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• Review: Armada ARV/W 106

  03-09-2024 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.The ARV/ARW 106 has been a staple of the Armada lineup for some years now. The all-new ski for Winter ‘24/25 is by our reckoning the fourth rebuild of the ski with the ARV 106 name and over the years, Armada has been making the ski burlier, stiffer, and more suited to an aggressive style of skiing. The new ski bucks that trend, returning to a softer, more playful p
  
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• New Zealand's Cardrona Ski Resort Extends Season Following Cold and Snowy Late-Season

  01-09-2026 21:16 via powder.com
  Don’t stow away the skis quite yet.
  New Zealand’s Cardrona Alpine Resort will stay open for an additional week, until October 18, 2026, thanks to strong late-season snowfall. 
  The resort originally planned to throw in the towel on October 11. Cooperation from Mother Nature changed that, with about two feet of snow falling in the past seven days. 
  Other New Zealand ski areas may follow suit. The Press reported that NZ Ski, the operators of Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, and
  
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• Australian Ski Resort To Replace Lift With New Doppelmayr D-Line Six-Pack

  01-09-2026 20:22 via powder.com
  A new six-pack Doppelmayr D-Line lift is coming to Australia’s Thredbo Resort in the future, alongside snowmaking upgrades, as reported by Snowy Mountains Magazine, which spoke with the resort’s general manager Stuart Diver.
  The lift, a replacement for the existing Gunbarrel quad, will, if everything goes to plan, arrive during the 2028 season, Diver told Snowy Mountains, at an expected cost of around AUD $35 million or about USD $25 million.
  “We hopefully get some preliminary
  
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• American Express Cardholders Just Unlocked $200 Off Ikon Pass This Ski Season

  01-09-2026 20:01 via powder.com
  Thinking about buying an Ikon Pass, but you haven’t pulled the trigger quite yet? Well, you’re in luck if you’re an American Express (Amex) cardholder.
  Multiple Amex cardholders took to social media today, September 1, 2026, to share a new offer for purchasing an Ikon Pass.
  “Earn a one-time $200 statement credit after using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $1,000 in one or more qualifying purchases online at ikonpass.com by 10/31/2026,” reads the of
  
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• Australia's Mount Hotham To End Ski Season Weeks Early

  01-09-2026 19:29 via powder.com
  While South America’s ski season has been downright epic, not all of the Southern Hemisphere has been so lucky.In particular, Australia’s Mount Hotham has had a tough go, reminiscent of the season that many Northern Hemisphere ski areas had last winter.
  As a result, the ski area has decided to end its 2026 winter season early, with the last day of lift operations taking place on Sunday, September 6, 2026. According to a social media post, Mt. Hotham’s teams have been working ha
  
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• "Rugged" 200+ Acre Expansion for Expert Skiers Coming to Northeast Resort

  01-09-2026 19:01 via powder.com
  There’s a new sheriff in town.
  Well, there will be when the 2027-28 season kicks off as Loon Mountain unveils a new experts-only terrain expansion called Black Ridge that spans 272 acres. With it, the resort’s total acreage will hit 675 acres, making it the largest ski mountain in New Hampshire, according to Loon.
  Located off North Peak, the resort’s tallest peak, Black Ridge’s skiable terrain will feature expansive areas with dense pine forests, steep gullies, and open h
  
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• Utah's Richest Man Criticizes Vail Resorts on Podcast: "They Don't Know What To Do"

  01-09-2026 18:59 via powder.com
  Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has been criticizing Vail Resorts for years, and took an opportunity to further bash the ski resort conglomerate and purveyor of the Epic Pass on a radio show based in Park City, Utah.
  Prince is known as “Utah’s Richest Man,” with a net worth north of $9 billion. He lives in Park City and frequents Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR). PCMR is owned and operated by Vail Resorts, something that Prince wants to change.
  Prince has openly lobbied on X (for
  
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• Indy Pass Adds 50+ New Ski Areas, Goes Back on Sale

  01-09-2026 15:00 via powder.com
  The team behind the Indy Pass, clearly, has been knocking on doors and making phone calls.
  After already sharing in March that 25 new cross-country and alpine ski areas had joined its independent mountain-focused program, the Indy Pass now plans to share 30 more additions over the next week, culminating in what Indy calls a “keynote” announcement on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The Indy Pass provided no clues hinting at what that announcement will be about, but maybe they’ve loc
  
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• When The Thrill Is Gone

  01-09-2026 11:52 via powder.com
  Our climbing skins crunch over the snow with each quick stride, cold and fast under the still and dark sky. Panting for breath, I ascend a small rise onto a cat track, the last in a group of four. There, the view opens of the clear sky, dark as pitch in the predawn, gleaming with endless stars beyond the silhouette of towering pines. But I take no time to look up for more than an instant. 
  I plunge my poles into the snow behind me, helping propel me forward, trying to glide every inch I can
  
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• Smugglers' Notch Adding 100 New Snow Guns Ahead of 2026-27 Season

