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You see, Aspen/Snowmass is ideally situated smack in the middle of ski country, so that it gets hit by both northern and southern storms. In a normal season, that means we get a few inches from the edge of each storm, while our neighbors to the north and south – like Steamboat and Telluride – get pounded. But this isn’t a normal season...
Competitive big mountain freeskiers pushed the limits last Friday at the Subaru Squaw Valley USA Freeskiing Open while crowds of sun-drenched spectators indulged in the top-shelf performance. Here is a smattering of video highlights for your viewing pleasure.
The second stop on the Subaru US Freeskiing Series commands the best freeskiers on the planet to chase the championship title.
Finally, POWDER made it to the Butte. Since mid-December, the little town at the end of the road with the monolithic mountain rising up from the valley has received near record-breaking snowfall.
The 2008 Red Bull Playstreets happens February 16th in Bad Gastein, Austria. Playstreets is a on-of-a-kind urban freeski competition sending competitors jibbing through the city off of lots of man-made and "natural" terrain.
POWDER Magazine teamed up with PacSun for a luxurious evening of watching the world’s best halfpipe skiers from the cozy confines of the PacSun Lounge at the base of the Superpipe in Aspen, Colorado.
Ski areas in Western Washington strangely crossed their fingers in hope for a break from the weather that has discharged up to 8 feet of snow in five days. On Saturday, the Mount Baker, Stevens, and Snoqualmie Pass' were all closed due to avalanche danger forcing the closure of those three ski areas.
Since the Cascades continue to receive storm after storm from North to South, we decided to head south to Crystal after skiing Snoqualmie Pass the day prior.
I have never seen this much snow on the Pass and in the Cascades. Locals claim some runs have never been this filled in and showing imprudence to any responsibility as storm after consecutive storm forms a queue along the coast.
The first and second days of February 2008 are now historical days at Alyeska Resort; and director of snow safety Jim Kennedy made it happen.
On the only cloudy day at the 2008 Winter X Games, Norwegian Andreas Hatveit ignored the grey light and experienced the sunniest day of his life. The 21-year-old, who also won Best Jib at the Powder Video Awards the night prior, defeated New Zealand’s Jossi Wells on the last run of the Slopestyle contest.
It was a nice get-together --in many ways everything that any of us could hope for when our time comes. A group of tight friends and family who see each other often but have too few excuses to gather like this, sharing beer and wine, hugs and tears, and stories of better times.
Much to the chagrin of the cold, crowded audience, Tanner’s innovative run, which was completely different from last year, beat out Simon’s amplitude.
A shudder of sadness passed through the skiing community Tuesday when it was learned that Billy Poole, a promising pro skier and great friend, died while filming for a ski movie in Utah.
In the beginning, there was some soft snow, then the snow got a little harder, and then, the wind came. And the soft snow blew away just in time for the beginning of the event.