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Aug 28, 2024 · Best all around powder ski: Salomon QST X; Best for inbounds pow days, playful skiing: Völkl Revolt 114; Best for inbounds pow days, directional skiing: Blizzard Rustler 11; Best for backcountry freestyle: K2 Reckoner KF; Best for freeride comp skiers: Dynastar M Free 112; Best for the deepest day of your life: Line Bacon 122

Oct 22, 2024 · Atomic’s flagship powder ski and Chris Benchetler’s pro model returns to its freestyle roots for 2025 with an updated construction for more float, pop and playfulness.

Apr 3, 2025 · If you’re looking for cold powder skiing, your best bet is to plan a trip in February or March and stick to riding north-facing slopes at Grands Montets or Le Tour. You can usually find great powder conditions at Brévent and Flégère immediately after a storm as well.

Feb 2, 2025 · Shadows of chairlifts can create the illusion that someone is skiing in your blind spot. Skiers dressed in all black might have looked like trees before, but suddenly, they're blazing towards your downhill path. Night skiing requires more situational awareness than daytime fare.

Mar 21, 2025 · This is what draws thousands of backcountry skiers to Tuckerman Ravine each spring. While ski areas are beginning to wrap up shop, Tuckerman turns into a spring skiing haven with sunshine, corn snow, and nude skiers galore.

Mar 16, 2025 · Powder: Deep snow. Puking (see also: nuking, dumping): When it's snowing heavily. Punch front: When a skier lands and, after being caught in grabby snow, immediately undergoes an unintentional somersault. Ripper: Someone who's good at skiing.

Apr 7, 2025 · 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.

Mar 11, 2025 · A skier was airlifted to the hospital after an "unfortunate incident" on a chairlift at Red Lodge Mountain. On Monday, March 10th, Red Lodge Mountain Patrol received a call around 11:51 a.m. of an accident on Triple Chair.

Jan 28, 2025 · Our faces hurt from smiling and our legs were sore from all-day, nonstop, top-to-bottom runs without another skier in sight. The resort reported a measly four inches. It was the best kind of sleeper powder day.