We loaded the chair around 10:30 a.m. and followed a new local friend, Luke, into a wild pillow-stacked gully. That first run showed us exactly how deep and perfect the snow really was. I lapped the chair twice more before noticing a sign saying another, higher chair would open at noon. It was 11:24 a.m. Perfect timing. I headed over to wait for the Marquise chair, which rises above treeline into mellow, rolling alpine terrain.
In a major development for freeride skiing and snowboarding, Powder Mountain in Utah has been selected as a host of the new Super Sessions on Travis Rice's Natural Selection Tour (NST)-one of the most progressive and athlete-driven freeride competition circuits in the world. Super Sessions are a new opening stage introduced for the 2026 season. These high-energy, collaborative events are hosted across three iconic global destinations: the deep powder of Myōkō, Japan, the remote backcountry of British Columbia, and at Powder Mountain, Utah.
This is a must-watch today! Professional skier Cody Cirillo and adventure journalist Matthew Tufts completed a 1,700km (1,057-mile) cycle-to-ski journey around Iceland. They documented the 35-day expedition in their new film "A Hundred Words for Wind." Cody and Matthew biked through blizzards and gale-force winds to reach remote skiing locations, capturing 800-meter couloir descents and untouched mountain faces.
