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• The 10 U.S. States With the Most Ski Resorts

  11-01-2025 12:12 via powder.com
  
  Most folks pick their ski vacation based on one destination to ski at. But if you were to try and hit as many resorts as possible in one state for whatever reason, you'd be surprised where you'll find the most. Although some of the nation's most prominent resorts are in states like Wyoming and Utah, the states that actually have the most ski resorts per capita might surprise you. Keep reading for a list based on data from the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA).(NSAA tallies the number of ski
  
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• Las Vegas' Ski Season Extended

  09-04-2025 21:37 via powder.com
  
  Las Vegas isn't a ski town per se, but with Lee Canyon ski area just a 45 minute drive from The Strip, there are plenty of skiers in the growing population center.Lee Canyon recently announced that Mother Nature delivered more than 60 inches of snow in March and early April, enough to extend their season by a couple of weeks.
  The resort will now remain open for skiing and riding seven days a week through Sunday, April 20, 2025, a respectably-late closing date for a southern ski area.Johnny DeGeo
  
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• April Showers Dump 12" of Snow on New England Ski Resorts

  09-04-2025 21:01 via powder.com
  
  The New England ski season may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean spring showers—and spring powder turns—are out of the question. Several ski areas in the region have seen a significant refresh this week.“If you took your snow tires off, audibly wished for 75 degrees and sunny, put away your snow blower for the year, or went looking for bathing suits at TJ Maxx—to that, Ullr calmly said ‘hold my beer,’” Jay Peak Resort, Vermont, wrote in its mo
  
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• The Freeride Revolution Is Growing at Sugar Bowl's Silver Belt Classic

  09-04-2025 20:58 via powder.com
  
  Professional big mountain and freeride skier Xander Guldman had a big idea back in 2023— Let's relaunch Sugar Bowl's iconic Silver Belt Classic race as a unique freeride event.Sugar Bowl President and CEO Bridget Legnavsky hopped on board, and 2024's inaugural relaunch of the Silver Belt Classic was incredible, to say the least. The crowd was mesmerized as the athletes took advantage of a unique freeride venue enhanced with manmade features, but this wasn't a casual walk through the park.T
  
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• Colorado Ski Resort To Build New Lift This Summer

  09-04-2025 19:19 via powder.com
  
  Purgatory Resort, Colorado, will construct a new chairlift this summer and develop up to five new trails and connectors per a recently announced capital investment project.
   The ski area will temporarily close Purgatory Bike Park this summer to make way for the construction project.The new lift, dubbed the Gelande, is a fixed-grip triple chairlift manufactured by Skytrac that will travel to the looker’s left of the Needles lift. According to a press release shared by Purgatory, the pr
  
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• How Pro Skier Chris Rubens Helped Atomic Design His Dream Ski

  09-04-2025 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.As skiers, we make choices everyday. Should I get up early for first tracks? How many layers do I need? What ski am I riding? We watch weather like it’s our job, we read reviews and make calculated purchases of new gear or a season pass. We plan our calendars so we can ski as much as possible around life’s other obligations. Over the years, this process becom
  
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• Colorado Skier Dodges Frightened Bear in Viral Video

  09-04-2025 17:50 via powder.com
  
  A video of a black bear running across a popular ski trail in Colorado is making its rounds across the internet this week.According to ABC7, the video was filmed at Keystone Resort, Colorado on the 'Schoolmarm' trail by Nathan Lynch, an employee of the resort on Sunday, April 6, 2025. Schoolmarm is Keystone's famous three mile long trail that serves as a popular thoroughfare for beginner skiers and families.Lynch told Storyful, a video aggregator site, that he heard through the grapevi
  
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• What Is Pond Skimming? Spring Skiing’s Wildest Tradition

  09-04-2025 13:00 via powder.com
  
  The snow has to stop falling, and the snow has to melt. Skiing, that thing we love so much, is time-sensitive. Each year, the expiration date arrives, and as everyone else is celebrating the end of the long, dark winter, we’re left mourning the turns that will have to wait until next fall.But winter doesn’t quietly dissolve into muddy nothingness. Instead, skiers the world over know how to give the coldest season of the year a warm departure with raucous closing-day parties. Common a
  
