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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
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$6 Million Poured Into On-Mountain Improvements at Colorado Ski Resort
Purgatory Resort, Colorado has invested $6 million into its slopes and facilities ahead of the 2025-2026 ski season, bolstering snowmaking, constructing a new chairlift, and installing other smaller upgrades, like expanded Wi-Fi coverage and new HD webcams. POWDER learned about the investments via press release on May 21, previously announced chairlift, the Gelande, is a fixed-grip, Skytrac three-person ropeway that will provide direct access to intermediate and expert terrain on the mountain's frontside without requiring guests to return to the Columbine or Village base areas. The lift will be accompanied by five new trails and trail connectors. In April, Purgatory Resort announced that in order to implement the lift and trail projects, it was creating two new groups of year-round employees totaling 12-15 people per group, many of whom were current seasonal construction begins on the project this summer, Purgatory Resort's bike park will be temporarily closed for the season, allowing the ski area to focus its resources on building the Gelande lift. During the closure, Purgatory Resort plans to maintain and improve the bike park's existing to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates. The planned snowmaking improvements at Purgatory Resort will cover the bottoms of the Ray's Ridge, Blackburn's Bash, and Legends Bypass runs, which, according to the ski area, will help them stay open earlier and later during the improvements include upgrades to the alpine slide for summer, new HEAD ski and snowboard rental equipment, and a new Prinoth Bison snowcat.'These improvements reflect our long-term commitment to the mountain and to the guests who return to Purgatory year after year,' said Dave Rathbun, general manager of Purgatory Resort. 'As we look ahead to celebrating six decades of skiing and riding in the San Juan Mountains, we're proud to invest in the future of outdoor recreation in Southwest Colorado,' he added, making note of Purgatory Resort's 60th anniversary, which will arrive in December Resort closed for skiing and riding last month. The summer season at the mountain, which will include scenic lift rides, on-mountain activities, and weekly live music, begins June 2025-2026 Power Pass, a multi-mountain season pass that provides access to Purgatory Resort, is now on sale for an adult price of $849.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Michigan Ski Area Secretly Grooms Slope, Are They Re-Opening?
POWDER has been awaiting a selection of photos from what Boyne Mountain, Michigan advertised to be their final day of the Winter 24/25 season on Sunday, May 18, photos haven't arrived from our friends at Boyne yet, and for whatever reason, while Boyne was on my mind, I decided to take a glance at the resort's Victor Glacier webcam on YouTube.I couldn't believe my eyes as I opened the feed around 12:30 p.m. PST on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Had a snowcat re-groomed the lone remaining run on the Victor Glacier? It certainly appeared that way, but why would the ski resort redistribute snow and form a groomed surface if last Sunday was closing day?Boyne initially planned to remain open through Memorial Day weekend 2025, but announced that last weekend would have to be the final hoorah due to the quickly melting snowpack. Could this decision have been reversed?POWDER has reached out to Boyne Mountain Resort for comment, but has not received a response at this time. In the meantime, check out a screenshot of what appears to be a groomed Victor Glacier. Screenshot taken at 12:39 p.m. PST on May 21, 1:06PM PST: Boyne has confirmed with POWDER that they are reopening the Victor Glacier for a hike park on Saturday, May 24, 2025 and Sunday, May 25, 2025 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. A Boyne representative confirmed with POWDER that Sunday, May 18, 2025 was the resort's last day for lift-served to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates. While Boyne won't be open for a traditional lift-served skiing experience, it will join Palisades Tahoe, CA; Snowbird, UT; Mammoth Mountain, CA; Timberline Lodge, OR; Mt. Bachelor, OR; Crystal Mountain, WA; Beartooth Basin, WY; and Arizona Snowbowl, AZ as the only ski areas open in The United States over Memorial Day Weekend 2025.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
New York Man Caught Booby Trapping Bike Trails Red-Handed
As the seasons change, so do our hobbies. For many of us here at POWDER, spring and summer means a return to recreating on two wheels. That's why a troubling story about booby-trapped bike trails by Eyewitness News ABC7NY caught our attention this morning, May 7, 2025. According to the news outlet, 44-year-old Jeffrey Jarvis of Peekskill, New York was arrested on April 29, 2025 after he was caught sabotaging mountain bike trails at Blue Mountain Reservation, a popular area for mountain biking just outside of New York City. Jarvis was caught by a trail camera laying large branches and logs across a frequently-used bike trail. The camera was set up by local organization Westchester Mountain Biking Association after tree limbs were found strewn across the trail multiple times. Sam Lee, of the Westchester Mountain Biking Association, told ABC7NY that local riders first started noticing the trail sabotage last year. The tree limbs were 3-5 inches in diameter, and posed serious risks. The org paid for the trail cameras and caught somebody sabotaging trails late last year, but couldn't identify the culprit. Jarvis returned to sabotage the trail this March. A second trail camera placed at a different angle was able to identify him. Tap or click the video below to watch the full story from ABC7NY. Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates. Jarvis has been charged with second-degree criminal nuisance and could face up to a month in jail, and/or a fine of up to $500. Seemingly-soft consequences for somebody who attempted to hurt others, but at least justice will be served. The Westchester Mountain Biking Association is celebrating Jarvis' arrest on social media. They've dubbed him the, 'Blue Mountain Bandit', and posted the following message on May 1, 2025 to their Facebook page: "Based upon YOUR reports of various limbs and logs strewn across the trail or bottom of giant boulder rollers at Blue Mountain over the past 2 years, several of us deployed trail cams at select trails. It took 6-8 months to get enough photographic and video evidence of the Blue Mountain Bandit in the act of potentially harming or killing someone from the act of sabotage. Last month, we filed a police report and submitted certain fb posts and our evidence, and on April 29th, the perpetrator was arrested for CRIMINAL NUISANCE- and confessed to these crimes. Let's be good ambassadors of our sport and carry on." Let this troubling story be a reminder to keep your wits about you on the single track this season. Trail sabotage and booby traps aren't as common these days as folks have begun to accept mountain biking, but the risk remains. Related: Mammoth Mountain Announces Bike Park Opening Day
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Climate
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Farmers' Almanac Predicts "Sizzling" Summer 2025
Spring is here and many Americans already have their eyes on set on summer vacations, time in the sun, and longer stretches of daylight. We here at POWDER are holding onto every last drop of spring skiing before we concede to summer's heat, but the Farmers' Almanac's recently released 2025 Summer Weather Forecast caught our attention this accuracy of the Farmers' Almanac is up for debate, something that POWDER's Ian Greenwood covered in a previous article, but the outlet's predictions for summer of 2025 are alarming, at least for this skier who is adverse to temperatures above 80 degrees to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly Farmers' Almanac is using words like: broiling, sultry, sizzling, and 'brutally humid' to summarize summer from coast to coast. Furthermore, the outlet is predicting that, "long-time high temperature records may be broken this year."Check out the full forecast map below. The Farmers' Almanac goes on to explain that while the "Far West" will experience a dry summer with below-average precipitation, the rest of the country should see "near-average" is of concern for westerners that live in areas prone to wildfires, especially California. The state's snowpack has bounced back recently thanks to a particularly snowy month of March, but most areas are still reporting below-average snowpack and total moisture. Combining low snowpack with an excessively hot summer could be the perfect storm for an intense wildfire season in states like California, Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon. Here's hoping that's not the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a wetter-than-normal summer for the Southern Plains through the Gulf Coast of Florida. The added heat and moisture could lead to an active hurricane season for this region. The outlet is predicting a possible hurricane "threat" during the second week of August and and the second week of out the full Farmers' Almanac Summer 2025 forecast for a more in-depth breakdown of weather predictions from coast to coast. As mentioned at the beginning of this article, all of us here at POWDER aren't giving up on spring just yet. There's still plenty of skiing to be done, and we plan to keep sliding on snow as long as have an eye on summer, but we aren't ready to trade our skis for bathing suits quite yet. Keep it here for all of the skiing news, gear reviews, and weather forecasts you're looking for. We've got ya covered.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Yahoo
Montana Skier Dies After Falling From Chair Without Safety Bar
The man involved in an accident on a chairlift at Red Lodge Mountain has passed accident occurred on Monday, March 10th at Red Lodge Mountain on the Triple Chairlift. One person, a 37-year-old man from Billings, Montana, was injured and transported to the hospital before being airlifted to a larger hospital in Billings. LiftBlog has confirmed that the Triple Chair does not have a safety restraint bar. The chair was built in 1983 and will remain closed while under investigation following the accident. The ski area's old Miami Beach Chair (as seen in the featured image above) did not have a safety bar either. The chair has since been replaced by modern detachable lift with safety Carbon County Sheriff's Office later reported that the man died on March 11, 2025. Further details on the accident and cause of death have not been released. At the time of the accident, the mountain was experiencing wind delays due to gusts over 55mph. All other guests were evacuated from the lift. POWDER extends its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased and all those affected by the tragedy. We will continue to update this story.
