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• Drunk Snowboarder "Extracted" by Rope at Colorado Resort

  11-04-2025 00:00 via powder.com
  
  Have you ever gotten so drunk in the mountains that you fell unconscious, and the ski patrol had to use a rope to haul you to safety?
   If you answered “no” to that question, thanks for keeping it clean, and let the following serve as a cautionary tale.Recently, one snowboarder at Keystone Resort, Colorado, did, in fact, overindulge to the point that ski patrol had to get involved, according to a short statement shared by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.Want to keep up w
  
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• Deep Photos From Arapahoe Basin's May 2025 Powder Day

  07-05-2025 21:35 via powder.com
  
  There's a reason Arapahoe Basin, Colorado has earned the nickname 'May Basin,' and this year is no exception. A-Basin received seven inches of snow throughout Tuesday, May 6, and another four inches between 5 a.m. and noon on May 7, 2025. Temperatures have stayed in the mid-20's and low 30s making for soft, winter-like turns and conditions. There's a dusting still in the forecast through the weekend with totals in the 1-2" range, but things should stay soft and fresh enough for some all tim
  
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• Bode Miller To Be Inducted Into US Olympic Hall of Fame

  07-05-2025 20:27 via powder.com
  
  U.S. alpine ski racing legend Bode Miller will join the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame class of 2025 alongside big names like tennis star Serena Williams and Nike co-founder Phil Knight.The class, which includes 12 individuals and two teams, will be inducted during a ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday, July 12, 2025.“We’re proud to welcome the Class of 2025 into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame and to honor the extraordinary accomplishments
  
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• NST Ski Drops Limited Edition Artwork & Merch

  07-05-2025 20:00 via powder.com
  
  Natural Selection Tour (NST) Ski has released a limited edition run of prints and merch on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 to commemorate the event's first run.In the past, NST has commissioned a piece of art to go along with each event and sold copies signed by athletes that competed in the event. Throughout the last few years of NST Snow events, they've worked with several artists with a range of styles.For all events across the Natural Selection Tour this year, NST teamed up with artist Mike Parillo t
  
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• Donner Ski Ranch Makes Tough Decision on Closing Day

  07-05-2025 19:04 via powder.com
  
  Donner Ski Ranch, one of the last still-operating ski areas in the Lake Tahoe, California, region, will likely end its skiing and snowboarding operations following a planned opening on May 10 and May 11, 2025 due to rising temperatures, and a rapidly dwindling snowpack.Once Donner Ski Ranch closes, Palisades Tahoe will be the only place to ride the lifts and ski around Lake Tahoe.While Palisades Tahoe is larger and more well-known, Donner Ski Ranch has an edge over the neighboring destination: a
  
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• New York Man Caught Booby Trapping Bike Trails Red-Handed

  07-05-2025 17:09 via powder.com
  
  As the seasons change, so do our hobbies. For many of us here at POWDER, spring and summer means a return to recreating on two wheels.That's why a troubling story about booby-trapped bike trails by Eyewitness News ABC7NY caught our attention this morning, May 7, 2025.According to the news outlet, 44-year-old Jeffrey Jarvis of Peekskill, New York was arrested on April 29, 2025 after he was caught sabotaging mountain bike trails at Blue Mountain Reservation, a popular area for mountain biking just
  
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• Killington Closing Temporarily: "Mother Nature Has Taken Its Toll"

  07-05-2025 15:22 via powder.com
  
  Skiing in Vermont in the month of May is... challenging.Killington is known for having one of the longest seasons in the entire country, let alone the East Coast, but the replacement of the resort's famous Superstar Express has altered spring operations this year. Instead of skiing the beloved Superstar Glacier, skiers and riders are enjoying terrain accessible from the Canyon Quad.The resort is holding on until every last drop of snow melts, as is tradition, but recently made an important annou
  
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• How X Games Medalist Alex Schlopy Rebuilt His Life After Addiction

