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• Vail Resorts Buys Swiss Ski Resort for $120MM+

  02-05-2024 21:07 via powder.com
  
  Today, Vail Resorts—the conglomerate purveyors of the Epic Pass—officially purchased Crans-Montana Mountain Resort, a Swiss ski resort. The planned acquisition was first announced this past November.The Crans-Montana village.@ Didier Marti/Getty Images"We are thrilled to add Crans-Montana Mountain Resort as our second owned and operated ski area in Switzerland," said Kirsten Lynch, chief executive officer of Vail Resorts. The conglomerate also owns Andermatt-Sedrun
  
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• Green Lakes State Park

  28-07-2026 14:30 via nyskiblog.com
  Upstate New York is filled with state parks. I’ve lived within an hour of the Syracuse region for my entire life, but I had never heard of Green Lakes State Park until about 10 years ago when I first started dating Farah. Since then we have spent plenty of time in the park and it has become one of our favorite spots to visit. The lakes were formed 15,000 years ago at the end of the ice age by waterfalls » Read More »
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• Skier Applications Open for Freeride Competition at the "End of the World"

  28-07-2026 12:02 via powder.com
  Fancy a trip to compete in backcountry slopestyle at the “end of the world”? Consider moseying on over to the Backcountry Invitational website, where, right now, you can submit an application for the upcoming event in Ushuaia, Argentina.The application includes the expected questions: social links, recent footage, sponsors—things like that. Those selected don’t just get to compete in Ushuaia. They’ll also get three nights of lodging, lunch, and access to all the con
  
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• More Parking, More Snowmaking, and Avalanche Control: Arapahoe Basin Proposes Improvements

  27-07-2026 20:23 via powder.com
  Arapahoe Basin (A-Basin), Colorado, hopes to expand its parking and snowmaking, alongside adding remote avalanche control systems, in a slew of projects that, according to a Forest Service document, are meant to accommodate early-season ski demand, increase staff safety, and make for an easier experience as skiers arrive at the mountain.The proposal includes expanding A-Basin’s snowmaking by about 65 acres, with approximately 4.4 miles of new snowmaking lines. The snowmaking infrastru
  
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• More Parking, More Snowmaking, and Avalanche Control: Arapahoe Basin Proposes Improvements

  27-07-2026 20:23 via powder.com
  Arapahoe Basin (A-Basin), Colorado, hopes to expand its parking and snowmaking, alongside adding remote avalanche control systems, in a slew of projects that, according to a Forest Service document, are meant to accommodate early-season ski demand, increase staff safety, and make for an easier experience as skiers arrive at the mountain.The proposal includes expanding A-Basin’s snowmaking by about 65 acres, with approximately 4.4 miles of new snowmaking lines. The snowmaking infrastru
  
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• New York Ski Resort Uses Explosives To Widen Popular Trail for Next Season

  27-07-2026 19:48 via powder.com
  Ever wondered if your favorite ski trail was a result of Mother Nature's handiwork or if it came to be in some other way?
  While some trails are happy, geological accidents, others are literally blown up.
  Plattekill Mountain, New York, recently posted videos to its social media accounts showing the process of using explosives to widen a popular ski trail. The ski area contracted an explosives company to help with the operation, which involved drilling into the ground to place hydromite.
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• New York Ski Resort Uses Explosives To Widen Popular Trail for Next Season

  27-07-2026 19:48 via powder.com
  Ever wondered if your favorite ski trail was a result of Mother Nature's handiwork or if it came to be in some other way?
  While some trails are happy, geological accidents, others are literally blown up.
  Plattekill Mountain, New York, recently posted videos to its social media accounts showing the process of using explosives to widen a popular ski trail. The ski area contracted an explosives company to help with the operation, which involved drilling into the ground to place hydromite.
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• New Mexico's First High-Speed Six-Person Ski Lift Nears Completion

  27-07-2026 19:11 via powder.com
  At Angel Fire ski resort, work on New Mexico’s first high-speed six-pack chairlift is almost complete.Aptly called the Angel Express, the lift recently underwent load testing, a process that simulates the weight of skiers and snowboarders. To do that, Angel Fire’s lift maintenance crew, along with engineers from Summit Install and Leitner Poma, used a technique you may have seen at other ski resorts: they filled trash cans with water and strapped them to the lift’s chairs.
  
