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Silent and soft, a newly fallen snow has blanketed the mountains in a pristine, unbroken expanse of glittery white. It's a "powder day" in the Colorado Rockies and Travis Halverson is celebrating.
An avid skier since the age of three, Halverson calls powder skiing a "truly pure and wholesome form of skiing - just nice soft turns and enjoying time in the mountains."
"The thing that makes powder skiing so special is the fact that there is nothing artificial about it," Halverson said. "It can't be manufactured or recreated."
A 2009 graduate from the University of Minnesota and currently an intern at Rocky Mountain Underground Skis in Summit County, Colorado, Halverson has found materials science and engineering to be an effective conduit for turning his life's passion into his life's work. He said he first made the connection between skiing and materials science in high school, when he was dissatisfied with the performance and...