The Best Ski Helmets of 2025, As Recommended By Our Testers
Nov 7, 2024 · From high-tech brain buckets to super-lightweight lids, we tested and reviewed the best ski helmets from brands like Smith, Giro, POC, Dakine, SHRED, and more.
How To Ski Moguls: 7 Essential Tips for All Skill Levels
Nov 10, 2024 · 7 Essential Tips for Skiing Moguls. Keep your eyes downhill: Looking ahead two or three moguls, instead of straight down at your skis, will help to anticipate the ever-changing terrain. Lean forward, not back!: We get it. We all have a natural tendency to lean back when the terrain gets challenging.
These Are The Best Avalanche Beacons of 2025 - powder.com
Dec 23, 2024 · Here’s how we tested beacons: This year, we tested all our beacons identically, first in a standard range check, then in a search strip width (receiving range) test, and then in a controlled setup mirroring the PRO 1 Multiple Burial Rescue Exam (a standard test that all backcountry professionals are tested to). As a baseline for the multiple-burial test, we buried two identical Mammut ...
Best Backcountry Touring Skis of 2025 - Powder
The Safe Bet: We still absolutely love it and will say it again.The Salomon QST 106 Echo is still the easiest touring ski to recommend on the market right now. It will work really well for most skiers in most conditions. For the Adventurous: Faction Skis just released their 2025 lineup, and we're so glad the Faction La Machine 3 is still part of it. It's a freeride-ready ski that's so light ...
Best BOA Ski Boots of 2025 - Powder
Sep 30, 2024 · Stated Flex: 130 Stated Weight (size 26.5): 1785 g Best for: An aggressive skier looking for a one-boot quiver to balance time inbounds and out the gates. Read Powder's Full Review of the Salomon Shift Alpha BOA 130. With the Shift Alpha BOA 130, Salomon rethinks the walk-mode freeride BOA boot and turns it into something worth taking into the backcountry for aggressive riding.
The 10 Most Affordable Ski Resorts in the United States
Nov 13, 2024 · 2. Ski Cooper, Colorado In 2024, Ski Cooper, Colorado, made a bold play. It slashed midweek ticket prices to $45 a day, vastly undercutting Coloradan stalwarts like Vail Mountain and Aspen Snowmass. These prices jump back up to a more normal range for Fridays, weekends, and holidays, but the allure of Ski Cooper’s midweek deal remains undeniable.
Best All Mountain Skis of 2025 - Powder
Oct 2, 2024 · The Safe Bet: The Atomic Bent 100 is a longtime favorite for a reason, it's absurdly dependable and reliable. Unsurprisingly, the updated 2024/25 version is even better. For the Adventurous: Salomon's new Départ 1.0 is the most fun freestyle ski we've been on all year, and combines all-mountain performance with freestyle excitement in a truly unique way.
Powder Review: 2025 Völkl Revolt 9
Sep 20, 2024 · The Revolt 96 is Völkl’s park offering for everyday park skiers. They have the narrower Revolts for those who ski big jumps or (for some strange reason) halfpipe but the 96 is the one mere mortals will be looking at.
Powder Review: 2025 Armada ARV/W 94
Sep 19, 2024 · Powder & Mixed Conditions: At only 94mm underfoot, the ARV/ARW 94 is not much of a powder ski, and nor should it be. That said, the profile of the ski was relatively happy skiing some small dustings of fresh snow, and these would probably hold their own on most snow days in the east.
POWDER Magazine - The Skier's Magazine
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