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• New Mexico's First High-Speed Six-Person Ski Lift Nears Completion

  27-07-2026 19:11 via powder.com
  At Angel Fire ski resort, work on New Mexico’s first high-speed six-pack chairlift is almost complete.Aptly called the Angel Express, the lift recently underwent load testing, a process that simulates the weight of skiers and snowboarders. To do that, Angel Fire’s lift maintenance crew, along with engineers from Summit Install and Leitner Poma, used a technique you may have seen at other ski resorts: they filled trash cans with water and strapped them to the lift’s chairs.
  
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• World's Top Trail Runners Take On New Course Through Cortina's Nine Olympic Venues

  27-07-2026 18:00 via powder.com
  Five months after the Olympic flame was extinguished in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the venerable Italian Dolomites ski resort celebrated its Olympic heritage by hosting the inaugural Cortina 56-26 Legacy trail races.Nearly 300 competitors vigorously ascended and descended the Ampezzo valley’s scenic trails, woodlands, and ridges, while taking in panoramic vistas of a place that has been home to memorable winter sports competitions over many decades, highlighted by Cortina’s 1956 and mo
  
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• World's Top Trail Runners Take On New Course Through Cortina's Nine Olympic Venues

  27-07-2026 18:00 via powder.com
  Five months after the Olympic flame was extinguished in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the venerable Italian Dolomites ski resort celebrated its Olympic heritage by hosting the inaugural Cortina 56-26 Legacy trail races.Nearly 300 competitors vigorously ascended and descended the Ampezzo valley’s scenic trails, woodlands, and ridges, while taking in panoramic vistas of a place that has been home to memorable winter sports competitions over many decades, highlighted by Cortina’s 1956 and mo
  
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• Meet Lizzy Schofield, Arapahoe Basin's First-Ever Female Ski Patrol Director

  26-07-2026 11:57 via powder.com
  Founded in 1946, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area has, over the years, grown significantly, seen different owners, and established itself as a hotspot for diehard skiers along Colorado’s I-70. But through all those decades, its ski patrol team has never had a woman at the helm, until now.Earlier this month, A-Basin named Lizzy Schofield as its new ski patrol director. With more than a decade of experience in a historically male-dominated industry, she said she felt proud to earn the role. &ldq
  
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• Meet Lizzy Schofield, Arapahoe Basin's First-Ever Female Ski Patrol Director

  26-07-2026 11:57 via powder.com
  Founded in 1946, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area has, over the years, grown significantly, seen different owners, and established itself as a hotspot for diehard skiers along Colorado’s I-70. But through all those decades, its ski patrol team has never had a woman at the helm, until now.Earlier this month, A-Basin named Lizzy Schofield as its new ski patrol director. With more than a decade of experience in a historically male-dominated industry, she said she felt proud to earn the role. &ldq
  
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• Inside the Huge, 100-Plus Inch Blizzard at Ski Portillo

  25-07-2026 16:58 via powder.com
  Alec Blossom tends to treat South American snow forecasts with skepticism. As a longtime instructor and guide at one of Chile’s best-known ski resorts, Portillo, he said promising systems can always disappear or shrink before they make landfall.Earlier this month, that was how he felt as headlines and social media pages began detailing what, supposedly, was going to be an enormous cycle in South America. Just 100-plus inches of snow, no big deal.“We're kind of looking at that fo
  
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• Inside the Huge, 100-Plus Inch Blizzard at Ski Portillo

  25-07-2026 16:58 via powder.com
  Alec Blossom tends to treat South American snow forecasts with skepticism. As a longtime instructor and guide at one of Chile’s best-known ski resorts, Portillo, he said promising systems can always disappear or shrink before they make landfall.Earlier this month, that was how he felt as headlines and social media pages began detailing what, supposedly, was going to be an enormous cycle in South America. Just 100-plus inches of snow, no big deal.“We're kind of looking at that fo
  
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• Free Ski Map Guessing Game Brings 'Wordle' to the Mountains

