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5 days ago

New Edelweiss Triple Chair Opens at The Summit at Snoqualmie's Alpental, WA - SnowBrains

Alpental opens Jan. 7 with the new Edelweiss triple chairlift, increasing uphill capacity, improving reliability, and enabling avalanche mitigation to open most of the mountain.
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1 week ago

Opinion: Amidst Telluride Strike Over Value of Ski Patrol Experience, Mammoth Reminds Us What Patrollers Risk - SnowBrains

Avalanche mitigation is hazardous and depends on highly experienced ski patrollers whose retention is threatened by low pay and high living costs, endangering safety.
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