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• Olympics TV Schedule: Watch Snowboarding, Skating and More

  06-02-2022 06:03 via nytimes.com
  
  In the women’s slopestyle snowboarding final, Jamie Anderson of the United States vies to add a third gold medal to her collection.
  
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• Canyon's Sender CFR Downhill Bike Has A Serious Need For Speed

  30-09-2026 21:35 via powder.com
  There’s no feeling in the world quite like riding an exquisitely-specced mountain bike in gnarly terrain at high speeds. It’s a moment where ridiculous levels of engineering, industrial design, and manufacturing come together to spoil the plans physics normally lays for us. It’s a sensation that the best racers in the world get to experience every race day on the World Cup, and it’s the feeling I felt while riding the Canyon Sender CFR. In short, it’s really addicti
  
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• French Skier Juliette Willmann Dies in Avalanche Near El Chaltén

  30-09-2026 20:50 via powder.com
  Juliette Willmann, a 29-year-old French freeride skier, died in an avalanche on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, on Cerro Crestón, a mountain near El Chaltén, Argentina—the town known for climbing, backcountry skiing, and mountaineering. 
  Willmann was skiing with her husband, Pierre-Idris Mehdi, 30, when an avalanche hit the couple, dragging them about 1,300 feet down the slope in the Lago del Desierto area, according to an initial report from the Government of Santa Cruz.&n
  
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• Hilaree Nelson, Ted Ligety Included in U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame Class of 2026

  30-09-2026 20:23 via powder.com
  The U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum in Ishpeming, Michigan, has announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2026, according to SAM News.
  The class of nine new members will be inducted at the annual Snowsports History Celebration in Ogden, Utah, on April 10, 2027.
  Inductees include Jim Morrison, the late Hilaree Nelson, Ted Ligety, Brad Holmes, and accomplished POWDER photographer Scott Markewitz. Keep reading for the full list.
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• Massachusetts Ski Area Begins Snowmaking In September, Aims for October Opening

  30-09-2026 19:01 via powder.com
  The ski season is typically short in Massachusetts, but Ski Ward, a humble ski area just 45 minutes from Boston, is looking to change that.
  Ski Ward was the first to open in the United States during the winter 2023/2024 season, and it appears to be making a push to do the same this year. But how can a small hill near Boston compete with high alpine giants like Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, and Mammoth Mountain, California, in the race to open? To put it simply: technology.
  The ski area owns a Latitu
  
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• The Best Gear for an El Niño Ski Season

  30-09-2026 17:06 via powder.com
  In case you missed it, forecasts show the upcoming winter could be wet, wild, or warm, depending on where you are, thanks to an incoming Super El Niño.While long-range forecasts should always be taken with a grain of salt, there is a fair bit of confidence concerning the El Niño conditions in particular. Having ski gear that keeps you warm, dry, and prepared for most conditions matters every year, but this year it might be worth investing in a new piece of waterproof outerwear or s
  
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• New York's Holiday Mountain Reveals New Trail Map With Expanded Terrain and a New Lift

  30-09-2026 12:29 via powder.com
  New trail map alert! This is not a drill…
  Holiday Mountain, a humble but lively ski area in Monticello, New York, has revealed a new trail map ahead of the winter 26/27 season. The map is bright, colorful, and most importantly, it features the ski area’s new lift and trails that will open this season.
  “From three trails in 2023 to over 20 this season, Holiday Mountain’s back!” the ski area wrote in a social media post.See below for Holiday Mountain’s new map
  
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• Aspen Mountain Flies in Towers for New High-Speed Ski Lift

  29-09-2026 20:30 via powder.com
  In Colorado, the air’s humming with the sound of helicopter blades as Aspen Mountain constructs its new Nell Bell lift.
  The high-speed Leitner-Poma quad replaces the Little Nell and Bell Mountain lifts, which served Aspen Mountain for decades and, together, brought skiers to an upper terminal just above the base of the Ajax Express. In recent years, they served as secondary lifts, according to Aspen Mountain’s trail map, and they didn’t run simultaneously very often.
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• Lift Towers for "Major Expansion" Installed at Las Vegas Ski Resort

