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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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    5625
    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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    2570
    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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    6725
    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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    2511
    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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    2508
    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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    3859
    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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    2547
    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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    2641
    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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    3544
    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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    6060
    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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    2241
    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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    3724
    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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    2430
    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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    2365
    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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    3022
    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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    2667
    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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    2605
    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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    2286
    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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    4359
    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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    2248
    By crystaline
    2010-11-21
    Pow poachers
    Pow poachers
    2010-11-20
    By Zorba
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    4046
    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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    5338
    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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    2494
    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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    4
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    3944
    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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    7700
    By skifreak
    2010-10-14
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