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• Unique Summer-Only Ski Area Plans To Open Despite "Low Tide"

  09-04-2025 12:30 via powder.com
  
  The conditions at Beartooth Basin, Wyoming—a summer-only ski area near Yellowstone National Park—look "kinda low tide," according to an update shared by the ski area's team on social media. In skier's parlance, that means there isn't much snow.Still, after being closed last summer due to low snowfall, Beartooth Basin is aiming to reopen for skiing and riding come May.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Beartooth Basin Ski Area (@beartoothbasin)
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• Could a Mainstream Manufacturer Come Back to Telemark?

  09-04-2025 01:05 via powder.com
  
  Long ago, during a time much different than today, telemark wasn’t just en vogue. It held the distinction of being the technique of the backcountry skier in North America. That cachet stoked strong demand, and the telemark marketplace of the new millennium teemed with gear. Years before social media and smartphones, when ski towns were quiet and affordable and the jamband ethos still had strength, legacy free-heel models abounded while new SKUs routinely came to market–even from alpi
  
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• Meet Priority 1, the Natural Selection Tour Ski Venue

  08-04-2025 22:35 via powder.com
  
  The mythos and suspense associated with the Natural Selection Tour’s first ski outing are growing day by day. We’ve already learned which skiers competed in the event—Sam Kuch, Manon Loschi, Hedvig Wessel, to name a few—and know that the competition was crafted, in part, by a stacked Advisory Committee that included the likes of Chris Benchetler and Kristi Leskinen.We also know that the competition has already happened. In March, the NST athletes traveled to Alaska and th
  
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• Michigan Ski Area Wants To Stay Open Until Memorial Day

  08-04-2025 20:14 via powder.com
  
  For several major Western resorts, the end of the ski season is in sight. But at Boyne Mountain, Michigan, the journey towards a Memorial Day closing date could be just getting started.The ski area plans to offer weekend skiing through April 20. Then, it wrote in a social media post, "We're riding Victor until Mother Nature pulls the plug. Memorial Weekend warriors, we might just see you on the slopes." Views of Boyne Mountain's Mountain Express.Photo: Boyne MountainWant to keep up wit
  
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• There's Nothing Quite Like Mammoth Mountain's Second Season

  08-04-2025 19:47 via powder.com
  
  “You can’t get sunburned going skiing, Matt. It’s too cold.”For whatever reason, this ignorant statement ran through my head as I walked across the sun-soaked tarmac of Bishop, California, in late-June of 2023.
  The childhood classmate who uttered the sentence also accused me of wearing ski goggles at the beach to fake getting sunburned.
  I chuckled to myself. If she couldn’t wrap her head around getting sunburned in April, I wondered how she would react to skiing in
  
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• For Boo, the Grizzly Who Lives at a Ski Resort, Nap Time Is Over

  08-04-2025 18:48 via powder.com
  
  Boo, the grizzly bear who lives in a 20-acre enclosure beneath Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, British Columbia’s Golden Eagle Express gondola, has risen from his winter dormancy.The hulking bear dropped 112 pounds as he rested and now weighs 758 pounds. The weight loss, according to a social media post shared by Kicking Horse, is a normal part of winter dormancy for grizzlies.
   Here’s a look at Boo doing grizzly bear things, courtesy of Kicking Horse.Boo Bear Kicking Horse (0:46
  
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• Maine Ski Area Reveals New Trail Map

  08-04-2025 18:19 via powder.com
  
  Rad Smith, one of the most prominent resort mapmakers in skiing, is showing off his latest creation.The artist turned his brush to the trails and slopes of BigRock Mountain, Maine, and detailed his process from start to finish on X. This is the final product.Signed, sealed and delivered!The new, hand painted trail map for BigRock Mountain is officially complete. It will be so exciting to see this ski area in Maine using their new trail map next season. Thanks for trusting me with this project, B
  