  29-09-2026 19:37 via powder.com
  This week, Las Vegas, Nevada’s ski resort, Lee Canyon, flew in and installed the towers for a new lift that’s part of what the ski area is calling a “major expansion.”
  The lift, the West Bowl, is a Skytrac quad rising 650 vertical feet and accessing five new trails of varying difficulty. It’s a big change for the modestly-sized resort which, pre-expansion, spanned 195 acres of lift-served terrain plus 250 acres of hike-to terrain.A new trail map is set to arrive som
  
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• September Snow Storm Blankets Arizona's Largest Ski Resort, Southern Utah Hit Too

  29-09-2026 19:33 via powder.com
  Yes, there’s skiing in Arizona, and yes, it actually snows there!
  Arizona Snowbowl, the state’s largest and highest-altitude ski resort, woke up to its first snowfall of the season on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.“We received 2 inches of snowfall overnight & it’s only September! This must be a sign that a solid winter is on the way,” wrote the resort alongside a short video. “Get stoked & keep your fingers crossed for more snow!”
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• Phil McNichol Is Back After Nearly 20 Years To Lead The Stifel U.S. Men's Ski Team

  29-09-2026 17:57 via powder.com
  Training programs, methodology, equipment, sport science, and times have all evolved, but Phil McNichol intends to bring the same core values, motivation, and messaging which brought him noteworthy success the last time he coached the U.S. Ski Team, nearly two decades ago.
  The veteran ski racing coach was rehired in May to lead the Stifel Men’s U.S. Alpine Ski Team for a second time around. His previous tenure was in a vastly different era, from 2002 to 2008.
  McNichol, who coached stars Bo
  
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• Vail Resorts' Revenue Plummets 47%, Pass Sales Drop 12% In Latest Earnings Report

  29-09-2026 17:30 via powder.com
  Vail Resorts reported quarterly earnings on Monday, September 28, 2026, and we now know just how hard last season’s warm weather and lack of snow hit the ski resort giant.
  The company reported $147.5 million in net income for fiscal 2026 (which ended on July 31, 2026), down 47% from $280.0 million in net income the previous year.Pass sales have plummeted, too. Vail Resorts is reporting a 12% decrease in total pass sales through September 18, 2026.
  “This past winter was one of the mos
  
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• Mammoth's First Snow of the Season Surprises Locals

  29-09-2026 12:20 via powder.com
  The locals of Mammoth Lakes, California, went to bed on Sunday, September 27, unaware of what the next morning would bring—the season’s first measurable snowfall.
  Flakes fell only at high elevations and didn’t accumulate more than an inch, but snow it did. Mammoth Mountain shared the following snow report video from McCoy Station on Monday, September 28, 2026.There’s not a lot of snow, but there’s enough to get skiers excited, that’s for sure! Tap or click to
  
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• Vancouver Ski Resort Outlines 60 Year Vision With New Long-Term Plan

  29-09-2026 11:52 via powder.com
  A new forward-looking, long-term plan shared by the Vancouver, British Columbia, ski resort, Cypress Mountain, proposes overhauling the destination’s lift fleet, along with other changes to ensure that Cypress thrives over the next six decades.
  The wide-ranging Ski Resort Development Plan would reshuffle and change Cypress Mountain’s lifts but not push the resort beyond its current boundaries of about 293 hectares (724 ac).
  “The proposed Alpine concept focuses on optimizing exi
  
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• The Race To Open The Ski Season Is On: Which Resort Will Be First?

  28-09-2026 21:02 via powder.com
  The first day of October is approaching, and skiers know what that means: the race to be the first ski resort open in the United States is officially on.
  Most ski resorts set a firm opening date in late November or early December, but there are a handful of resorts in California, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and even Massachusetts that open as soon as Mother Nature allows.
  There are the usual suspects in Colorado’s high country that benefit from early-season snowmaking win
  
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• New Free Ski Game Recreates Over 25 Real-World Resorts From Jackson Hole to Killington

