Kick Off the Winter Season at COAC Powderhound Homegrown Film Festival

Winter is officially kicking off as the 27th annual Powerhound Winter Film Festival, featuring “homegrown” movies made by local skiers, snowboarders and other winter-sport athletes returns to Tower Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 19. Historically, Powderhound brings together Central Oregon’s snow community to kick off the winter season. Last year’s event featured a plethora of skiing and snowboarding films and even films on snowmobiling and ice skating. Central Oregon Avalanche Center is putting on the event. “It’s a celebration of winter and celebrates our local community,” said Emily Paulson, membership and marketing coordinator for COAC. The nonprofit provides free snow and avalanche information, including daily avalanche forecasting for the Central Cascades from Dec. 1 to April 30, and hosts community avalanche-education events. COAC took over organizing the film fest last year from Dan McGarigle, the former owner of Pine Mountain Sports.

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