Behind the Iconic POWDER Cover That Featured a 150-Foot Ski Jump

Some people wondered if it was real. A speck—a skier, actually, if you look closely—is framed against a cascading wave of sluff so thick that it could be whitewater. His landing is, well, somewhere? So is his takeoff. But you’d need some imagination to decide where those points in space are against the ominous backdrop of sheer rock and flying snow. Immortalized in a glossy 1999 POWDER cover photo, the 150-foot leap was truly explosive, becoming a piece of media that went far a