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      PHOTO COMP - Qua Peak
      PHOTO COMP - Qua Peak
      2011-01-21
      By Kroy
      I  meant to post this earlier but like everything else it got pushed down the line.  I had two days left of official holiday vacation...
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      5606
      By ymir
      2011-01-30
      Whitewater backcountry, near Nelson / West Kootenays / Selkirks
      Whitewater backcountry, near Nelson / West Kootenays / Selkirks
      2011-01-16
      By shaun
      Just back from an AST 1 course in the Whitewater area backcountry today...   About 10cm of new snow fell overnight followed by rain...
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      2555
      By shaun
      2011-01-16
      Five Mile Basin:  1-2-2011
      Five Mile Basin: 1-2-2011
      2011-01-07
      By cmcquade
      What a great way to kick off 2011.  This was our second time to Nelson this season, our first being a break in tour of Evening Ridge. ...
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      6701
      By cmcquade
      2011-01-08
      White Queen Rules
      White Queen Rules
      2010-12-29
      By crystaline
      Sorry about the title. I couldn't help myself. We hit White Queen around 12:30 or 1:00 today, taking advantage of the Whitewater backcountry...
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      2499
      By crystaline
      2010-12-29
      Acidophilus Conditions
      Acidophilus Conditions
      2010-12-29
      By admin
      What a difference three days makes – the last post for this route told of a mine field of tree bombs and not too much new snow to cover...
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      2493
      By admin
      2010-12-29
      Rime crust
      Rime crust
      2010-12-28
      By srophoto
      From around 1700-2100m (and above?), same as last week. This was obvious in-bounds today. Hopefully some new snow will obliterate it, but it was...
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      3837
      By srophoto
      2010-12-28
      White Queen = Ice Queen
      White Queen = Ice Queen
      2010-12-26
      By skifreak
      Ok, maybe not a true Ice Queen but still not much fun what ever you call her. Extremely high winds on the summit confirmed why we had first tracks...
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      2535
      By skifreak
      2010-12-26
      Acidophilus Conditions
      Acidophilus Conditions
      2010-12-26
      By powder
      Skied into Acidophilus today as the hill was being pummelled by some pretty good winds and the snow looked like it was only sticking in low lying...
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      2627
      By powder
      2010-12-26
      25 - 40cm of POW
      25 - 40cm of POW
      2010-12-24
      By admin
      The snow was deep the winds were calm and the sun fought to shine - the perfect day to go skiing. Today was the opening of the Glory Ridge Chair...
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      3529
      By admin
      2010-12-24
      Whitewater Ski touring Ascent Route – NEW
      Whitewater Ski touring Ascent Route – NEW
      2010-12-18
      By admin
      Since Whitewater is opening their new Glory Ridge Chair soon this means that the ski touring accent routes will be changing as the policy at...
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      6039
      By admin
      2010-12-25
      December 15th STOKE!
      December 15th STOKE!
      2010-12-18
      By powderfix
      Well I had a hell of a morning the other day. Fresh tracks till noon every run! Check it out!
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      2229
      By ymir
      2010-12-20
      Evening Ridge at Whitewater - Conditions
      Evening Ridge at Whitewater - Conditions
      2010-12-13
      By admin
      That classic winter Pineapple Express was in full force today and bought up to 20cm of new snow to the backcountry surrounding Whitewater with...
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      3711
      By admin
      2010-12-13
      5-mile Drainage at Whitewater - current conditions
      5-mile Drainage at Whitewater - current conditions
      2010-12-11
      By admin
      A new report from the Public Mountain Conditions Reoprt on current conditions in 5-mile drainage at Whitewater Ski Resort: Made a trip with...
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      2417
      By admin
      2010-12-11
      Evening Ridge area / West Kootenays / South Selkirks
      Evening Ridge area / West Kootenays / South Selkirks
      2010-12-06
      By shaun
      Some more observations from another AST course yesterday.   7:20am in Nelson (550m)  -3.5C 8:00am at Evening Ridge...
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      2349
      By shaun
      2010-12-06
      Whitewater - Prospector Bowl Conditions
      Whitewater - Prospector Bowl Conditions
      2010-12-03
      By admin
      A recent Mountain Conditions Report on Prospector Bowl at Whitewater: Yesterday I skied into the Prospector's area of Whitewaters's...
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      3006
      By admin
      2010-12-03
      Exposing ourselves - PHOTO COMP
      Exposing ourselves - PHOTO COMP
      2010-11-30
      By m-a
      I woke up, mouth as dry as sandpaper and a pounding headache, to my friend Ryan on the telephone. He wanted to know if I wanted to go...
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      2655
      By admin
      2010-12-06
      White Queen looking bony
      White Queen looking bony
      2010-11-30
      By crystaline
       I took this snap on Saturday at the top of the Glory Ridge Chair looking over at White Queen. You can see that things still need to fill-in...
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      2588
      By powder
      2010-11-30
      Evening Ridge Snow Pack
      Evening Ridge Snow Pack
      2010-11-28
      By powder
      Some good Beta via the Public Mountain Conditions Report: Some quick observations from an AST 1 course today: 1500m – 60cm 1600m...
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      2270
      By powder
      2010-11-28
      Whitewater Current Conditions
      Whitewater Current Conditions
      2010-11-27
      By admin
      Just returned from Whitewater today (along with 100 other eager souls) and see that the snow is starting to pile up with some mixed layers just to...
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      4345
      By admin
      2010-11-27
      whitewater status
      whitewater status
      2010-11-21
      By crystaline
      There have already been some great posts on the subject but I thought I'd add to the pile. I couldn't get out into the BC because I had a...
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      2235
      By crystaline
      2010-11-21
      Pow poachers
      Pow poachers
      2010-11-20
      By Zorba
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      4032
      By Zorba
      2010-11-20
      Whitewater's Glory Ridge Chair - UPDATE
      Whitewater's Glory Ridge Chair - UPDATE
      2010-11-15
      By admin
      With all the hype in town about the epic year on our doorstep and the sure signs of snow topped elephant mountain out the office window – I...
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      5327
      By admin
      2010-11-15
      Whitewaters got snow - any turns yet?
      Whitewaters got snow - any turns yet?
      2010-10-31
      By skifreak
      So it looks like things are starting to pile up at the hill - anyone out there made any turns yet? what is the base looking like after this last...
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      2477
      By skifreak
      2010-10-31
      Whitewater's Glory Ridge Chair - UPDATE
      Whitewater's Glory Ridge Chair - UPDATE
      2010-10-18
      By skifreak
      Things are starting to happen up at Whitewater, the pictures below are from Saturday Oct 16th and you can see that there are a few more structures...
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      3931
      By crystaline
      2010-10-21
      Whitewater's new Glory Ridge Triple Chair
      Whitewater's new Glory Ridge Triple Chair
      2010-10-02
      By skifreak
      We took advantage of the great weather today to head up to Whitewater to see how the new Glory Ridge triple Chair install was coming...
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      4
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      7685
      By skifreak
      2010-10-14
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