1.   We woke this morning to several inches of fresh powder on the ground.

2.   At Eastern ski resorts, piles of fresh powder and cool temperatures have turned a mediocre outlook in the Northeast into a record pace for the skiing industry there.

3.   But with still more fresh powder and the warming weather, the avalanche threat rises.

4.   Eric Breeden and his classmates at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., are eagerly awaiting fresh powder at nearby Ascutney Mountain.

5.   Nine inches of fresh powder.

6.   That means on any given day, skiers headed up to Snowbird will probably have some fresh powder to ski in.

7.   The mountain was covered with fresh powder.

8.   A storm that swept into the central Rockies dumped a thick blanket of fresh powder on the slopes of resorts desperate for consistent snowfall.

9.   High up in the Alps, helicopters are swooping across once isolated landscapes, blasting snow in every direction when they set down skiers for runs through fresh powder.

10.   Johnson skied through the fresh powder Friday at Big Mountain Resort with a smile on his face and his mother at his side.