  28-09-2026 20:45 via powder.com
  Need a little reminder of what you’re missing? A new free ski game that recently surfaced online features well over 25 real ski resorts recreated with surprising accuracy.Called Lejup—that’s the Latvian word for down or downhill—the project is relatively bare-bones at the moment, but great for a toodle around your favorite haunt.
  In the main menu, you can select a mountain and make additional tweaks to time of day, weather, and snow conditions. The ski resort roster is su
  
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• Game of Thrones Actor Sean Bean to Narrate Legs of Steel's New Ski Movie with Red Bull

  28-09-2026 19:38 via powder.com
  It seems just as innovation in ski filmmaking has reached new heights, the prevalence of technology has made many yearn for analog. While unpolished, experimental, and unhinged edits have become increasingly popular, there’s no doubt that when done well, high-production-value ski films still have their place.
  Luckily, Emmy-winning production company, Legs of Steel, knows how to deliver just that, and they have a new film coming out.Made alongside Red Bull Media House, ‘We Can’t
  
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• Frigid Air Brings Widespread Snow to Western Canada's Ski Resorts

  28-09-2026 19:18 via powder.com
  It’s been an active few weeks for Canada’s western ski resorts where, as the ski season approaches, early tastes of winter keep showing up.
  The latest surge of chilly weather arrived over the weekend, delivering modest—but still noticeable—snow coverage to resorts like Revelstoke, Banff Sunshine Village, Lake Louise, and more. 
  For Banff Sunshine Village, it was at least the third round of snowfall since August, when a storm late that month brought enough frozen prec
  
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• Plattekill Tree Skiing Work Day 2026

  28-09-2026 14:30 via nyskiblog.com
  
  The Roster is FULL. 50 lopper hounds, we are at our max. Thanks everyone! Plattekill Mountain and NYSkiBlog are stoked to present the 16th Annual Plattekill Tree Skiing Work Day at the ski area in Roxbury NY on Saturday October 24th, 2025. Rain date is 10/25/26. The tradition — imagined in the mind of dedicated NY skier— lives on. We’re recruiting 50 motivated, smiling crew of lopper wielding powder hounds to continue our maintenance and expansion of some of the » Read Mo
  
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• How Good Was Ski Portillo, Chile This Year? I Traveled 6,000 Miles To Find Out

  27-09-2026 12:45 via powder.com
  A Chilean cover band, known as Metrópoli, is playing a selection of 80s synth-pop hits in the humble but well-partied Hotel Bar at Ski Portillo, Chile.
  The enigmatic singer, who is easily one of the most entertaining live performers I’ve ever seen, is wooing the crowd with slick dance moves, a vocal range that would make Ariana Grande jealous, and enough charisma to broker peace in the Middle East. Just as the guitar player breaks out into a mind-melting solo, I turn my head and smi
  
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• Ski Injuries Suck. Why Am I Fond of My Beat-Up Feet, Then?

  26-09-2026 12:48 via powder.com
  I’ve been noticing holes in my socks lately. They all look the same and are in the same place: a small, dime-shaped opening where my heel meets the fabric. Similar wear appears in one pair of well-loved slip-ons, which have developed canyon-shaped ruts in the back that two slightly misshapen feet slot into.
  Skiing is the problem, I think. Since my parents first dragged a smaller version of myself into the mountains decades ago, my feet have spent thousands of hours slamming into and rubbin
  
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• Ski Utah Unveils Surprise Political Candidate: Super El Niño

  26-09-2026 11:56 via powder.com
  Election season is heating up as the midterms approach. And with so much on the line, Ski Utah has apparently decided to throw its weight behind a candidate, unveiling a line of yard signs and merch that back its chosen contender. 
  However, we’re not talking about a person you’ll be able to vote for this coming November. The local ski industry trade association instead has its money on El Niño—the supercharged climate phenomenon that’s sent resorts and their p
  
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• Mount Bohemia Is Expanding, but Only for Ski Touring

  25-09-2026 20:21 via powder.com
  “NO UPHILL ACCESS ALLOWED”—It’s a sign every backcountry skier has grown weary of, and some choose to blatantly ignore (illegally).
  Most ski resorts have adapted to the dramatic rise in backcountry skiing and snowboarding by offering dedicated uphill routes, uphill passes, and even offering uphill lessons, but arguably, no ski area has embraced the backcountry movement more so than Mount Bohemia, Michigan.
  Mount Bohemia is known for its nearly 300 inches of annual snowfal
  
