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Blue sky and fresh powder greeted Steamboat Powdercats guide Todd Dills during last year's epic season in Steamboat Springs. The forgiving powder provides the perfect playground for expert skiers such as Dills, and a good time for skiers with less experience.

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Steamboat Powdercats on the prowl

By the second lap of the morning, I feel the eerie, priority-unraveling power of all the elements coming together. Rare bluebird skies herald the final day of one of the darkest, blurriest Januaries in memory and on record - one choked by 26 days of snow.

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