to style, ski media and surf media share much of the same DNA. A hollow day sworn to secrecy. Photo: Ella BoydMore specifically, Surfer and POWDER bleed the same ink. Their pages, old and new, share themes of mysticism surrounding good conditions, a shallow but unshakable obsession with beautiful women wearing spandex suits (sk
  
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• Recapping Snowbird's Winter '23/'24 Season With Taylor Pratt

  29-05-2024 23:03 via powder.com
  
  Utah's last ski resort holdout, Snowbird, has finally thrown in the towel on the 2023-2024 ski season. The final days of lift-served skiing at the resort featured warm temperatures—reportedly warm enough to ditch the shirt—and plentiful corn snow. There's nothing like skiing in a T-shirt in Mid-May.Courtesy SnowbirdSnowbird's past season was less of a freak show than the winter of 2022-2023, which saw a comically large amount of snow—over 800 inches of it, to be precise. One Sa
  
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• Conquering Palisades Tahoe's 'Three Ps' on Snowblades for Closing Day

  29-05-2024 20:44 via powder.com
  
  Palisades Tahoe, California hosted its final day of the Winter '23/'24 season on Memorial Day, May 27th, 2024. The season was 183 days long and produced slightly above-average snowfall to the tune of 423 inches. For some, it was a pleasant chaser to the borderline-apocalyptic record setting season of '22/'23.Our snowblades pose for a picture atop Palisades Tahoe's 'Mainline Pocket'.Photo: Matt LorelliThere's still lots of snow up high on Palisades Tahoe's Siberia, Shirley, an
  
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• Why Vail Mountain Closes Its 'Legendary Back Bowls' During the Summer

  29-05-2024 16:16 via powder.com
  
  Across North America, a handful of in-bounds terrain elements, zones, or runs have become famous amongst skiers.Vail Mountain, Colorado’s contribution to the who’s-who of ski area lore is their highly-marketed 'Legendary Back Bowls'. This area encompasses a whopping 3,017 acres of gladed skiing, offering a counterpoint to Vail’s groomer-centric reputation. Vail's Back Bowls sport seemingly endless fields of grass and foliage in the summer.Robert Sharpe/Vail ResortsWhile
  
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• Ski Portillo, Chile To Open Nearly a Month Earlier Than Planned

  28-05-2024 22:23 via powder.com
  
  Ski Portillo—a world-renowned Chilean ski resort—will open nearly a month earlier than planned on June 1st thanks to an ample serving of early-season snow. Almost six feet of fresh powder has fallen.Ahead of the resort's original opening date, June 22nd, Portillo will stick to a weekends-only schedule, spinning its lifts on June 1st, June 2nd, June 8th, June 9th, June 15th, and June 16th. The base area hotel opens June 20th.Professional skier Connery Lundin enters the white room at P
  
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• Chilean Ski Resort to Open Three Weeks Early

  28-05-2024 22:00 via powder.com
  
  Valle Nevado, or "snowy valley" in Spanish, is located in the Chilean Andes and serves as the summer training ground for Olympic ski and snowboard teams from the Northern Hemisphere. This season, the resort is opening slightly earlier than normal. Thanks to a snowstorm that blew in last week, the resort now has 4 feet of snow and will be opening on Friday, May 31st, according to a recent update posted to their Instagram. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by
  
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• Chris Benchetler Honors the Late Bill Walton With Touching Post

  28-05-2024 20:16 via powder.com
  
  Professional skier and renowned artist Chris Benchetler is joining the millions of Americans mourning the loss of Bill Walton.Walton was one of the greatest basketball players of all-time, but his impact stretched far beyond the defined lines of a court. Notably, Walton was the ethereal narrator of Benchetler's 2019 film 'Fire on the Mountain'. See below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Chris Benchetler (@chrisbenchetler)
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• Summer Ski Operations Underway at Timberline Lodge, Oregon

  28-05-2024 19:55 via powder.com
  
  Summer operations have begun at Timberline Lodge, Oregon. At the nearly year-round ski resort, summer operations involve two lifts: Magic Mile and Palmer. The latter serves the Palmer Snowfield, which, during the warmer months, hosts numerous summer skiing camps that cover everything from freestyle to racing. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Timberline Lodge (@timberlinelodge)
  While camps like Windells house the highest quality terrain park offerings in private lanes, member
  
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• You Don't Need a Ski Pass to Love Ski Areas

  28-05-2024 16:00 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.After parking my car next to the chairlift I stepped out into three inches of spring mud. The lot, lying next to one of the ski area’s main high-speed quads, had finally thawed after spending the winter blanketed under feet of snow. Now the lift sat quietly idle, ski season having come to an end.But ample snow remained higher on the mountain, and we were here to sk
  
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• Review: BCA Stash 40 UL Pack

  27-05-2024 17:22 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 nutshell:Backcountry Access has long been known for simple, affordable avalanche airbags, but their traditional packs have long flown under the radar. With seemingly everyone now offering a streamlined, ultralight touring/ski mountaineering pack, BCA released their fresh Stash 40 UL pack, an excellently thought-out, lightweight and extremely functional pack.Availabl
  
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• Ski California Awarded For Important Snow Safety Video

  27-05-2024 13:00 via powder.com
  
  Ski California released a short YouTube video in February detailing deep snow safety because, as the narrator says over scenic footage of Californian powder days, "every year, some of the world's deepest snow stacks up at ski California Resorts." The video received NSAA’s inaugural Stoked on Safety award for "Best Use of Video." Watch the award-winning safety video below. The narration explains that "in a matter of just a few hours or days, it's not uncommon for storms that deliv
  
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• People of Powder: Ian Greenwood

  26-05-2024 13:00 via powder.com
  
  The following interview is the first part of our 'People of POWDER' series in which we take a deeper look into the people behind The Skier's Magazine. Read along as Ella Boyd interviews fellow POWDER writer Ian Greenwood to learn more about his childhood, his life spent skiing, goals, and more.Tell me a little bit about your childhood, your family, and some of your earliest ski memories. "I'm not one of those people that remembers being three and skiing. But I think the first
  
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• Keep Your Clips Up #5: Best Ski Videos of the Week

  25-05-2024 13:00 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.Another week, another selection of skiing’s finest video entertainment.
  
