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This week has it all. The two Kiwi-Bens present a cinematic masterpiece that they shot in their home country. Sage Kotsenberg delivers one of the coolest intros ever, whose animated style evokes nostalgic memories of old games. There's also one of the best SLVSH games in a long time - this time as an all-mountain version instead of in the park. And finally, Bucket Clips enters its fourth round: Rosina's passion project, which brings together women and FLINTA people in the freeski scene.

On 17th November 2025, the Tour de CCAMM stopped in Chur, the first stop in a series of events with which the WSL research program CCAMM (Climate Change Impacts on Alpine Mass Movements) is transferring its key findings into practice. Since 2018, CCAMM has been investigating how climate change affects gravitational natural hazards in the Alps: from snow and avalanches, debris flows and rock movements to cascading processes, protective forests and social impacts.

Various WeatherBlogs, regulars' table discussions and powder oracles have already hinted at it and we confirm: the winter weather is over for now. The infamous Omega weather pattern is currently establishing itself over Central Europe and it is already getting noticeably warmer. Whether there will be a summery Christmas, how much rain could fall and what this has to do with the polar vortex is discussed below. For the Omega weather situation, we recommend that nervous freeriders take a meditative "Ommm", inhale deeply through the nose and exhale with the belly. We hope this will help regulate stress levels for the time being.

Once again, the Austrian Board of Trustees for Alpine Safety organized the Alpine Forum as part of the Innsbruck Alpine Trade Fair. Every year, numerous experts report to an interested specialist audience on a highly topical and hotly debated subject. The trend towards more and more mountain rescue missions in summer and winter, the increasing pressure to perform, the professionalization of alpinism and the winter topics of avalanches, falls and cold led to this year's key question: "Mountaineering - only healthy?". This question was explored in four different thematic blocks. We at PowderGuide were able to take part in the exciting presentations, the sometimes heated debates and the impressive field reports and would like to report on our personal highlights below.

It's clear that we all use poles when splitboarding and that it's unfamiliar at first when switching from snowboarding. We learned how to use them on the descent from Tobi last season. However, there are also the foldable poles not mentioned in his article, which are used more for hiking. But how do the folding poles compare to the telescopic poles when splitboarding?

It's the weekend, the mountain is calling - and the same question arises as always: which glasses should I take with me? Classic sunglasses for bright skies - Blue Bird, as we love it - darken so much in flat light or whiteout that you can barely make out the contours. Glasses for bad weather, on the other hand, are so blinding in good weather that they hurt. So how practical it would be to have a single pair of glasses that automatically adapt to all light and weather conditions!

The announcement has been running up and down social media in the last few days and has been frequently clicked and shared: There's a new Atomic x Arc'teryx Grottoflage collection! And this time it's not just a pair of skis and clothes, but a complete set including poles, helmet and goggles from Atomic and a jacket with pants from Arc'teryx. The limited collection has been available to buy for a few days now and, just in time for the 2nd Sunday in Advent, you can open your package exclusively on PowderGuide.com and win a complete set worth over 3,000 euros!!!

Manon Loschi's first solo project will win you over. Travis Rice takes Estelle to Alaska, and Magma is back with her best movie. In addition, the Salomon-Depart team is on the search for the forest man, and Gnu Snowboards delivers the snowboard film of the year.

Into Altai with French pro snowboarder Victor Daviet: yurts, camels, deep snow, and a Super-8 camera. A conversation about snowboarding, risk management, simplicity, and the kind of adventure that stays with you long after the trip ends.

As my colleagues predicted last week, all that's left for me this week is the meteorological start of winter and tough, snow-unfriendly weather conditions. For the time being, we'll have to make do with what's left of the first snow of the season and what the snow cannons are still producing.

Dear Splitties, some mountains challenge, others reward. A bit pathetic, but La Rossa did both. I was traveling with my longtime touring partner and what was planned as a classic splitboard tour turned into an intense adventure in Alaskan scenery and solitude; and a great splitboarding terrain.