Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Based on the low-brow nature of this column, I bet I'm not going to shock you when I say that I indeed have a day job. My penchant for a low profile and a deep ignorance of social media marketing - not to mention meager writing chops - has left me little way of monetizing my telemark content. Thus I land at a stiff and cold desk five days a week. While I’ve enjoyed being published – and somehow lucked into having a telemark column of all things here at Powder – I can ..read more

Skiers and riders that frequent Oregon's still-open ski resorts are enjoying fresh powder on the morning of April 30th, 2024, and more snow is expected. The biggest winners of the storm are the ski resorts on Mt. Hood. Timberline Lodge is reporting a cool 10 inches in the last 24 hours, and 30 inches in the last 72 hours. Check out the webcam photos from Timberline Lodge this morning: All images pulled from Timberline Lodge Webcams at ~7:15AM PT: Pucci (Top Left), Snow Stake (Top Right), Lodge (Bottom Left), Palmer (Bottom Right) Timberline Lodge Most ski resorts across the Pacific Northwest h ..read more

Palisades Tahoe hosted their annual snow golf tournament and live music from Flosstradamaus this past weekend. While Alpine's closing day was Sunday, April 28th, The Palisades side of the resort will remain open 7 days/week through May 27th. "Alpine's extended ski season last year means we had less time to complete maintenance work in the off-season. This year’s closure allows us to begin maintenance work promptly." See below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palisades Tahoe (@palisadestahoe) Palisades Tahoe answered many questions on the operations blog, but there were a ..read more

Crystal Mountain, Washington, has extended its ski season again. After closing this week, the resort will reopen on May 4th and 5th for a final weekend of skiing and riding. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crystal Mountain (@crystalmountain) Crystal plans to spin two lifts: the Mt. Rainier Gondola and the Green Valley chair. Rainier Express, or REX for short, won't be open. The open lifts will spin from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days, and lift tickets cost $69. On Instagram, the resort credited the bonus week to "late-season snowfall and the hard work of our mountain operati ..read more

It wasn't shaping up to be a great day at Lolo Pass. The already-thin Montana snowpack was being pummeled by warm April weather, my girlfriend decided she'd rather do something other than go backcountry skiing, and I'd forgotten my bear spray. When I pulled into the visitors' center lot, I realized that I wasn't the only one who had doubts about Lolo's ski-ability. Two other cars were in the lot—an obligatory Forest Service truck and a flame-emblazoned minivan full of what looked like snowboarders, minus the snowboards. But I had a mission. In my pack was Zoa Engineering's PL1, a newfangled, p ..read more

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Size skied: 27.5 Stated Weight: 1740 g at 26.5 Stated Flex: 140 Binding Compatibility: Hybrid Bindings, GripWalk Forward Lean: Stated last width: 97-100mm The K2 Recon 140 Boot will be available soon.  Intro: K2 Skis has never been afraid to think outside the box when it comes to designing toys and tools for sliding around on snow. Whether it’s skis that redefine entire categories or boots that are specifically engineered to meet the needs of the world’s best ..read more

Bonus skiing? Say more. A powerful spring snowstorm has left ski resorts across the American southwest sporting winter coats as we enter the final days of April, 2024. Brian Head Resort, Utah and Lee Canyon, Nevada picked up enough snow to extend their seasons with bonus weekends. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lee Canyon (@leecanyonlv) Lee Canyon, located less than hour from the Las Vegas Strip, is adding a third "Spring Session" from Friday, May 3rd to Sunday, May 5th. The resort recorded 6 inches of new snow in the last 48 hours bringing their seasonal snowfall total ..read more

Ski good—get paid. That's the story for Lake Tahoe local Noah Gaffney, who just secured $1000 in GoPro bucks for an impressive double backflip. Gaffney laced his stunt off a cliff called Goodwill's, located on Palisades Tahoe's piste. Tap the video below to play. View this post on Instagram A post shared by GoPro (@gopro) Gaffney put this double down earlier this season, schlepping himself not once but three times up to Goodwill's—the cliff, accessible from the Granite Peak lift, requires about 20 minutes of hiking. Worth the effort? No doubt. Gaffney's double backflip off Goodwill's is pr ..read more

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 early April, I had the opportunity to visit the DPS Factory in Salt Lake City’s Granary District, for a tour centered around the new Carbon Pagoda Tour CFL skis. After learning about the product, the process, and hearing from passionate ski builders, I highly suggest taking the opportunity to visit a ski factory if you get one. A lot of work goes into creating a good backcountry ski. The design needs to balance stability and mass to offer performance on the downhi ..read more

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." While he was on to something in the '80s, I don't know if Ferris Bueller's advice applies to 2024. Thanks to the non-stop deluge that is social media, life's now moving at warp speed—blink, and you're out of luck. That's where we come in. For your viewing pleasure, we've trudged through the algorithmic slop to find this week's best ski videos, serving up a multi-course meal of big-mountain shredding, rail skiing perfection, and a little lichen on rocks for dessert. Here's what was worth watching in ..read more