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• Titus Mountain: Cold Powder

  10-01-2025 01:15 via nyskiblog.com
  In 2013, I discovered a valuable life hack: skiing on my birthday is a great way to forget I’m getting older. Ever since that day I’ve made it point to ski Plattekill on the anniversary of my entrance into the world. The joy of skiing drives out any thoughts associated with the inevitable passage of time. In years when my birthday falls on a day when the lifts aren’t spinning at Plattekill, I’ll ski it on the closest operating day. » Read More »
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• Lindsey Vonn Claims 6th and 4th as Impressive Comeback Continues

  13-01-2025 22:28 via powder.com
  
  The naysayers may have just been silenced.During a pair of World Cup races in St. Anton, Austria, Lindsey Vonn—during her return to ski racing after a multi-year hiatus—claimed 6th place and 4th place.
   Vonn earned the 6th place finish during Saturday's downhill race. Downhill is her preferred discipline—she holds a record 43 wins in the event."That was fun," Vonn told broadcaster Eurosport after the race. "I still made a couple of mistakes, I know I can be faster.Lindsey
  
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• Weather Window Adjusted for First FWT Competition of Season

  13-01-2025 21:59 via powder.com
  
  The Freeride World Tour (FWT) has added two additional dates to the weather window of its Baqueira-Beret, Spain, competition, which, according to the organization, will “ensure optimal conditions before a forecasted heatwave.” The competition is the first of the 2025 FWT season.The two additional dates—January 16th and 17th—are ahead of the original weather window scheduled between January 18th and January 23rd. Now, the competitors could drop in between the 16th and the
  
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• 10 Ski Stereotypes You'll Encounter at Every Resort

  13-01-2025 21:54 via powder.com
  
  Try as we might, we skiers can’t help but exist within one of a few genres that, realistically, embody something resembling the dreaded “S” word. Backcountry skier and frontside skier are a few of the obvious ones, but the list of prospective skiing stereotypes is larger than the usual, broad categories targeted to market gear. This is our list. Ever wondered if you fit into a skiing stereotype? Keep reading to find out. This park skier opted for a bright kit, but dar
  
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• Alabama Skiers Celebrate First Open Slope in "Years"

  13-01-2025 21:30 via powder.com
  
  Our friends in the Southeast are getting a taste of Old Man Winter, and some rare time on the slopes. Over this past weekend, Alabama's only ski area, Cloudmont, opened fully for the first time in five years. Following a winter storm warning for the area, the ski area received 1-2" of snow, and with a little help from man-made snowmaking efforts, it proved just barely enough to cover the area's modest slopes. Cloudmont opened for a half day of skiing at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Ja
  
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• Large Moose Startles Unsuspecting Colorado Skiers

  13-01-2025 20:01 via powder.com
  
  Tourists, powder hounds, and—wait for it—one large moose. This was the crowd that actress Alicia Leigh Willis Foust encountered during a recent trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado.Foust caught the moose on video as it trudged through Steamboat’s base area. Tap or press play on the embedded video to watch.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Alicia Leigh Willis Foust (@alicialeighwillis)
  According to a blog post from Steamboat, moose sightings aren’t uncommon a
  
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• Multiple Skiers Killed in Avalanche

  13-01-2025 19:52 via powder.com
  
  Five skiers were caught in an avalanche in Italy's Piedmont region on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Three of the skiers were fully buried and did not survive the slide.The avalanche occurred just after noon on an eastern ridge of Punta Valgrande, a peak on the border between Italy and Switzerland in the Lepontine Alps. The skiers were ascending the peak via crampons when the face above them broke and carried three of the party around 400 meters downhill. Two witnesses alerted Piedmont Alpi
  
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• The 7 Most Popular Ski Resorts in the U.S.

  13-01-2025 19:10 via powder.com
  
  Certain ski resorts seem to appear on every 'best of' list, but do the hard numbers actually match the reputation? Well, it's pretty hard to say, at least in the U.S.
  A lot of ski areas keep their exact skier visits per year under wraps for a bunch of different reasons. Luckily, there are several different organizations that will report on total skier visits per state or region. So, using estimates and rough numbers, this is what we dug up as far as the most popular resorts in the U.S. based on
  
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• Ski Patrollers Unionize at Popular Colorado Ski Area

  13-01-2025 17:16 via powder.com
  
  The ski patrollers of Colorado's Arapahoe Basin Ski Area have voted to unionize, according to a social media post on Sunday, January 12, 2025."We will officially become a part of the CWA 7781 United Mountain Workers," writes a representative of The Arapahoe Basin Ski Patrol Union (ABSP). "This pushed everyone mentally and physically but in the end we have come together and decided to unionize."Local organizer Ryan Dineen told Denver7 that the vote to unionize passed 30-22, but that results still
  
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• The 2025 K2 Anthem BOA 125 W Is Among The Stiffest Women's Ski Boots