  07-05-2025 14:46 via powder.com
  
  Alex Schlopy was for a time, one of freeskiing’s foremost rising stars. He began skiing professionally at age 14, and took gold in several of the sport's highest caliber venues, like the X Games, Dew Tour, and the FIS World Championships.
   But when he narrowly lost a spot on the U.S. team set to compete in freeskiing’s 2014 Olympic debut in Sochi, Russia, Schlopy spiraled. His interest in competitive skiing waned, he lost his sponsors, and he started to fall into depression. In
  
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• Mammoth Mountain Announces Bike Park Opening Day

  07-05-2025 14:37 via powder.com
  
  Ever wanted to ski and bike on the same day?Mammoth Mountain, California, expects to host a limited opening of its bike park on May 23, 2025. Simultaneously, the ski resort plans to remain open for skiing and riding through Memorial Day weekend (at least).So, between May 23 and the end of Memorial Day weekend, you can carve slush in the morning and slash dirt in the afternoon—and maybe longer.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The Peo
  
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• How a Skateboard Helped Chris Benchetler Film Climbing at Night

  07-05-2025 13:12 via powder.com
  
  Chris Benchetler has released the latest behind-the-scenes look into his new film project, and this week he's swapped skis for skateboards. Benchetler's new project, Mountains of the Moon, sets the best action sports athletes across skiing, snowboarding, surfing, mountain biking, climbing, and diving in surreal nightscapes backed by the music of the Grateful Dead. What we've seen so far has some of our favorite athletes decked out in glowing skeleton suits getting after it by night in some
  
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• The First Recap for Level 1's 'SuperUnknown 22' Just Dropped

  07-05-2025 12:04 via powder.com
  
  SuperUnknown 22 has come and gone, but forthcoming recaps of the event, whether videos or photos, mean that we’ll be able to savor one of freeskiing’s best spring skiing throwdowns for a little longer.This year, Level 1, the organizers of SuperUnknown, mixed up the program. Instead of dropping one recap cut, they invited four filmmakers to capture the competition and produce their own videos. The best of the four videos will earn a cash prize, as voted on by the athlete roster and me
  
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• New 'Ski Train' Approved for Steamboat, Colorado

  06-05-2025 20:37 via powder.com
  
  Colorado Governor Jared Polis has a singed a historic lease with the Union Pacific Railroad that will unlock a host of possibilities for a new ski train. The lease replaces the one signed in 1926 for Colorado's Moffat Tunnel and also includes a 25-year access agreement for Mountain Passenger Rail, as well as the purchase and sale of the Burnham lead line.
  This new agreement ensures continued freight operations from Denver through the Moffat Tunnel, which lies just off Highway 40 near Winter
  
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• Burke Mountain, VT Finally Has a New Owner

  06-05-2025 19:46 via powder.com
  
  After several years of ski area ownership purgatory, Burke Mountain, Vermont has been officially purchased and is under new ownership. On Friday, May 2, 2025, Bear Den Partners closed on their purchase of Burke Mountain Resort in East Burke, VT.
  Prior to the sale, the resort had been in federal receivership since 2016. The resort's previous owner, Ariel Quiros, was sentenced to five years in federal prison in 2022 for his role in the largest fraud case in Vermont history. Jay Peak, which wa
  
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• Azerbaijan Signs Surprising Partnership With FIS

  06-05-2025 19:29 via powder.com
  
  Is Azerbaijan a world-class ski destination? The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), the leading snow sports governing body, thinks it could be.The organization and the nation’s state tourism agency have agreed to a partnership that positions Azerbaijan as a snow sports Global Destination Partner with the FIS, according to a press release shared by the FIS on Tuesday.The partnership makes Azerbaijan a premium partner of the FIS World Championships across all disciplines. The
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin Announced as Owner Of New Pro Soccer Team

  06-05-2025 19:00 via powder.com
  
  Mikaela Shiffrin, the greatest and winningest skier of all-time, has been announced as a member of the ownership group of Denver NWSL, a yet-to-be-named expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).The club made the announcement via press release on May 6, 2025. Shiffrin, a native of Colorado and avid supporter of professional sports teams based in Denver, is a "perfect addition to our ownership group," said Rob Cohen, controlling owner of Denver NWSL.The move marks Shiffrin's fir
  
