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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[avalanche safety]]></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>
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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>
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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>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/the-big-lepowski/</link>
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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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Christensen</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Packing for Yurt and Hut-to-Hut Trips</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/packing-for-yurt-and-hut-to-hut-trips/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/packing-for-yurt-and-hut-to-hut-trips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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Untouched fall lines everywhere your eyes land, private lodgings for you and your friends, no cell phones, computers, or other distractions to take away from skiing powder, and a warm fire to tend—it’s hard to say no to a multi-day hut or yurt trip.
And while hut and yurt trips are inevitably incredible, I’ve discovered a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lift-Line Etiquette</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/02/lift-line-etiquette/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeb Admire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might be the most radical skier on the mountain, but there's no need to tell everyone else within earshot about how you just sent it off the gnarliest rock on the mountain and then used your iPhone to buy Apple stock while cruising a groomer. This, and other examples of lift line behavior that would make Miss Manners cry.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Products That Never Made It</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/02/10-products-that-never-made-it/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/02/10-products-that-never-made-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hasen Pfeffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a tightly knit family of outdoor products so wild, so unique, and so out there that most people have never heard of them and probably never will. The Top 10 Products that Never Made It.]]></description>
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