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		<title>Daylight Savings Procrastination</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/daylight-savings-procrastination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Mool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man &#8230; Daylight savings is rough. We love the extra hour of daylight at night, but you know as well as we do, that waking up in the morning sucks. It feels more like we lost three hours of sleep. So instead of struggling through emails and trying to put together some semblance of work, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ditch the Resort Food Prices</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/ditch-the-resort-food-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not like die-hard skiers needed to adjust their resort spending habits due when the economy turned south—we were poor long before that. But sometimes, the lure of hot chili cheese fries and a cold beer is just too much to pass up. You’re cold, you’re wet, you want something warm in your stomach, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haute Route &#8211; Europe&#8217;s Ultimate Hut-to-Hut Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Mool</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[backcountry skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hut-to-hut trips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[March and April are the ideal times to head across the pond for the hut-to-hut-tour to end all hut-to-hut tours: the Haute Route. The Haute Route, or High Route, traverses from Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland. It usually takes seven to ten days to travel through 60 miles of the most stunning scenery in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RECCO: Reflections on Avalanche Rescue</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/recco-reflections-on-avalanche-rescue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Boccia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avalanche safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resorts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skiing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve likely seen the RECCO logos and reflectors on various winter sports outerwear and hardgood products. What is RECCO, and what does it do? ]]></description>
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		<title>DIY: Paint Your Skis / Snowboard</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/diy-paint-your-skis-snowboard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do-it-yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skiing]]></category>
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Butter knives dull and worn from too much abuse in the park? Your seasoned pow planks suffering from case of dated artwork? We painted our boards and skis and put together a step-by-step guide. We also enlisted the help of the custom painting pros at TOWR13 Customs to show you how to do it yourself.
Supplies:

Sandpaper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CR Johnson &#8211; A Look Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Boccia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[freestyle skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro athletes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skiing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Skiing lost one of the all-time greats when CR Johnson passed away while riding at his home resort on February 24, 2010. Although he was somewhat out of the spotlight in recent years, we’d like to remind everyone of just how talented, influential and important CR was to our sport. Here’s our top-5, and we’d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big LePowSki</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob de Luca</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[freeski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Saturday, February 27 marked the second annual Big LePowSki, and you missed it. You idiot.
$75 got you a Brighton  lift ticket, lunch, free demos and free instruction from pros like Andy Jacobsen, Kim Havell, Jamey Parks, Andrew McLean, and Jenn Berg.
Showing up late as usual, we dropped into Jamey and Andy&#8217;s advanced freeride clinic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groomer’s Pick – Night in the Life of a Snowcat Operator Part II</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/groomers-pick-night-in-the-life-of-a-snowcat-driver-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Marston</dc:creator>
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We had hoped that a super-dump of lake-effect Utah powder would bless this experience, but that’s not how it goes tonight—no fresh, just overcast skies. Ty pokes a few buttons on the smart phone that’s connected to the entertainment system, and the cats roll out one-by-one to a soundtrack courtesy of the brothers Allman.
This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groomer’s Pick: A Night in the Life of a Snowcat Operator Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Marston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it take to turn bumpy resort runs into smooth, white goodness reminiscent of sweet, buttery cake frosting? It takes a specific machine, a snow cat, a confident person to operate it, and every available minute during the night to achieve success.]]></description>
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		<title>Skiing Utah&#8217;s Tushar Mountains &#8211; Not a Soul in Sight</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/skiing-utahs-tushar-mountains-not-a-soul-in-sight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[backcountry skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trip reports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're tired of fighting the backcountry ski or snowboarding traffic in your mountain area then check out the untouched powder stashes in the Tushar Mountain Range. You won't be disappointed.]]></description>
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