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• Finland's 2026-27 Ski Season Starts in Just One Week, Here's How

  25-09-2026 18:54 via powder.com
  Here we are, in North America, speculating about El Niño and hoping that, if we’re lucky, the ski season will get underway at the end of October. And should those stars align, it’ll only be a few resorts in Colorado, most likely. The widespread start of the 2026-27 season won’t come until late November, or about two months from now.
  Not so in Finland, though, where the ski resort, Levi, has been hanging on to an enormous
  
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• Oregon Ski Resort Makes Historic Snowmaking Upgrade

  25-09-2026 12:33 via powder.com
  Oregon’s Willamette Pass Resort has more than tripled the capacity of its snowmaking system ahead of the 2026-27 season in a move it called “one of the most significant infrastructure investments in the mountain’s history.”
  Perched on the titular Willamette Pass, the ski area runs a fleet of five chairlifts with access to 555 skiable acres. The snowmaking boost covers more acres and delivers top-to-bottom coverage.
  “Everything we do at Willa
  
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• Snow Falls On Whistler As World's Best Downhillers Come To Town

  25-09-2026 11:33 via powder.com
  The world’s best downhill mountain bikers are flocking to Whistler this weekend for an elite weekend of racing. Starting Saturday, September 25, 2026, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill will make its Whistler Mountain Bike Park debut on the legendary 1199 trail.
  While Whistler is one of the most iconic spots in mountain biking and has hosted numerous events, the bike park has never hosted a UCI World Cup Downhill Race. The race will take advantage of one of Whistler’s most tech
  
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• After Devastating Fire, Utah Ski Resort Shares Update on Repair Efforts

  24-09-2026 21:12 via powder.com
  After a wildfire scorched its slopes and damaged infrastructure over the summer, Utah ski resort Eagle Point is making headway on repairs and sharing an update on what the past weeks or months have brought.
  In a social media post, Eagle Point first noted that the cleanup of its Canyonside Lodge, which was one of several structures lost in the fire, was complete. 
  The resort added that lift assessments are advancing. While the upper mountain Monarch Lift emerged unscathed, others require rep
  
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• Olympian Gus Kenworthy Returns to Team USA After Years Spent With Great Britain

  24-09-2026 21:09 via powder.com
  After competing for his mother’s home country, Great Britain, during two Winter Olympics, halfpipe skier Gus Kenworthy is returning to the team where he got his start, the U.S., and apparently considering another run at Olympic glory, ESPN reported. 
  Born in the U.K. but raised in Telluride, Colorado, Kenworthy shot to prominence after participating in an all-American sweep of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics slopestyle podium alongside Nick Goepper and Joss Christensen, later coming ou
  
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• Lift Tickets Will Be Less Than $50 for 70% of the Season at Purgatory Resort, Colorado

  24-09-2026 19:57 via powder.com
  Another Colorado ski resort has announced its targeted opening day for the 2026/26 winter season. Purgatory Resort, just north of Durango, will open on Friday, November 20, 2026, conditions permitting. Lift tickets will be surprisingly affordable, too.
  Currently, lift tickets to Purgatory will run skiers less than $50 for 95 days of the 26/27 season, with some days costing just $9. Kids aged 12 and younger will also be able to ski for free at Purgatory this season, thanks to the Power Kids Pass.
  
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• Sugar Bowl's New Tech Will Allow for Snow Tubing on Halloween

  24-09-2026 19:00 via powder.com
  All-weather snowmaking machines have been all the rage in recent years, and a Lake Tahoe-area ski resort is the most recent to join in on the trend.
  Sugar Bowl, known for its varying terrain, deep seasonal snowfall totals, and the Silver Belt Classic, announced that it has installed a TechnoAlpin SnowFactory to make snow for its tubing hill.
  The Snow Factory, which is as cool as it sounds, uses an internally controlled system to make snow across nearly all temperatures. Or, as Sugar Bowl Snow Su
  
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