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• Alyeska Surpasses 700 Inches of Seasonal Snowfall

  15-04-2025 19:52 via powder.com
  
  With just two weeks left in the ski season, Alyeska Resort has hit more than 700" of snowfall for the year.As of April 15, the iconic Alaska ski area has received 726" of snow this year and has a summit base depth of 197". On average, Alyeska receives 663" of snowfall a year, which means they're almost 100" above average.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.A look at Alyeska's season total.Photo&co
  
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• A Telemark Skier Has Their Faith Shaken

  22-04-2025 17:00 via powder.com
  
  I have something to come clean on. And it’s a funny little thing to admit for this monogamous free-heel skier with a dedicated telemark column of all things. This was the first season since I picked up the genuflecting technique that I questioned my faith in telemark skiing.While it hasn’t amounted to a full blown identity crisis, this soul-searching on what I had long regarded as The Turn of Turns has surprised this devout free-heeler. Perhaps naively, I had thought: “This was
  
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• Insta360 Drops New AI-Powered X5 Action Cam

  22-04-2025 15:03 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.A decade ago, action sports filming was dominated by one brand, arguably the inventor of the POV "action cam." That brand was GoPro, and pretty much anyone who ever spent time at a ski area, a mountain bike trail, or a beach had likely seen one. A few years ago, a second player entered the game that challenged the status quo: Insta360. The brand out of Shenzhen, China, t
  
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• Flower Skate Shop Rail Jam 2025

  22-04-2025 14:10 via nyskiblog.com
  In a sea of brown on the Tug Hill, a small slushy island of snow remained. Steel statues protruded from the snow, monuments to the season passed. Delicately arranged by the guys at Flower Skate Shop and Nick at Snow Ridge, the features were ready. This oasis was set to provide one last chance for park riders to slide some steel. For the 5th year in a row, riders came from far and wide for the end of season rail » Read More »
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• The 6 Best Summer Jobs for Skiers

  22-04-2025 13:30 via powder.com
  
  Ski season coming to an end might not just mean the end of your favorite sport but also the end of your seasonal job.If you've been working at a ski area over the winter, spring can mean it's time to find a new way to make some money to pay that ski town rent. Luckily, you're not alone, and there are tons of folks out there who work seasonally year after year.Whether you're hoping to keep working outside or take a job that gives your body a bit of a break from whatever you've put it through over
  
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• New York Ski Area Says Goodbye to Two Chairlifts

  22-04-2025 13:00 via powder.com
  
  The ski season at Whiteface Mountain, New York, concluded Sunday, as did the operating tenures of two aging two-seater chairlifts at the resort—the Mountain Run and Little Whiteface.This summer, they’re both scheduled to be dismantled and replaced by one double Skytrac chairlift that Whiteface general manager Aaron Kellett told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise will likely be ready to operate by the beginning of next ski season.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing
  
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• What Ski Areas Are Still Open in Colorado?

  21-04-2025 21:59 via powder.com
  
  Colorado skiers rejoiced last week as a late-season storm dropped several inches on resorts across the state. Some ski areas saw almost a foot of powder before their lifts stopped spinning on Sunday.For several ski areas, the April refresh was the perfect way to celebrate the closing weekend. For others, it's just another refill as the season treks on.There are still several resorts open in Colorado for skiers who are not quite ready to hang up their boots and enjoy runoff season just yet. Keep
  
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• Skier Death Reported at New Hampshire Ski Area

  21-04-2025 21:19 via powder.com
  
  A skier was killed in an accident at Black Mountain in Jackson, New Hampshire, over the weekend, according to local authorities.The Jackson Police Department said in a press release that they responded to calls of the accident at 5:51 pm on Sunday, April 20. The initial report stated that the victim had gone off the trail and was seriously injured. There were no witnesses to the accident, and a passing skier first reported it, police said.Ski patrollers arrived to offer assistance on the Upper M
  
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• Bomb Squad Arrives After Suspected Hand Grenade Found at Vermont Ski Area

  21-04-2025 20:44 via powder.com
  
  Lone ski boots, old poles, a pair of discarded, scratched goggles—these are the sorts of things you might find in a ski area parking lot in the spring. But a hand grenade? That has to be a new one.The suspected hand grenade was found at a Vermont nordic skiing center on Friday, according to Vermont State Police.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.View this post on InstagramA post shared by
  
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• Skiing Every Day? Colorado Ski Area Honors Diehard Guests

  21-04-2025 20:21 via powder.com
  
  Steamboat Springs is home to some of the most diehard skiers and outdoors people left in Colorado. As Steamboat Resort celebrated its closing day over the weekend, it also celebrated an elite crew of some of the most dedicated skiers and riders around.A small group of people were recognized for skiing every single day of the 2024/25 season at Steamboat. That's 148 consecutive days of putting on ski boots, commuting to the mountain, and skiing at least one run, no matter the conditions. In t
  