  13-01-2025 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.In the Fall of 2023, K2 joined the handful of brands introducing BOA® technology into alpine ski boots. Building off of their original lineup of women’s Anthem boots, the K2 Anthem BOA 125W was released in Fall 2024 and is one of the stiffest and most aggressive women’s freeride boots that K2 has released to date. Featuring the BOA® Fit System, a BOA-
  
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• La Niña Has Finally Arrived— What it Means for Skiers

  12-01-2025 18:41 via powder.com
  
  La Niña conditions finally arrived last month, and for us powder hounds, that’s big news. The tropics might be thousands of miles away, but shifts in the Pacific’s sea surface temperatures can influence the jet stream, storm tracks, and ultimately how our mountain ranges stack up this winter. Let’s dig into what this La Niña means for the mid-season snow forecast.An example La Niña ocean temperature anomaly - notice the cooler Pacific waters off the coast o
  
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• The 8 Best Places to Ski in January

  12-01-2025 12:32 via powder.com
  
  The new year is upon us, but the ski season is really only getting started. If you need vacation after the holiday vacation (because, let's face it, sometimes you do), there are certain factors that make some places better to ski in January than other months. For some, it's proximity. For others, it's slope aspect and elevation of terrain if they tend to see less snow throughout the month. In general, resorts that receive more than 300 inches of snowfall annually and have a smaller standard
  
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• Watch This Epic Freeride Skiing Competition for Free

  12-01-2025 08:00 via powder.com
  
  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, 2025 is shaping up to be one heck of a damn year for freeride fans.
  The Freeride World Tour will deliver its first event of the season in a few short days, the Natural Selection Tour has brought skiing into the fold, Sugar Bowl’s Silver Belt is back, and this weekend, you can tune in live to catch the Nendaz Backcountry Invitational for the cool price of zero dollars.Check it out below.The Nendaz Backcountry Invitational kicks off at 9
  
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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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• Celebrity Ski Resorts: Top 6 Ski Destinations for Celeb Sightings

  11-01-2025 12:00 via powder.com
  
  Celebrities—they're just like us! They also love skiing powder, a good après drink or party, a high-end ski town meal and hotel, and spending their money on ski gear. If you're out on the slopes or treating yourself to an Aperol Spritz après at one of these mountains, don't be surprised if you see celebrities there, too. After all, even A-listers need vacations.In the U.S., Aspen, Colorado, is one of the swankiest ski town around.Photo: Walter Bibikow/Getty
  
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• Ski Resort and Lodging Operators Team Up To Help LA Fire Evacuees

  10-01-2025 20:44 via powder.com
  
  As the destructive Los Angeles, California wildfires continue to burn, a group of nearby ski areas, Big Bear Mountain Resort, has stepped in to help.The aid program, created in partnership with Visit Big Bear, Big Bear Mountain Resort, and local lodging operators, offers discounted accommodations and meal vouchers for LA County evacuees.Visit Big Bear’s website includes a list of participating lodging operators, many of whom run Airbnbs. The meal vouchers apply to restaurants at Snow Summi
  
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• Sneak Preview: Atomic's 2026 Bent Chetler Topsheets

  10-01-2025 20:08 via powder.com
  
  Atomic athlete Chris Benchetler tends to outdo himself when it comes to creating absolutely stunning topsheet art for his signature skis. For next year, that trend continues (obviously) with a whole line of new topsheets for the Bent 120, Bent 110, Bent 100, and the junior skis. Just this week, Atomic invited POWDER up to Utah's Monument Ranch cat skiing zone for a few days of bluebird powder skiing to take a look at the new skis. We shredded cold, dry Wasatch pow, talked about the new gear and
  
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• 100 Inches of Snow Has Already Fallen at Southern Ski Area

  10-01-2025 19:30 via powder.com
  
  La Ninã continues to deliver the goods to ski mountains all over the country and the latest recipient of her gifts is a mountain in West Virginia.  Snowshoe Mountain, the largest ski resort in the Southeast, just surpassed 100" of snowfall this season after Winter Storm Blair dropped 41" in the last seven days. Now totaling 109" of snow for the season, Snowshoe is having one of their best winters in recent history and there's more on the way.Aerial photo shared by Snowshoe Mount
  
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• New York Ski Area Selling for $2.5 Million

  10-01-2025 19:12 via powder.com
  
  Ever wanted to buy a ski area? Well, if you have a cool $2.5 million lying around, now’s your chance.Near Syracuse, New York, The Four Seasons Golf & Ski Center is for sale.According to a listing on LoopNet, the 13-and-a-half-acre property includes an express lift, snowmaking equipment, and a 4,700-square-foot retail space. The city of Syracuse, New York—and a Trader Joe’s—are only minutes away from the ski area.“Don't miss the chance to transform this property
  
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• Review: 2025 blackcrows Nocta

  10-01-2025 16:30 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 new blackcrows Nocta is a playful powder ski that isn’t one-dimensional, it handles less fresh conditions just fine as well. There seem to be two main schools of thought when it comes to designing 120+ mm wide pow skis. Either, make a ski that does one thing (ski fresh snow) as well as possible, at the expense of pretty much everything else, or, instead, m
  