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• Essential Gear for Spring Multi-Sport Missions

  06-05-2025 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.It’s 8:30 a.m. in the Cody lot at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, and I’m coiling a 70-meter rope (yes, a rope) as tightly as possible, hoping it’ll fit in my pack alongside my avy gear and climbing shoes. A handful of quickdraws make the rounds, jingling and clanking between us like hot potatoes, before finally landing on the sturdy shoulders of our desi
  
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• 2 Feet of Snow Buries New Mexico, Colorado Is Next

  06-05-2025 15:53 via powder.com
  
  The upslope spring storm that fired Monday morning is still cranking. Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico has claimed over 20 inches of increasingly blower snow, and the moisture plume now pivots squarely into Colorado where 5–8″ of light‐to-mid-density powder will pile up Tuesday night into Wednesday (May 6-7, 2025).
  Conditions trend warm and spring-like again by Thursday afternoon—hit it while it’s deep.  Check out Taos' impressive accumulation already:Want to k
  
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• New Power Lines Will Hopefully Fix Mt. Bachelor's Lift Problems

  06-05-2025 15:23 via powder.com
  
  Powdr Corp. has some much-needed upgrades in the works at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon.The winter was filled with speculation about who would buy Mt. Bachelor after Powdr Corp announced that the mountain was for sale in fall of 2024.
  As expected, there were rumors about the two main players in ski area ownership, Alterra Mountain Company and Vail Resorts, wanting to add 360 degrees of Central Oregon volcano skiing to their respective rosters.
  A group of local enthusiasts also made national headlines as
  
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• Maine Community Rallies $1.6 Million to Save Local Ski Area Lift

  06-05-2025 15:08 via powder.com
  
  A ski area in Maine has raised enough money to replace a crucial piece of infrastructure.Earlier this year, Titcomb Mountain's Lift #2 began experiencing mechanical issues that ultimately closed the lift for the remainder of the season. The lift itself was installed in 1973 after being relocated from Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire where it was originally installed in 1953, and had held on for an impressively long stint of time. In March of 2025, mountain management received information fr
  
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• Chile's Most Famous Ski Resort Announces Opening Day

  06-05-2025 14:55 via powder.com
  
  One of the southern hemisphere's most popular ski areas has announced their opening day for the 2025 ski season. Flakes have started to fall in South America and Chile's Ski Portillo will open to skiers on June 21, 2025, according to a recent announcement by the resort. Portillo is slated to spin lifts until September 27, 2025, conditions and weather permitting.Following a record breaking beginning to the 2024 season, Ski Portillo is ready for another fantastic and record breaking southern
  
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• Ralph Lauren Reveals New "Decorative" Skis That Cost $2,000

  05-05-2025 21:29 via powder.com
  
  High end luxury brand Ralph Lauren has joined the likes of Balenciaga and Prada in releasing branded skis and a snowboard.
  The Ski '92 Graphic Decorative Skis are available on their website for a cool price of $1,950. The limited edition skis are printed with the brand's iconic 'Ski '92' motif from their Fall 1992 collection, and some boots that looking shockingly like the new Atomic Remedy 130s. Only 15 sets of the maple & poplar skis were made as part of the limited edition collection.&nbs
  
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• Despite 475 Inches of Snow, Jay Peak’s Season Is Almost Over

  05-05-2025 20:53 via powder.com
  
  Jay Peak, known for being Vermont's snowiest ski area, is almost ready to wrap up one of its "most epic" seasons in history, but not without one final weekend of skiing and riding.Jay announced today, May 5, 2025 that it will attempt to reopen on Friday, May 9, conditions and weather permitting. "After a wild, wonderful, and very snowy run, we are temporarily closed for midweek operations. We're pushing for a Friday reopen, conditions permitting, but we’ll see how things go," writes Jay in
  
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• Deep Spring Snowfall Blankets New Mexico & Colorado Ski Resorts

  05-05-2025 17:19 via powder.com
  
  Our friends at Powderchasers warned us that a strong winter storm could dump 3-15 inches of snow across New Mexico and southern Colorado into this week. As of the morning of May 5, 2025, it appears they nailed the forecast.The storm is still making its way across the state of Colorado today when it's expected to hit ski resorts in Summit County, but resorts like Taos Ski Valley and Red River are sporting 3-10 inches of new snowfall with the potential for another foot to fall before the end of We
  
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• Is Kye Petersen Teasing A Secret Völkl Freeride Ski In This Spy Shot?

