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		<title>Snowbird Update: The Life and Death of Dotted Lines</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/05/snowbird-update-the-life-and-death-of-dotted-lines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 11:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Miesbauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snowbird has blown up the news wire this spring, issuing a dizzying string of press releases to counteract the criticism it received for recently proposed developments. One key proposal involved the construction of an alpine roller coaster; the other was a Master Development Plan to study the effects of a new tram to the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IOC Approves Ski Halfpipe for the 2014 Olympics</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/04/ioc-approves-ski-halfpipe-for-the-2014-olympics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Miesbauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word is out.  Men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s ski halfpipe will be an event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The decision came as the International Olympic Committee convened in a plush London conference room on April 6, far from snow, mountains, and tall tees. Since snowboard halfpipe brought home the bacon (in terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen and the Art of Managing Powder Panic</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/12/zen-and-powder-panic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every region of the skiing world has its own particular form of this terrible ailment or morning malaise … a rapacious brooding that turns happy citizens into gorilla-chest-pounding, car-horn-honking, Ben-Hur-on-the-traverse fiends. This sanctimonious demon’s name: powder-induced panic. Let me elucidate a specific example … Salt Lake City’s proximity to habit-forming ski terrain is, like almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Drive (and Not to Drive) to the Ski Area During a Snowstorm</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/12/driving-during-a-snowstorm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Showalter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 8 p.m. on a recent Friday night, CalTrans announced that, beginning 20 miles west of the top of Donner Pass, Calif., all vehicles needed traction tires and either chains or four-wheel/all-wheel drive. We were just three exits from the chain-up checkpoint when we drove into mayhem. Semis were lined up in the pullouts, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hook Me Up, Bro: The Rules of Swag</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/10/hook-me-up-bro-the-rules-of-schwag/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/10/hook-me-up-bro-the-rules-of-schwag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Riser</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backcountrybeacon.com/?p=7938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Dude, you work at Backcountry.com? Can you get me a deal on gear?” I cannot even count how many times I&#8217;ve heard these words. Pro skiers, sponsored climbers, shop employees, and even lifties know that it’s a rare week that goes by without someone asking this question. Unfortunately, the implications of this seemingly simple question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start Them Young, and Pass on the Passion</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/10/start-them-young-and-pass-on-the-passion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Showalter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gear Guide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many world-class outdoor athletes began learning their sports in their preschool years. Tommy Caldwell did his first climb at age 3. Reinhold Messner summited his first mountain with his dad at age 5. Parents who get their toddlers on the rock or onto the slopes might be giving their kids a leg up—but perhaps even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons Not to Ski the Himalayas</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/09/10-reasons-not-to-ski-the-himalayas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Showalter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alpine climbing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avalanche safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does exploring Nepal’s 1,300+ peaks higher than 6,000 meters (19,685+ feet)—many of which haven’t been climbed let alone skied—sound like your kind of adventure? Here are ten things that might make you think twice before you pack your bags and jump on a plane with your touring gear. Then again, for the masochist/devil-may-care crowd out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIP: Brociety</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/09/rip-brociety/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/09/rip-brociety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Mool</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[action sports]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backcountrybeacon.com/?p=6639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since SteepandCheap.com came onto the scene many moons ago, Backcountry.com has introduced a flurry of new One Deal At A Time sites: starting with WhiskeyMilitia.com, moving to Chainlove.com and Bonktown.com, and ending with Brociety.com. Whiskey was billed as surf / skate; Chainlove = MTB; Bonktown = road cycling; Brociety = snowboard. Despite a stoney flying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Waterways In Utah</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/07/public-waterways-in-utah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kayaking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backcountrybeacon.com/?p=5621</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently in the great, wild, western state of Utah, it is illegal to enter any public body of water that flows over marked private property —that is if your un-permitted feet are specifically touching the ground. Would you like to know more about how that fact really affects kayakers, fishermen and fisherwomen, hunters, tubers, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaper-Proof Your Biking</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/07/gaper-proof-your-biking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Riser</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bike helmets]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backcountrybeacon.com/?p=5338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To gape or not to gape, that is the question. For some reason, the things that make a mountain biker look like a gaper aren&#8217;t as cut and dry as they are in other outdoor activities. Some things change with time, and some things you can get away with if you ride well enough. Then, [...]]]></description>
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