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• Bikini-Clad Skiers to Race for Free Ikon Pass at Crystal Mountain, WA

  08-04-2025 13:02 via powder.com
  
  Downhill skiing? In a bikini or board shorts?That's the promise of Crystal Mountain, Washington's Bikini Downhill, which is scheduled to return this coming weekend on Saturday, April 12, 2025. If you've ever wanted to feel the breeze between your knees while skiing, now's your chance.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.Racing down the Bikini Downhill course in 2022. Photo: Cou
  
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• New "Chondola" Proposed at New Mexico Ski Area

  07-04-2025 21:57 via powder.com
  
  Just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sandia Peak Ski Area has proposed replacing its Lift 1 with a hybrid ropeway capable of carrying chairlifts and gondolas, colloquially known as a “Chondola.”The plans, briefly detailed in a letter attributed to District Ranger Kenneth Born, would see the removal of Lift 1’s upper and lower terminals. The existing walkway at the upper terminal would be replaced with an ADA-compliant alternative.Lift 1, a Stadeli two-seater, was installed
  
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• 600 Inches of Snow: Alaska's Premiere Ski Resort Hits Season Milestone

  07-04-2025 21:41 via powder.com
  
  Alyeska Resort, known for being Alaska' largest and most robust ski resort, is celebrating an impressive snowfall milestone today, April 7, 2025.The resort is known for drastically varying snowfall totals based on elevation, but the top of the Glacier Bowl Express (GBX) typically has one of deepest seasonal snowfall totals of any ski resort in the world. As of today, the top of GBX has recorded a whopping 630 inches (16m) of snow on the season.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in
  
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• Death Reported at Maine's Largest Ski Resort

  07-04-2025 20:34 via powder.com
  
  Maine news outlets are reporting on the death of a skier that took place at Sugarloaf, the state's largest ski resort, on Saturday, April 5, 2025.Details related to the incident are sparse, but a spokesperson confirmed with WMTW that the, "untimely death" of a guest took place around 9 a.m. on Saturday.
  "Out of respect and privacy for the family we are unable to share any additional details but express our deepest sympathy to the family for their loss," writes the Sugarloaf spokesperso
  
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• Shuttered Tahoe Resort Will Reopen Next Season

  07-04-2025 20:33 via powder.com
  
  After a delayed development timeline and complications with a proposed master plan forced Homewood Mountain Resort, California to suspend ski operations this winter, the ski area has announced that it'll once again welcome skiers and snowboarders next season.Passes for the winter of 2025 and 2026 are now listed on Homewood's website and include offerings like the Unlimited Pass, the Value Pass, and the True Local Pass. The latter will only be available to those living between Tahoe City and Rubi
  
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• RIP Ellie Curtis: 26-Year-Old Skier Dies at Palisades Tahoe

  07-04-2025 17:59 via powder.com
  
  Ellie Curtis, a former ski racing champion at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, passed away at Palisades Tahoe, California on Saturday, April 5, 2025.The incident occurred on Ahhh Chute, a challenging trail on Palisades' famous KT-22 lift. Curtis was skiing with old friends and new, including myself. Ski patrol responded to the scene within two minutes, but Curtis ultimately passed away from her injuries.Dartmouth College and Curtis' hometown of Waitsfield, Vermont are reeling from the loss, a
  
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• RIP Ellie Curtis: 25-Year-Old Skier Dies at Palisades Tahoe

  07-04-2025 17:59 via powder.com
  
  Ellie Curtis, a former ski racing champing at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, passed away at Palisades Tahoe, California on Saturday, April 5, 2025.The incident occurred on Ah Chute, a challenging trail on Palisades' famous KT-22 lift. Curtis was skiing with old friends and new, including myself. Ski patrol responded to the scene within two minutes, but Curtis ultimately passed away from her injuries.Dartmouth College and Curtis' hometown of Waitsville, Vermont are reeling from the loss, and
  
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• Stevens Pass Backtracks on New Parking Reservation Plan