  31-08-2026 20:52 via powder.com
  A Vermont ski area known and loved by local diehards is making major improvements to its snowmaking fleet with the addition of 100 new guns ahead of the 2026-27 season.
  The wide-ranging project at Smugglers’ Notch applies to all three of the ski area’s faces—Madonna, Sterling, and Morse—and aims to help the operations crew build a more durable base more efficiently and take greater advantage of early-season temperature dips.
  “Snowmaking is fundamental to the way we
  
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• Tickets Just Went On Sale for Zero G's New Movie In Truckee and Victor

  31-08-2026 20:32 via powder.com
  Zero G Films, an independent studio run by filmmaker Daniel Harp, has a new ski movie this year called ‘Lowtide’.Filmed in the Sierras and Tetons last season, Harp tasked his crew of skiers to make the most out of what will go down in history as one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory.The snow was low, and the weather was warm, but that didn’t stop the Zero G film crew from making an absolute banger of a ski movie.
  The momentum around the film is growing, and Zer
  
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• "Unexploded Ordnance" Found On Trail Temporarily Closed Solitude Over The Weekend

  31-08-2026 20:08 via powder.com
  Regular weekend operations were interrupted at Solitude Mountain Resort on Sunday, August 30, 2026, due to a mysterious object found by mountain ops.The resort posted to social media Sunday morning to say Solitude Mountain Resort Patrol had identified an object they believed to be an unexploded ordnance, prior to the resort’s trails opening for the day.Patrol reportedly contacted the Unified Fire Authority and military personnel, who quickly arrived on scene to assess the situation. At the
  
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• Summer Snow Observed on Beartooth Highway, Montana's Famous Mountain Pass

  31-08-2026 19:29 via powder.com
  Although the Fall equinox is still a few weeks away, Mother Nature has gotten a head start on the changing of the seasons. Cold fronts moved across several parts of Washington, the Rockies, and Canada over the weekend, bringing snow to some higher elevations and marking the beginning of a seasonal shift.
  On Sunday, August 30, 2026, a low-pressure system moved across the Absaroka and Beartooth Mountains, bringing cold temperatures and precipitation above 10,000 feet. As temperatures dropped to fr
  
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• Winter Hype Builds as August Snow Falls at Washington Ski Resort

  31-08-2026 18:31 via powder.com
  The flakes are starting to fly.
  At Crystal Mountain, Washington, this past weekend brought a light flurry with modest accumulation visible at higher elevations, namely the ski resort’s iconic Silver King peak. The snow’s since melted per the ski area’s webcams, but that’s not unexpected—the first snow ahead of ski season rarely sticks around for long.
  While snow in August is far from unheard of in the mountains out West, Crystal did manage to beat its first snow fro
  
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• Cascade XC: New Owner Prepares for Winter

  31-08-2026 18:25 via nyskiblog.com
  With the recent purchase of Cascade XC, there’s a palpable stoke in the Tri-Lakes ski community. Ever since the sale of the ski center by the Adirondack Mountain Club, people have been talking. Will it open this winter? What’s going on with the trails and the lodge? My first exposure to Cascade XC was in the late 1990s. My wife and I drove to Mt van Hoevenberg over the Saint Lawrence Winter Carnival weekend. Organizers cancelled Saturday’s races because the » Read More &r
  
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• August Snowfall Transforms Canadian Ski Resorts as Opening Day Approaches

  31-08-2026 17:34 via powder.com
  Can you hear it? Can you smell it? Can you feel it? Winter is coming, friends.
  Yes, each passing day is a step closer to snowfall and cold temperatures, but a handful of ski resorts in British Columbia and Alberta got an intense, albeit brief, preview of winter weather over the past weekend (August 29-30, 2026).
  See below for the best photos and videos from the storm.Kicking Horse Eagle Eye webcam, August 30, 2026.Kicking Horse
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  Kicking Horse, which operates a mountain bike park in
  
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• Faction Has A New Ski In Their 26/27 Collection

  30-08-2026 14:24 via powder.com
  It’s beginning to be our favorite time of year again, when the first hints of cold weather appear, perhaps a little snow dusts the high peaks, and we’re finally starting to think about what plans we may have for the upcoming winter. Of course, it’s also time when your local ski shop walls start filling in with skis, boots, and outerwear for next season. Just a few days ago, Faction Skis announced their all-new ’26/’27 product lineup, including a complete re-design o
  
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• Meet the 13 Athletes Nominated to the Inaugural U.S. Freeride Ski and Snowboard Team

  29-08-2026 12:04 via powder.com
  Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, skiers and snowboarders! The time to meet the inaugural U.S. Freeride Team is finally here.
  Following the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) announcement that freeride skiing and snowboarding would be included in the upcoming 2030 French Alps Games, U.S. Ski & Snowboard has officially announced its 13 nominees for its first ever Freeride team.
  Nominations include heavy hitters on the Freeride World Tour circuit, such as Ross Tester, Toby Raffo
  
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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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