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• Rising Star Sidelined From Skiing’s Biggest Freeride Circuit

  10-01-2025 12:00 via powder.com
  
  The still-stellar men’s Freeride World Tour roster just got a bit smaller.Max Hitzig, who won the Freeride World Tour in 2024 ahead of Marcus Goguen and Ben Richards, won’t compete in 2025’s iteration of the popular big mountain event circuit after suffering an injury this past December.“I’m not mentally or physically prepared to compete on the FWT,” Hitzig said in a statement. “It’s a difficult decision, but my focus remains on recovery. Thank you
  
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• The 12 Best Ski Goggles of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

  10-01-2025 01:45 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.Ski goggles have come a long way since the days of neon onesies and straight skis. Today’s goggles are high-tech masterpieces designed to not just protect your eyes, but actually greatly increase what you can see on snow. Turns out that being outside surrounded by highly-reflective surfaces (snow) can play tricks with the light, so goggle makers have developed ways
  
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• Lawsuit Is Filed Against Vail Resorts After Park City Strike

  10-01-2025 00:28 via powder.com
  
  The ski patrol strike at Park City Mountain, Utah, is over, but now a lawsuit has been filed against Vail Resorts for allegedly not disclosing the strike's impacts.Christopher Bisaillon, the plaintiff, has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of guests that purchased Park City Mountain lift tickets between December 27th and January 8th—the duration of the ski patrol strike.The lawsuit accuses Vail Resorts, which owns Park City Mountain, of “intentionally and willfully deceived hund
  
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• “Did Private Equity Ruin Skiing?” Asks Finance Commentator

  09-01-2025 22:22 via powder.com
  
  After nearly two weeks of operational difficulties and widespread media attention, the Park City Mountain, Utah, ski patrol strike has ended. Commentary on the significant event, though, may just be getting started. 
   “Imagine paying $354 for a single day lift ticket only to spend nearly an hour in a lift line, navigating overcrowded trails, and discovering that most of the mountain is closed.”So begins a recent video from finance content creator and J.P. Morgan employee&nb
  
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• Get Married for Free at This Canadian Ski Resort on Valentine's Day

  09-01-2025 20:52 via powder.com
  
  Love is in the air at Revelstoke Mountain Resort! At least it will be on Valentine's Day, but I guess that's always true during the holiday. Anyway, if you really feel that love and a) want to get married at a ski resort, and b) don't want to pay an arm and a leg for your wedding, you can get married at the top of Revelstoke Mountain Resort in British Columbia for FREE. That's right, on Valentine's Day (February 14, just in case you forgot), Revelstoke will be hosting free weddings at
  
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• Top 6 Ski Fashion Trends in 2025

  09-01-2025 20:22 via powder.com
  
  Skiing’s funny. We all fancy ourselves to be tough outdoors people, yet within our shared sport, there’s an undeniable fascination with something that, at least stereotypically, isn’t considered hardcore: fashion.This obsession is everywhere, from obvious places like the slopes of Aspen, Colorado, to more surprising locales—we’re thinking of the skiers at expert-oriented ski areas decked out in perfectly fitting Gore-Tex. Yes, it’s technical and designed to we
  
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• "Skiing Is Useless," New Film Explores Pro Skier's Unique Outlook

  09-01-2025 20:14 via powder.com
  
  The Faction Collective has just released the second in a series of short films profiling their athletes, and the latest to take the spotlight is Freeride World Tour vet Elisabeth Gerrtizen. The film's opening interview with fellow Faction athlete and FWT competitor Andrew Pollard does well in setting the stage for Gerrtizen. Pollard describes his first meeting with Gerritzen at a party in Canada, where she lost her shoe in the middle of a mosh pit as the band played a Rage Against the Machi
  
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• Alabama’s Only Ski Area Set To Open After Season Closure

  09-01-2025 19:18 via powder.com
  
  Alabama’s only ski area, Cloudmont, is planning to open tomorrow night, per a recent social media update from Fans of Cloudmont Ski Resort.“Volunteers, past employees, and the family have rallied together in the last week to dust the rust off the pipes and take advantage of this year’s La Nina to open for some family fun,” the post reads.According to the post, Cloudmont will open Friday evening at 6 p.m. local time and remain open until 10 p.m. Day skiing starts Saturday
  
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• Strike Ends With Park City Patrollers Claiming Victory

  09-01-2025 18:50 via powder.com
  
  Well into the evening of January 8, 2025, Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association and Vail Resorts ratified a contract for the patrol unit after ten months of ongoing negotiation. The news of the contract between the two parties becoming official comes just 24-hours after PCPSPA and Vail released a join statement saying that they'd reached a tentative agreement and that a vote would take place the following day. Over the last ten months, Park City patrollers have negotiated with
  
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• Park City Strike Ends With Increase in Wages for Ski Patrollers

  09-01-2025 17:52 via nytimes.com
  
  The nearly two-week strike hobbled the largest U.S. ski resort during a busy holiday period and sparked online fury about deepening economic inequality in rural mountain areas.
  
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