• Best Crossover Resort/Ski Touring Boots of 2025

    Best Crossover Resort/Ski Touring Boots of 2025
    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 Safe Bet: Salomon Shift Alpha BOA 130For the Adventurous: Fischer RC4 Pro MV DYN BOA Zip FitHistorically, there’s been a deep divide between touring, or AT (Alpine Touring) boots, and pure inbounds, or Alpine boots. Sure, brands have tried for years to bridge that gap with the holy grail, a boot that skis as well as your favorite alpine boots but can still
  • Top 3 Epic Road Trips for Hardcore Skiers

    Top 3 Epic Road Trips for Hardcore Skiers
    The ski road trip might be a dying breed. With the popularity and convenience of flying, loads of snowsports travelers get by with boarding passes and airport shuttles. That’s plenty good, but piling into the car with your best pals, while arguably less practical, will always hold a certain romantic allure.Maybe it’s that things inevitably get screwed up—while that flat tire during a blizzard might suck in the moment, it’ll make a great story to tell your kids one day. Wh
  • Can These Locals Buy an Oregon's Largest Ski Resort?

    Can These Locals Buy an Oregon's Largest Ski Resort?
    It’s a dream often posed by starry-eyed skiers: what if everyone you knew pooled their money together and bought a ski resort?Bend, Oregon, area locals Chris Porter and Dan Cochrane want to make a version of that dream a reality. POWDR Corp., Mt. Bachelor’s current owner, announced plans to sell the resort last month. Porter and Cochrane are leading a local group in an effort to buy it.Just a 25 minute drive away, Bend is where many Mt. Bachelor skiers call home.Photo: ianm
  • Review: Rab Men's Khroma Diffuse Kit

    Review: Rab Men's Khroma Diffuse Kit
    Powder aims to feature only the best products and services.If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.Rab has been on the forefront of making high end mountaineering and skiing apparel for the past few years, but it's taken a while for the UK-based brand to truly gain popularity on this side of the pond. Their new men's Khroma Diffuse GTX jacket and pants might well change that, with an excellent combination of features and fit that will make most any resort and backcoun
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  • Review: Women's Rab Khroma Converge Kit

    Review: Women's Rab Khroma Converge Kit
    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 UK-based manufacturer Rab has been on the forefront of making high-end  mountaineering and skiing apparel for the past few years, but it's surprisingly taken a while for these products to get recognition in North America. Their new women's Khroma Converge GTX jacket and pants might well change that, with an excellent combination of features and fit that will mak
  • Utah's First Snowstorm of the Season Is Inbound

    Utah's First Snowstorm of the Season Is Inbound
    Utah skiers enjoy more snowfall than nearly every location on the planet, but the Beehive State's peaks have been surprisingly spared from early season snow thus far.Like the Bat-Signal illuminated over Gotham, popular snow forecasting outlet The Powder Buoy posted an exciting announcement on September 12, 2024. The season's first storm is coming, and it could be more than a dusting. See below.The Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of Utah combines three primary modeling systems t

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