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• Best Accessories For Ski Travel

  21-04-2025 17:56 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.These days, airline travel has undoubtedly turned into a nightmare, one only exacerbated when you're lugging ski bags and extra gear around the globe. However, traveling to ski can be one of the best parts of the winter, whether you're chasing storms to hunt pow turns, embarking on a bucket list ski touring trip in a faraway range, or returning to a favorite destination
  
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• Not Afraid of Heights? Visit One of These 6 Ski Resorts' Via Ferrata Routes

  21-04-2025 13:00 via powder.com
  
  Via ferrata, which is Italian for "iron path," is one of the best ways to experience the high alpine terrain of a ski area in the summer. These unique climbing routes are equipped with iron rungs and steel cables fixed into the mountainside to make technical terrain more accessible and navigable. Think like your summer camp ropes course, but on much cooler terrain. The routes originated in WWI in the Dolomites to aid soldiers in moving through alpine terrain. After WWII, the Italian Alpine
  
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• The 5 Best Ski Resorts for Rock Climbing in North America

  20-04-2025 13:00 via powder.com
  
  Skiers are often climbers, and vice versa. It makes sense. While skiing a steep line or climbing a tough route are separate experiences, they capture a similar, free feeling that's hard to find elsewhere. It's tempting to pick one of these two activities and go all-in—any hardcore skier or climber will tell you that full commitment produces the best results.
  But being a well-rounded mountain person is desirable, too, and variety helps keep things interesting. At these five resorts, you can
  
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• Top 8 Ski Tips for Beginners From POWDER Staff

  20-04-2025 12:45 via powder.com
  
  Skiing has a reputation for being difficult to approach. It’s expensive, cold, and, to be frank, quite hard. Few other sports require excellent hand-eye (hand-foot?) coordination while taking place in a literal outdoor icebox. Try to avoid being daunted, though. The hurdles associated with skiing, while large, are worth overcoming. Stellar views and new friends wait on the other side.
  These are eight tips from POWDER's staff to help you get started.The right gear can make all the differenc
  
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• 5 Ideas for an Epic Springtime Bike-to-Ski Trip

  19-04-2025 14:00 via powder.com
  
  For some folks, the coming of spring means time for chill days of slushy skiing and time spent on two wheels for a break from ski boots. For others, melted-out roads mean an opportunity to make ski touring even harder (or more fun) by adding a bike ride as well.
  Whatever your motivation, spring is an incredible time for multi-sport missions in a number of locations. Hypothetically, you can bike-to-ski anywhere that you can ride a bike to and then strap skis on. However, some places have seasonal
  
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• Was Natural Selection Tour Ski a Success? The POWDER Staff Weighs In

  19-04-2025 13:00 via powder.com
  
  It was a bit hard to stay focused at work on Thursday. From the snow conditions to the filming, the POWDER crew spent much of our time blowing each other up with messages and comments about the Natural Selection Tour Ski event. We were fired up. We're sure the rest of the ski community has plenty to say about the inaugural competition, too, so we thought we'd take those thoughts, flesh them out a bit, and get the conversation started.What follows are a few of our takes on one of skiing's wildest
  
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• Arizona Ski Area Extends Ski Season by Four Days

  18-04-2025 23:18 via powder.com
  
  At Arizona Snowbowl, the ski season will stick around for a little longer.The ski area is extending its season thanks to early-season snowmaking and grooming efforts and solid March snowfall.
   In a four-day season extension, the mountain will now be open for a bonus weekend from May 2 to May 5.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Arizona Snowbowl (@azsno
  
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• Colorado Ski Areas Welcome Spring With Fresh Powder

  18-04-2025 22:36 via powder.com
  
  Spring might have sprung in some places, but Colorado ski areas are getting another dose of winter. Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.
  Even though many resorts are closed now, quite a few of them picked up 6-plus inches of snow over the last 24 hours and have more on the way. A-Basin, which is still open, got the bulk of the goods with 7 inches of fresh overnight on Thursday, April 17. Sun
  
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• Snow in Hawaii? Winter Weather Advisory in Effect for the Big Island

  18-04-2025 22:13 via powder.com
  
  Snow? In Hawaii? It’s not as wild as it might sound.The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory through Saturday morning for the Big Island’s summits.
   The advisory, which expires at 6 a.m., notes that up to two inches of snow could accumulate. During the period, the National Weather Service warned that travel could be very difficult, with blowing snow reducing visibility.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powde
  
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• Why an Aussie Ski Area Put Waste Bins on a Chairlift

  18-04-2025 21:27 via powder.com
  
  As the North American ski season winds down, the southern hemisphere is just gearing up for winter. In fact, mountain ops teams have spent a lot of the summer gearing up and doing maintenance to make sure the mountain is ready to go when the first flakes fall. Australia's Mt. Buller has been doing some routine lift testing and giving the public an inside look into some of their processes.
  Every five years, the mountain does a full load test on their chairs to ensure they're running properly
  