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• Kimbo Sessions Reflections with 'Rider of the Week' Jake Mageau

  24-05-2024 21:50 via powder.com
  
  Collective PerspectiveWords by Ian Greenwood / Photos by Daniel RönnbäckJake Mageau might be your favorite skier's favorite skier. Below his Instagram posts, you'll regularly find comments from fellow pros lauding his approach to the sport. In 2020, Mageau claimed gold in X-Games Real Ski, a video-focused competition that freeskiing legends like Tom Wallisch and Mike Hornbeck judged. More recently, Mageau's peers honored him at an event treasured by skiing’s upper echelon: Kimbo
  
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• Ski Resorts Reporting 40+ Inches of New Snow in South America

  24-05-2024 18:55 via powder.com
  
  It's happening: ski resorts across South America are reporting honkin' snowfall totals. While the official start of winter for some of these areas is still several weeks away, a little premature powder action never hurts.La Parva, Chile, started yesterday with 40-plus inches of fresh snow, uploading a tantalizing photo series featuring powder-laden slopes. "Cuando abren?" (when do you open?) wondered one local skier in the Instagram post's comments section. "Esperamos que muy pronto," La Parva w
  
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• Aspen, Colorado Blanketed by 6+ Inches of Late-Spring Snow

  24-05-2024 16:38 via powder.com
  
  The month of May typically brings the first helping of Spring for mountain towns across the American Intermountain West, but winter can always rear her (beautiful) head.The town of Aspen, Colorado is waking up to more than six inches of fresh snowfall blanketing the surrounding peaks this morning, May 24th, 2024. Check out the photos from Aspen Snowmass' various webcams below!Aspen, CO Snow May 24th, 2024 Aspen Highlands snowstake cam. May 24th, 2024 Aspen Snowmass Highlands Bowl at Aspen Highla
  
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• Arizona Skiers to Experience June Skiing for First Time Ever

  24-05-2024 14:00 via powder.com
  
  For skiers in Flagstaff, Arizona, the ski season isn't over yet. For the first time ever, Arizona Snowbowl will be open for skiing and riding until June 1st (the latest ski date the state has ever seen). Snowbowl has received 281 inches of snowfall so far this season, and 55 inches came down in April alone. With those factors in mind, the 2023/2024 winter season is now, officially, Snowbowl’s longest ski season in history. See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Ar
  
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• La Parva, Chile, Joins MCP's 'Power Pass'

  23-05-2024 22:23 via powder.com
  
  Earlier this month, Mountain Capital Partners (MCP)—a Durango-based resort conglomerate—announced that it would acquire La Parva, a Chilean ski resort. In the announcement, MCP hinted that La Parva would likely join its other South American holding, Valle Nevado, on the conglomerate's multi-resort offering: the Power Pass. Those plans are now solidified. La Parva from above.La Parva/Mountain Capital PartnersThis afternoon, MCP confirmed that the Power Pass will "include 7 int
  
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• Winter '23/'24 Ski Season Was Fifth Busiest on Record

  23-05-2024 19:53 via powder.com
  
  According to data released by the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), this past winter was the fifth busiest on record for ski resorts in the U.S.U.S. resorts have collectively seen 60.4 million skier visits so far during the 2023-2024 ski season. The NSAA, which has tracked annual skier visits since 1978, noted that this number is “preliminary” as several resorts in the U.S. remain open. However, the NSAA doesn’t anticipate the final skier visit tally will be significa
  
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• Winter '24 Opening Dates for South America's Notable Ski Resorts

  23-05-2024 16:47 via powder.com
  
  Shoulder season has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. A lucky few skiers are still burning laps and acquiring heinous goggle tans, but most of us are trying to figure out what to do with the emotional rollercoaster that is spring weather. One day, it's blindingly gorgeous. The next? A discouraging combination of wind, rain, and, in some locales, mini-van-sized hail.Ski Portillo's iconic hotel is preparing for another fruitful season of skiing south of the equator.Photo: Tamara S
  
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• Snowbird, UT Makes Decision on Closing Day

  23-05-2024 16:35 via powder.com
  
  Snowbird in Utah just released their much-anticipated Spring Operations Update, complete with wave emojis on either side. To indicate... surfy turns? Warm weather? Going with the flow, operations-wise?Officials at the Bird wrote, "after an incredible 169 days together, Snowbird will celebrate the last day of the 2023-24 season on Memorial Day, May 27." See below. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Snowbird (@snowbird)
  The caption continued on to explain that the season send-off is
  
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• Saint Regis Mountain Ramble

  23-05-2024 16:10 via nyskiblog.com
  
  On Sunday morning, I got my backside moving a bit earlier than usual. Breakfast for Ziggy and me? Check. A hydration reservoir full of sports drink? Check. A clean litter box for the Zigmeister? Done and dusted. After stopping at Nori’s for a supplemental coffee, I lit out for Paul Smiths. A hundred yards down Keese Mills Road from the VIC’s Black Pond trail head, the Saint Regis Mountain trail head is on the other side of the road. At » Read More »
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