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• Review: Women's Rab Khroma Converge Kit

  13-09-2024 17:00 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 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
  
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• Jackson Hole To Open Two New Restaurants This Season

  12-11-2024 21:23 via powder.com
  
  Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming, may be known for its heart-in-your-throat descents, but Epicureans will have something new to dig into at the mountain starting this December in the form of two new restaurants.The Tram Dock hugs the flanks of the Aerial Tram's lower terminal, and will replace the RPK3 restaurant. According to a recent press release, it's billed as a tribute to JHMR's past and present. The watering hole's decor features a blend of vintage iconography and select artifacts, i
  
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• 'Ski Film of the Year' Releases for Free on YouTube

  12-11-2024 20:36 via powder.com
  
  With a name like Circle of Madness, you might assume that the North Face’s new ski and snowboard film is the winter sports equivalent of Apocalypse Now, featuring athletes as they’re mentally and physically consumed by dark, unknown terrain.
  This flick, though, is more upbeat and straightforward, remaining in well-trod ski filmmaking territory. Breaks are taken to discuss planned lines, obligatory jump shoots appear, and the film builds towards one final breathtaking descent. But a t
  
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• Ferraris, Ski Bindings, Cheese, and Wine— Italy's Emilia-Romagna Valley

  12-11-2024 19:59 via powder.com
  
  The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you.Quality as a CultureIt can be said that Italians like nice things: fine wines, a delicious formaggio, fast red sports cars driven in fancy leather jackets, even high-tech ski touring bindings. In fact, there’s a famous valley outside of Bologna, Italy that produces all of those things: wheels of Parmigiano Reggian
  
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• A Case for 'Bro Boots'—Ski Touring's Latest Evolution

  12-11-2024 19:23 via powder.com
  
  The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you.Bro BootsWe gear editors talk a lot about silly trends in our industry—everything from the hottest outerwear colors for après, why hybrid bindings will change your skiing (or won’t), to the most versatile waist width for mid-winter pond skims. Most of the time, I’ll admit, these trends are in fa
  
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• Vermont's Snowiest Ski Resort Offering Free Lift Tickets for Opening Day

  12-11-2024 18:49 via powder.com
  
  Jay Peak, known as Vermont's snowiest ski resort with 347 inches of annual snowfall, is offering a special opportunity for opening day 2024—free lift tickets.Dubbed the 'Day For The Devoted', Jay is offering 750 free lift tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis for their scheduled opening on Friday, November 29, 2024. The tickets can be reserved online, and are still available at the time this article was published. According to Jay's social media caption, "everyone in the Jay Peak comm
  
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• Telemark Undead’s Daniel Papalia Gives Telemark DIY a Modern Spotlight

  12-11-2024 17:10 via powder.com
  
  DIY has long been central to the world of telemark skiing, its ethos playing a crucial role since time immemorial. But its character has not only entered a contemporary paradigm, pushing the gear ever forward, it has even infiltrated the world of social media, just as telemark has found more of a modern footing.Amongst the most visible entities in the telemark DIY scene is the Instagram account @the_telemark_undead, a compendium of homebrewed bindings and frankenboots–different parts from
  
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• Smith Optics Is Having An Insane 40% Off Warehouse Sale

  12-11-2024 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.Looking for the best deal on goggles you'll find this season? Smith Optics just opened up the doors to their annual warehouse sale, and their best goggles are now 40 percent off for a limited time. This includes models like the 4D MAG and Squad MAG, which were ranked among our best goggles of 2025.Here's a look at what you'll find:Smith 4D MAG (starting at $204)If you&rs
  
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• Oregon Ski Resort To Claim Earliest Opening in 15 Years

  12-11-2024 12:57 via powder.com
  
  The past week or so has been unusually kind towards skiers eager to notch those first turns of the season.Following the announcement of a historically early opening date from Mt. Bachelor, fellow Oregonian destination Mt. Hood Meadows has thrown its hat into the ring. Meadows plans to soft launch on November 15th, 2024 with operations continuing through November 17th. It's the ski resort's earliest opening in 15 years. Meadows typically aims to open around Thanksgiving weekend."It's such an incr
  
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• Why High-Tech Airbags Are Now Mandated for Downhill Skiers

  12-11-2024 12:04 via powder.com
  
  Late last week, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) convened and confirmed that airbags will be compulsory for athletes competing in the World Cup speed disciplines: Downhill and Super-G.
  “The adoption of airbags is part of a broader approach that involves all the factors that can minimize the risk of serious injuries: from the knowledge around weather conditions and track set-up to equipment such as cut-resistant undergarment and smart bindings,” said FIS secretary
  
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• Colorado's Snowiest Ski Resort Is 95% Open

  11-11-2024 23:24 via powder.com
  
  The “white ribbon of death” is a popular bit of early ski season nomenclature for a reason. Many North American resorts start their seasons with thin strips of man-made snow.
  The bigger stuff, like glades and bowls, tends to come later in December when the snowpack fills in. As skiers, we’ve come to expect that early November skiing only entails a handful of groomed runs.But Wolf Creek Ski Area, Colorado—the first resort in North America to offer lift-served skiing this s
  