  24-07-2026 20:11 via powder.com
  A few years ago, the New York Times bought Wordle, a simple but devilishly clever word game from software engineer Josh Wardle.
  Since then, the game’s become a household object, with fans—or addicts, depending on who you ask—logging in each day to test their skill and luck. Now, skiers have something of an equivalent. Based more on the geography-focused Wordle spin-off Worldle, Resortle uses ski area maps rather than words or locations (try saying that ten times fast).&nbs
  
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• Free Ski Map Guessing Game Brings 'Wordle' to the Mountains

  24-07-2026 20:11 via powder.com
  A few years ago, the New York Times bought Wordle, a simple but devilishly clever word game from software engineer Josh Wardle.
  Since then, the game’s become a household object, with fans—or addicts, depending on who you ask—logging in each day to test their skill and luck. Now, skiers have something of an equivalent. Based more on the geography-focused Wordle spin-off Worldle, Resortle uses ski area maps rather than words or locations (try saying that ten times fast).&nbs
  
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• New Flights Added for Skiers From PDX To Steamboat Springs, Colorado

  24-07-2026 19:13 via powder.com
  Pacific Northwest skiers looking to change up their Cascade cement ski days now have the option for a direct flight to the home of Champagne Powder.
  On July 23, 2026, Alaska Airlines announced a brand-new seasonal nonstop flight from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Yampa Valley Regional Airport (HDN), which sits just outside Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
  The new route begins operations on February 11, 2027, and will fly direct from Oregon to Colorado on Thursdays and Saturdays through Mar
  
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• New Flights Added for Skiers From PDX To Steamboat Springs, Colorado

  24-07-2026 19:13 via powder.com
  Pacific Northwest skiers looking to change up their Cascade cement ski days now have the option for a direct flight to the home of Champagne Powder.
  On July 23, 2026, Alaska Airlines announced a brand-new seasonal nonstop flight from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Yampa Valley Regional Airport (HDN), which sits just outside Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
  The new route begins operations on February 11, 2027, and will fly direct from Oregon to Colorado on Thursdays and Saturdays through Mar
  
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• New Hampshire Ski Area Names New General Manager

  24-07-2026 18:52 via powder.com
  Ragged Mountain, New Hampshire, has a new general manager, Alan Wickstrom, officially set to start on August 17, 2026.The name Wickstrom may be familiar to locals. Previously, he led mountain operations at Ragged. And for the past four years, he worked as vice president of operations at Loon Mountain, “helping run one of the largest, most complex operations in the Northeast,” Ragged wrote in a social media post.“He’s a Danbury local, a passionate Ragged skier, and—a
  
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• New Hampshire Ski Area Names New General Manager

  24-07-2026 18:52 via powder.com
  Ragged Mountain, New Hampshire, has a new general manager, Alan Wickstrom, officially set to start on August 17, 2026.The name Wickstrom may be familiar to locals. Previously, he led mountain operations at Ragged. And for the past four years, he worked as vice president of operations at Loon Mountain, “helping run one of the largest, most complex operations in the Northeast,” Ragged wrote in a social media post.“He’s a Danbury local, a passionate Ragged skier, and—a
  
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• New HBO Comedy Will Focus on Ski Resort Lifties and Corporate Takeovers

  24-07-2026 17:52 via powder.com
  "I have a show in development," actor and comedian Jimmy Tatro told the hosts of the Pardon My Take podcast on the Wednesday, July 22, 2026 episode. "It's a comedy about four best friends that live on a snowboard mountain that gets bought by an Ikon Pass type of a company, and their mountain is about to start getting, like, gentrified.""It's just like a half-hour comedy that we sold to HBO, and we're just waiting on a final word," Tatro tells the hosts.While the series' release date and cast hav
  
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• New HBO Comedy Will Focus on Ski Resort Lifties and Corporate Takeovers

  24-07-2026 17:52 via powder.com
  "I have a show in development," actor and comedian Jimmy Tatro told the hosts of the Pardon My Take podcast on the Wednesday, July 22, 2026 episode. "It's a comedy about four best friends that live on a snowboard mountain that gets bought by an Ikon Pass type of a company, and their mountain is about to start getting, like, gentrified.""It's just like a half-hour comedy that we sold to HBO, and we're just waiting on a final word," Tatro tells the hosts.While the series' release date and cast hav
  
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• Chile's Famous Ski Resort Begs Public To Stop Snow Dances: "We Want To Ski!"