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• Top Skiers Dazzle in Historic Alaskan Competition

  18-04-2025 19:35 via powder.com
  
  Before we get started, a quick note—this article includes the results from the first-ever Natural Selection Tour Ski event. If you're hoping to avoid spoilers and would rather watch the replay, click here.The world finally got to see the ski event that's had us guessing for months now. Although the actual contest took place a few weeks back on an incredible Alaskan face, the athletes and the Natural Selection team have done an incredible job keeping it under wraps. In a multi-hour show tha
  
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• How To Set Up Your Bike To Go Skiing

  18-04-2025 18:01 via powder.com
  
  As snowline starts creeping higher and higher into the mountains, our local resorts close, and our beloved powder stashes transition into springtime corn, accessing skiing can get harder and harder to do. Luckily, you might have an ace up your sleeve sitting right there in your garage. Rig that bike up and pedal to go skiing!We’re all about multi-sport days here at POWDER, especially in the spring when longer daylight hours and warmer temps mean more time for activities. However, rigging y
  
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• Midwest Ski Area Stores Heaps of Snow for Fall Ski Session

  18-04-2025 17:22 via powder.com
  
  This ski season might be over at Trollhaugen, a small ski area in Wisconsin, but locals are already thinking about the next one.
   In an effort to host an October festival called Open Haugen that includes a rail jam with real snow, the ski area's crew has harvested and stashed an enormous pile of the white stuff. All summer this stash will live beneath insulated tarps before being unveiled when October arrives so skiers can catch a pre-season taste of winter.Want to keep up with the best sto
  
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• How To Store Your Ski Gear for the Summer

  18-04-2025 13:00 via powder.com
  
  It's hard to say (or admit) when our last turns of the season will be, but for those of us who don't plan on making any volcano pilgrimages or trips to Chile, we'll have to store our gear eventually. Even if it's just for a few months, it's well worth storing your gear thoughtfully and correctly to make sure you don't have to do tons of maintenance next season or buy something new because it was stored improperly. Here are the best end-of-season practices to make sure your ski gear stays in tip-
  
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• Non-Profit Idaho Ski Area To Offer "Bonus Weekend" of Skiing

  17-04-2025 22:52 via powder.com
  
  Don’t stow those skis quite yet—at Bogus Basin, Idaho, the season is set to continue just a bit longer.In a press release shared this week, the ski area announced that it’ll offer skiing and riding for an additional bonus weekend on April 19 and April 20.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Bogus Basin 📍 Boise, Idaho (@bogusbasin)
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• Another Michigan Ski Area Could Be Open in May

  17-04-2025 21:42 via powder.com
  
  Skiing in May? For fans of Mount Bohemia, Michigan, that possibility is looking more and more likely.This week, the ski area wrote on social media that it expects to be open weekends into May.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Mount Bohemia (@mountbohemia)
  Consistent seasonal snowfall has surely helped those plans. Since winter began, Mount Bohemia has rece
  
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• Powder Piling Up for Closing Day at Montana Ski Area

  17-04-2025 20:18 via powder.com
  
  Montana's Red Lodge Mountain is in for one heck of a closing weekend.The ski area has received plenty of snowfall already this season, including 10 inches in the last 24 hours and a total of 18 inches in the last seven days, according to its snow report. The ski area is currently closed for the week between April 14 and 17 but will reopen on April 18 and 20 for their final operating weekend of the season.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To T
  
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• California Ski Resort Shares Success of Parking Reservations

  17-04-2025 19:30 via powder.com
  
  As the season winds to a close, Palisades Tahoe is celebrating the success of its parking reservation system, which was implemented at the beginning of last season and continued through the 2024/2025 season.
   The system required guests to make a reservation for the resort on weekends and holidays. The free reservations opened online each Tuesday at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. Paid advance parking reservations were available, too. Weekday parking remained on a free first-come first-serve basis with t
  
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• Three U.S. Skiers Qualify for the Freeride World Tour

  17-04-2025 17:58 via powder.com
  
  It’s official. Next winter, three U.S. skiers are headed to the Freeride World Tour among the nine total qualifying athletes. The rest of the graduating class is mostly Canadian, aside from one Argentinian skier, Agostina Vietti.
   Here’s the complete list of the upcoming 2026 rookies from the Americas Region.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.The A-Basin venue was chock-full of freer
  
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• The 9 Best Disc Golf Courses at Ski Areas in the U.S.

  17-04-2025 16:35 via powder.com
  
  Scenic lift rides, ziplines, bike parks—ski resorts know how to keep outdoors-inclined folk interested long after the snow melts. Another category of summertime recreation available at some resorts and skis areas, disc golf, is worth a look, too.
   Disc golf pairs mellow (or, sometimes, strenuous) hikes with a unique coordination challenge, presenting an excellent way to get outside for those who love spending time at altitude but sometimes get bored without an accompanying activity. S
  
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