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• Oregon's Largest Ski Resort Announces Earliest Opening Since '98

  11-11-2024 21:51 via powder.com
  
  Another contender—this time on the West Coast—has joined the ski resort opening date hustle. Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, will kick off its ski season on Friday, November 15, 2024.The pre-opening is for passholders only and will occur between November 15th and November 17th, with access to the Skyliner and Little Pine lifts. Nordic passholders will also have exclusive access to the resort’s cross-country trails this coming weekend."I couldn’t be more excited to kick off the seas
  
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• Locals React to Apology From California Ski Resort

  11-11-2024 20:24 via powder.com
  
  The saga of Homewood Mountain Resort, California, continues.Over the weekend, the resort reaffirmed that it will always be public via a social media post—and apologized for not being transparent about its plans—amidst ongoing pressure from local residents.In the social media post, Homewood explained that it exists in a challenging environment as a smaller ski resort, presumably referencing the financial difficulties that non-major ski resorts face. “We've certainly felt the pin
  
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• The "Unguided Missile" Dedicated to Improving Ski Touring Gear

  11-11-2024 17:01 via powder.com
  
  The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you.The Master and ApprenticeBy: Erme CatinoAs well known as Eric Hjorliefson is for his drifty turns and cat-like descents of pillow lines and steep alpine faces, he’s equally well known for his tinkering. From skis like the 4FRNT Renegade, to his eponymous Dynafit boot, Hoji has been altering the status quo in backc
  
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• Atomic and Arc'teryx Team Up To Create Badass Limited Edition Ski

  11-11-2024 15:00 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.Last year, Atomic debuted a brand new FWT-capable freeride ski: the Maverick 115 CTi. Designed with heavy input from FWT rider and Matchstick Productions film star Craig Murray, the Maverick 115 is an exceptional big mountain freeride weapon. No stranger to limited edition skis, with numerous special Bent Chetlers in the past (like the Benchetler Fasani Foundation v
  
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• Snow Cornices: Identification and Safety Tips for Skiers

  11-11-2024 12:06 via powder.com
  
  The mountains are unpredictable and dangerous by nature. Tree wells, avalanches, sheer cliffs—all these risks require that skiers possess keen navigation skills, particularly when they adventure outside the relatively safe bounds of their favorite ski resort.Among these pieces of the backcountry navigation puzzle are cornices: outcroppings of snow that appear on the leeward—downwind—side of ridgelines.
  When winds blow over a ridgeline, it gathers snow that deposits and forms th
  
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• Colorado Storm Totals Surpass 40 Inches— Plus Deep Forecast for Canada, Cascades

  10-11-2024 18:29 via powder.com
  
  November, 2024 has come in with a real bonus, with 3-4 feet being reported at several resorts.
  A system that provided moderate snow for much of Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado early last week stalled over the four corners. It cranked out impressive totals, with the highest resort snowfall in New Mexico favored by easterly upslope winds. Colorado was not far behind. Snow Totals, Last 7 Days- November 3-10, 2024:San Isabel (South of Colorado Springs): 54 inchesCuchara (Southern Colorado):
  
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• The 10 Best Ski Movies of All Time

  10-11-2024 18:05 via powder.com
  
  Freeskiing is unlike most other sports. Outside of a few big-ticket events each season, we don’t have the “big game” as a cultural touchstone. Stats and drafts don’t transfer fluidly to skiing as topics of conversation. If one pro skier starts dating another, it doesn’t make headlines—unlike the paparazzi-frenzy-inducing relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.So what do we talk about, and more broadly, consume as skiing fans? Ski movies. That&rsquo
  
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• How To Ski Moguls: 7 Essential Tips for All Skill Levels

  10-11-2024 12:24 via powder.com
  
  Moguls are skiing's most polarizing terrain feature.While East Coasters, starved for extreme terrain, live for firm-yet-edgeable moguls dotting their steepest cut trails, privileged Westerners view them as a nuisance, a visual reminder that it hasn't snowed in a while.No matter your opinion on moguls, there's one thing we can all agree on—it's hard to ski moguls well. That's unless you're an Olympic-level Mogul skier, of course. Those guys and gals are so good at skiing moguls that they ha
  
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• 15 of the Best Ski Resorts in Europe

  09-11-2024 17:00 via powder.com
  
  Traveling to ski is one of life’s greatest pleasures and a truly unique way to experience a foreign culture. Despite our international differences, anywhere with snow and some mountains speaks the universal language of skiing–and that’s something we can all bond over. If you’ve never skied in Europe, let’s just say that it’s well worth the effort of the long journey. Hey, modern skiing was invented over there, and the citizens of the Alps have all but perfecte
  
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• What Is Cat Skiing? A Beginner's Guide

