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                         2011-03-29 
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                        On March 26 and 27th at Mount Baker this year was the second annual splitboarding festival - somewhere around 60-100 splitboarders showed up to... 
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                         2011-03-26 
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                        I don't know of any dedicated skiers that do not love steep back country lines and really deep faceshot powder. This is for... 
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                         2011-03-26 
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                        For anyone that skis "pre"season you know that it is more about the process of hunting out turns, some times you get some and some times you get... 
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                         2011-03-25 
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                        "On The Road with Solitaire" is a 12-part webisode series following Sweetgrass Productions in the making of their new 2-year project, the South... 
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                         2011-03-24 
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                        This is me during day 3 of my conversion to telemark skiing.
Any tips gratefully received.
Eddie
 
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                         2011-03-24 
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                        Time is running out if you want to win one of these great prizes:
WINNER #1: Cat skiing with lodging at Retallack for... 
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                         2011-03-24 
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                                    jerrett                                
                             
                        As is tradition north island, we finished our day with a bootpack up to the top of Cain (not quite the summit, as the summit is a big bizzare... 
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                         2011-03-23 
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                        There are a few scenes in this flick that will boggle your mind at how deep the pow really is, enjoy.
 
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                         2011-03-22 
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                        The good people at Black Diamond have just announced 100% of all headlamp and lantern sales on BlackDiamondEquiment.com will be donated to the... 
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                         2011-03-17 
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                        On The Road with Solitaire" is a 12-part webisode series following Sweetgrass Productions in the making of their new 2-year project, the South... 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                        Old schoolers knew how to ski - check out some of these moves.
 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                        I did a tour on the Wapta Icefield with perfect conditions the whole, one of the lucky few I guess. St. Nicholas in the morning as we headed out... 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                        When we were in Burstall Pass, we decided to do a winter ascent of Snow Peak. Nothing crazy, but some really interesting snow conditions with a... 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                                    luckhurstian                                
                             
                        We went on a tour into Burstall pass earlier in the season, it was a mix of weather which made it interesting. Thank goodness the snow was stable. 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                        Mt. Bryce looking beautiful in the morning. 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                        One of my most favourite mountains out there. We had attempted to get up this beauty, but time was not on our side so we had to settle for a... 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                        We were heading out of the Columbia Icefields and came across another group just beginning their adventure. I caught them in the Alpenglow. 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                        This was from my trip to the Columbia Icefields. We were heading up Mt. Snowdome and heard a montrusous crack. We looked over and saw a massive... 
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                         2011-03-13 
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                        I spent some time on the Columbia Icefields doing some touring and ski mountaineering. We had perfect weather with crisp clear skies day and night... 
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                         2011-03-12 
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                        ZERO DEGREES – a West Coast winter culture film from Dendrite Studios is worth a watch - it illustrates the life of a west... 
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                         2011-03-12 
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This year I moved to the West Kootenays and enrolled myself in college, full-time. Determined to ski as much as possible and still attend... 
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                         2011-03-09 
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                        An update from the Mountain Conditions Report and some great pictures too...
We just spent the last 4 days in the new Mons Hut at the base... 
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                         2011-03-05 
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                                    Zorba                                
                             
                        Trail BC priest gets PHD in snowboarding...powder is heaven after all!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.....lliot.html 
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                         2011-03-05 
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