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Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. At this point, Dynafit is probably the longest-running player in the backcountry touring game, consistently pumping out bindings, skis, and boots for human-powered ski adventures since the 1980s.

In high school, I got hooked on running by joining the cross-country team. The buzz I felt after surviving another race—and then 20 more—kept me coming back.

As a major snowstorm bears down on Washington, one of the best-known ski resorts in the Seattle area, Stevens Pass, is dealing with a power outage.  In an update published Wednesday morning, the ski resort announced that it doesn’t expect to open today, January 7, 2026.

It’s been a dry, agonizing start for Utah’s ski resorts and skiers, but the New Year is showing promise with local mountains reporting feet of snow during the last days of 2025 and the opening of 2026.

This week, Paris transformed into a winter wonderland as snow fell, prompting flight cancellations, causing travel quagmires, and encouraging an unexpected local activity: skiing.

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This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.

There are countless lines coveted by Palisades Tahoe skiers, but none is sexier than winning the Fingers Race on a classic KT-22 powder day. Professional skier Noah Gaffney is no stranger to winning the race.

In December 2012, POWDER magazine released the fourth issue of its forty-first volume, marking the first full season of publication for the eminent title since the devastating, paradigm-shifting avalanche at Tunnel Creek, Washington, an event that fundamentally changed skiing.

Boyne Mountain, known for being one of Michigan's most popular ski resorts, is celebrating one of its employees following a heroic effort that saved a newly-engaged couple's big day.

It's no secret—the winter 25/26 season hasn't been ideal in Colorado. Arapahoe Basin Ski Area (A-Basin), known for having one of the longest seasons in the country, was able to kick things off on Sunday, October 26, 2025, but Mother Nature didn't exactly cooperate throughout November and December.

This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.

The Nevada County Sheriff's Office is confirming that a male snowmobiler died yesterday, January 5, 2026, in an avalanche near Truckee, California. Truckee is 14 miles north of Lake Tahoe.

In case you've been living under a rock, the talk of the last two weeks has been the Lake Tahoe region's miraculous winter comeback. The first storm, which began with heavy rain on December 22, 2025, eventually deposited over 80 inches (more than 6.5 feet) across nearly all elevations of Palisades Tahoe over the course of seven days.

For years, telemark skiing had a problem. As the also-ran of the snowsports world emerged from decades of retrograde, a small but impactful flourish of new, modern norms and innovative if niche bindings came to the fore, breathing life into the sport and its scene.

Central Couloir is one of the most formidable and recognizable lines in the Jackson Hole backcountry. Sitting smack in the middle of Cody Peak, Central Couloir's easily recognizable hourglass entrance, middle choke, and exit air stare at anyone who dares to dream of skiing it.

<a href="/skiing/players/mikaela_shiffrin/927596">Mikaela Shiffrin</a> had been riding a hot streak that she’d hoped to take into next month’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, but she unfortunately fell short of another win during the World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

As much as we all wish every day was an endless, free refills, powder day, that's not a reality for most places, and even the snowiest spots go through dry spells.

Telluride's unionized ski patrollers, known as Telluride Professional Ski Patrollers Association (TPSPA), officially went on an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike on December 27, 2025.

A short break fades quickly as a series of systems reloads the Pacific Northwest with the best snow from Tuesday night through Thursday (January 6-8, 2026), when multiple mountains stack up meaningful overnight totals and keep daytime snow going.

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Well, it’s no secret that the ski season in Utah has been, shall we say, underwhelming so far.

The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is reporting that two skiers were buried in a "large" avalanche on January 3, 2026. Evidence of the avalanche was discovered by Brighton Snow Safety's Malia Bowman and UAC forecaster Drew Hardesty while investigating a separate skier-triggered avalanche in Hidden Canyon.

<a href="/skiing/players/mikaela_shiffrin/927596">Mikaela Shiffrin</a> finished in second place Sunday in the World Cup slalom event in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, snapping her streak of six consecutive wins in the discipline.

As the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics approach in February, NBC executives have reason to celebrate: American skiing icon <a href="/skiing/players/lindsey_vonn/88596">Lindsey Vonn</a>, at age 41, has officially qualified for her fifth Olympic Games, delivering a compelling superstar storyline that could significantly boost viewership for the network’s broadcast.