  24-07-2026 12:25 via powder.com
  How much snow is too much snow? The folks at Ski Portillo, Chile, are finding out the answer the hard way.One of the strongest winter storms in the continent's history has finally parted, but not before dumping a mind-melting 466cm (183 inches) of snow over the last seven days. In other words, it has snowed 15 feet in seven days, which is too much to operate a ski resort safely.The slopes of Ski Portillo have been closed for most of the week, except for a few windows of calmer weather, and the r
  
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• Chile's Famous Ski Resort Begs Public To Stop Snow Dances: "We Want To Ski!"

  24-07-2026 12:25 via powder.com
  How much snow is too much snow? The folks at Ski Portillo, Chile, are finding out the answer the hard way.One of the strongest winter storms in the continent's history has finally parted, but not before dumping a mind-melting 466cm (183 inches) of snow over the last seven days. In other words, it has snowed 15 feet in seven days, which is too much to operate a ski resort safely.The slopes of Ski Portillo have been closed for most of the week, except for a few windows of calmer weather, and the r
  
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• Mammoth Mountain Teases Opening Day for Upcoming Season

  23-07-2026 21:30 via powder.com
  What are you doing right now? Mowing your lawn? Drinking some iced tea? Getting your tan on?Well, dear reader, we are here to inform you that Mammoth Mountain, California, has announced its intended opening day for the 2026-27 season: like previous winters, the ski resort is shooting for November; Friday, November 13, 2026, to be exact, according to a resort spokesperson.Such announcements have become something of a summer hype-cycle tradition. Last year, Mammoth Mountain broke the news&nbs
  
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• Mammoth Mountain Teases Opening Day for Upcoming Season

  23-07-2026 21:30 via powder.com
  What are you doing right now? Mowing your lawn? Drinking some iced tea? Getting your tan on?Well, dear reader, we are here to inform you that Mammoth Mountain, California, has announced its intended opening day for the 2026-27 season: like previous winters, the ski resort is shooting for November; Friday, November 13, 2026, to be exact, according to a resort spokesperson.Such announcements have become something of a summer hype-cycle tradition. Last year, Mammoth Mountain broke the news&nbs
  
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• Oregon Mountain Bikers Rejoice: Mt Bachelor Opens Flagship Downhill Trail

  23-07-2026 20:14 via powder.com
  Central Oregon downhill bikers rejoice; the best lift-accessed downhill trail in Bend opened for the season on July 23.
  Mt Bachelor Bike Park will officially open Redline on Thursday at noon, after a rainstorm Wednesday night primed the dirt for opening day.
  Compared to Bachelor's other trails, Redline takes a little extra work to open for the season. Trail crew has been setting up irrigation, which has to be taken down and set up at the start and end of each summer, and fixing parts of the trai
  
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• Oregon Mountain Bikers Rejoice: Mt Bachelor Opens Flagship Downhill Trail

  23-07-2026 20:14 via powder.com
  Central Oregon downhill bikers rejoice; the best lift-accessed downhill trail in Bend opened for the season on July 23.
  Mt Bachelor Bike Park will officially open Redline on Thursday at noon, after a rainstorm Wednesday night primed the dirt for opening day.
  Compared to Bachelor's other trails, Redline takes a little extra work to open for the season. Trail crew has been setting up irrigation, which has to be taken down and set up at the start and end of each summer, and fixing parts of the trai
  
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• Jackson Hole Announces Free Summer Shuttle

  23-07-2026 19:49 via powder.com
  Jackson, Wyoming, like many ski towns, doesn’t sit directly at the foot of a ski resort (well, it does—let’s not forget about the smaller, lesser-known Snow King), meaning visitors often have to sort out how to get from their lodging to Teton Village. Or vice versa.For the rest of the summer, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and the Teton Village Association are making that equation easier. Together, they announced a new free shuttle connecting Town Square and Teton Village from Ju
  
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