  07-04-2025 17:08 via powder.com
  
  Stevens Pass, Washington upset many passholders when they announced a new paid parking reservation system for the Winter 25/26 season on February 28, 2025.The new system would require a $20 parking reservation on all weekends and holidays for nearly every vehicle. The only exceptions would be made for vehicles with four or more passengers, vehicles with a single adult and two children 12 and under, and guests using ADA parking.The comments section of Stevens Pass' posts were flooded with words o
  
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• The 6 Best Ski Resorts for Easter 2025

  06-04-2025 14:23 via powder.com
  
  This year, Easter falls on April 20, right smack in the middle of spring skiing season. Some resorts are closing this month; others are gearing up to keep the lifts spinning through May. Our advice? Check the calendar and get an April excursion to the mountains on the books. Powder might be the holy grail, but dipping your ski-boot-clad toes into some late-season action is the next best thing.These are six resorts worth checking out over Easter.
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• Utah Ski Resort Auctioning Historic Lift Chairs

  06-04-2025 13:12 via powder.com
  
  In the market for a chairlift? Snowbasin Resort, Utah, has the goods.The mountain is selling off chairs from the Becker lift, which, this summer, is set to be replaced with a new high-speed detachable quad.
   The chairs from the decades-old triple are available through an auction held for the benefit of the Snowbasin Sports Education Foundation (SSEF), a local non-profit that offers several ski coaching programs for kids.You can participate in the auction by following this link.Want to keep
  
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• The 5 Best Summer Ski Camps: Where To Train and Ski in the Off-Season

  06-04-2025 12:36 via powder.com
  
  Skiing doesn't have to stop when summer arrives. At several camps, kids can learn new skills across several ski disciplines while shredding real snow during the warmer months. With the hopefully temporary loss of Momentum's summer program at Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, the North American nexus of these ski camps is Timberline Lodge, Oregon. Summer camp—skiing or otherwise—isn't always cheap. But if you're looking to give your kiddo lasting memories, shipping them out s
  
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• What Is Ski Mountaineering? A Beginner's Guide

  05-04-2025 14:02 via powder.com
  
  Skiing in the backcountry can look a number of different ways. Anything from skiing out a gate at a resort for a quick backcountry lap to a short ski tour for some low-angle pow turns an all-day mission for a specific line can constitute backcountry skiing.
  But at what point does backcountry skiing turn into mountaineering? Or maybe the question is when should mountaineering start involving skiing? Here's a breakdown of what exactly constitutes ski mountaineering, what you need for it, and a few
  
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• Vail Resorts To Lay Off 64 Corporate Employees

  05-04-2025 12:56 via powder.com
  
  Vail Resorts has filed notice to close an operating unit in Broomfield, Colorado, and lay off 64 employees as part of its previously announced “Resource Efficiency Transformation Plan."The impacted roles were detailed in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice submitted by Vail Resorts Wednesday, and include positions like “Coordinator: HR Shared Services,” and “Specialist: HR Generalist.” The first layoffs are expected to begin June 2
  
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• What Is a Couloir? A Guide To Skiing Steep, Technical Terrain

  05-04-2025 12:22 via powder.com
  
  Couloir? If you've ever found yourself scratching your head while some headband-wearing, pot-smoking ski bum tells you about the rowdy line they just skied using foreign terminology, you can thank the French.
  Couloirs, unsurprisingly, earned their name in the land of brie and baguettes, but you don't need to book an international flight to find these natural terrain features. They pockmark the slopes of ski resorts throughout North America, too.Here's what you need to know.Want to keep up with t
  
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• Montana Ski Area Extends Season After Receiving Foot of Snow

  04-04-2025 23:00 via powder.com
  
  Montana Snowbowl, a small ski area outside Missoula, Montana, has decided to extend its ski season for just a bit longer after receiving one foot of new snow.Thanks to the late-season storm, Snowbowl skiers can enjoy one more weekend. The ski area is pausing its operations between April 7 and April 10 and will reopen on April 11. On April 13—the last day of operations—Snowbowl will host a free end-of-season barbecue, which will run as long as supplies last, starting at around 11 a.m.
  
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