The Off-Limits Nature of Politics In Skiing—And What It Means In A Fraught Time

In July, POWDER, the long-running if more lately resurrected skiing periodical—once perhaps the most core title in all of snowsports—ran an article that broached what may be the most problematic topic in all of skiing: politics. The piece was entitled “The Unexpected Ways Trump Tariffs Are Affecting Skiing.” There, in mostly unremarkable language, gear editor Max Ritter briefly detailed several impacts the Trump administration’s new tariffs might bring to skiin