  09-11-2024 12:13 via powder.com
  
  "Have you been cat skiing?"— You may hear this question uttered in a ski town bar or on a chairlift, but without the proper context, you could be left scratching your head with confusion.Contrary to the name, cat skiing doesn't typically involve any feline friends or companions. Instead, skiers ride in a vehicle known as a snowcat to reach backcountry peaks. If the thought of skiing untouched powder on a mountain void of chairlifts interests you, cat skiing could be your new favorite
  
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• Colorado Governor Declares Disaster Emergency

  08-11-2024 23:25 via powder.com
  
  Colorado Governor Jared Polis has verbally declared a disaster emergency and authorized the deployment of National Guard members as a large winter storm bears down on the Centennial State.“This declaration is necessary to have resources in place to support rescue efforts around the state,” a press release issued by Governor Polis’ office reads. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Governor Jared Polis (@govofco)
  The declaration also activates the Colorado State Emergency
  
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• Conditions Were Fantastic at Lake Tahoe's Opening Ski Day

  08-11-2024 23:23 via powder.com
  
  Smoke from a prescribed burn formed a thick ceiling that obscured the peaks of Martis Valley as I drove from Truckee, California to Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, Nevada.The thermometer on my CR-V displayed a bone-chilling 18 degrees Fahrenheit as I passed Northstar Ski Resort and began to climb towards Brockway Summit. I feared that I may have not dressed warmly enough, but as I reached the summit, and then descended into the Lake Tahoe Basin, the temperature began to rise. An inversion, I surmised.By the
  
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• From SpaceX to Backpacks, Kyle Siegel Is an Innovator

  08-11-2024 20:46 via powder.com
  
  The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you.Hyperspace TechnologyBy: Erme Catino“Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit’s dead there’s something wrong…” To many people outside of the ski culture, pulling the plug on a competitive internship and subsequent engineering job at SpaceX would seem rather drastic, especially for a young
  
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• The 5 Best Ski Resorts for a Weekend Getaway

  08-11-2024 20:30 via powder.com
  
  If it weren’t for skiing, winter would kind of suck. The gray, rain-soaked streets. Scraping ice off the windshield every morning. The sun setting the moment you finish work. Sure, the crisp air feels pretty great, but the all-consuming darkness is a real mood-ruiner. You know where it isn’t dark, gray, and soggy, though? The mountains. Bluebird weather and fresh snow are the ultimate cure-all—there’s nothing a few laps through the white stuff can’t fix.Realisticall
  
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• You Can Ski at These North American Resorts This Weekend

  08-11-2024 19:50 via powder.com
  
  It was a slow trickle at first, but lift access for the 2024-2025 ski season is becoming increasingly widespread throughout North America. Ski resorts in Utah, California, Alberta and, of course, Colorado are all preparing to welcome skiers this weekend. It’ll be the busiest stretch of the season thus far by a significant margin. Keep in mind that operating schedules can be a bit complicated this time of year as resorts manage early season weather. Some ski resorts, like Purgatory, Co
  
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• Mammut Issues Voluntary Recall on Barryvox 2 and S2 Beacons

  08-11-2024 18:38 via powder.com
  
  Mammut has issued a voluntary recall on their newly-released Barryvox 2 and Barryvox S2 avalanche beacons, due to a potential malfunction with the unit's power switch. It is possible that the unit can inadvertently switch modes between search and send, or turn itself off.Here's what Mammut says about the recall:The potential malfunction is based on an assembly issue. As a result, the main switch on the affected devices may be misaligned leading to unintentional switching from Send to Search mode
  
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• Review: Arva Mini 15+ Airbag Pack

  08-11-2024 18:00 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.Sometimes, smaller is better. That's especially true in the case of the Arva Mini 15+ Reactor avalanche airbag pack. Finding a pack that fits, especially one equipped with an avalanche airbag, is no easy feat for skiers with smaller torsos. Too often, the airbag portion of the pack (canister, trigger, and the balloon itself) takes up far too much volume to actually shrin
  
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• Faction Drops Drool-Worthy Limited-Edition Alex Hall Ski

  08-11-2024 17:12 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.One of the most stylish freestyle skiers of the current generation, Alex Hall, teamed up with his ski sponsor Faction to create a one-of-a-kind version of the venerable Studio 1 park ski. The Olympic champ and multiple X Games gold medalist has attained legendary status in the freeskiing world, wow-ing the community both on camera and on the competition stage. 
  
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• Up to 30 Inches of Snow Forecasted for Colorado, New Mexico

  07-11-2024 23:01 via powder.com
  
  Snow is currently underway in southeastern Colorado and northern New Mexico, the result of a strong cutoff low that's stalling over and slamming moisture into the region.Here are our predictions for additional totals around the state between Thursday, November 7 and Sunday, November 10, 2024. Keep in mind this is a big forecast window; a lot can change in that time:COLORADO:Steamboat: 1-3"Winter Park: 5-9"Arapahoe Basin/Loveland: 5-10"Breckenridge/Copper: 2-6"Vail/Beaver Creek: 2-6"Aspen/Snowmas
  
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