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The 2018 Buyer’s Guide

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For skiers, there is perhaps no greater search than for the perfect ski. Every winter, for the past 17 years, that search is our goal at Powder Week, the annual gathering that produces this buyer’s guide. Because skiing is so subjective, rarely do we have consensus on one ski.

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