  05-05-2025 17:11 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.It all started with a short hint dropped during the Natural Selection broadcast a few weeks ago, when competitor and freeride legend Kye Petersen slyly mentioned a new prototype Völkl he brought out onto the glacier with him. Then, they started appearing heavily on Petersen's instagram account as he finished out his ski season riding huge backcountry lines in Alaska
  
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• Lindsey Vonn Praises Leo Messi at Inter Miami Game

  05-05-2025 16:00 via powder.com
  
  Fresh off an incredible comeback season at age 40 that included a second place finish in the World Cup Finals held in Sun Valley, Idaho back in March, Lindsey Vonn is firmly back in the mainstream's focus.Vonn spends a significant amount of time each year in Miami (she owned at least one $4mm property with ex-boyfriend Diego Osorio as recently as 2024), and was asked on Sunday, May 4, 2025 to participate in the honorary coin toss ahead of a match between Inter Miami CF and New York Red Bulls in
  
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• Cornice Exploded Ahead of Summer Ski Area's Opening Day

  05-05-2025 15:14 via powder.com
  
  The United States has one 'summer-only' ski area, meaning the lifts only spin in the months of May, June, and July, but after a brief hiatus due to low snowfall, Beartooth Basin, Wyoming is BACK.The unique ski area is for sale according to its website, but based on a few social media posts this spring, including an explosive video posted yesterday, May 4, 2025, all signs point to Beartooth reopening for the first time in two seasons.Beartooth shared the following video of avalanche mitigati
  
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• These 7 Charming Mountain Towns Are Perfect for Families

  05-05-2025 14:35 via powder.com
  
  While we can't deny how enticing a family beach vacation sounds, when you want to switch it up a bit, mountain towns are a great way to spend a long weekend or week away, getting some fresh air and fresh scenery. Whether you're hoping for an all-out family ski trip over the winter or a little high alpine summer fun, mountain towns are often teeming with fun outdoor activities, events, and great local dining and shopping.
  What makes up a "true" mountain town could be up for debate, but the for su
  
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• The 6 Best Ski Resorts in Japan

  03-05-2025 16:00 via powder.com
  
  If you’re reading this, you’re probably already aware that the skiing in Japan is really, really good. Heck, they even named a whole month after it–Japanuary. With upwards of 400 established ski resorts and many lifetimes worth of backcountry skiing in the country, the unique terrain, bottomless powder, onsens, and delicious food provide full immersion in a culture unlike anywhere else on the planet. With so many options to choose from, we understand that it can be difficu
  
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• What Is Glacier Skiing? Everything You Need To Know

  03-05-2025 13:12 via powder.com
  
  Glacier skiing? It sounds scary, we know, but in the context of ski resorts, sliding down glaciers isn’t just normal and safe; it’s a lot of fun. If you’ve ever wanted to ski year-round without leaving the northern hemisphere, these hulking, icy masses might be involved.Here are the basics.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.What Is Glacier Skiing?Glaciers are large, long-enduring bl
  
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• Colorado Braces for up to 15 Inches of Snow

  02-05-2025 18:57 via powder.com
  
  Just when you thought winter was over, the snow gods are returning with a good punch of winter weather beginning Sunday, May 4, 2025 in the Four Corners, and then extending into a vast portion of the Front Range Mountains in Colorado.
  Some hefty snow totals are possible above 8500 feet by Tuesday. Expected Snow Totals Through Tuesday Night, May 6th, 2025 for Open Ski ResortsWinter Park: 10-15 inchesLoveland Ski Area: 8-12 inchesArapahoe Basin: 8-12 inchesBreckenridge: 5-11 inchesMammoth, Ca
  
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