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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>The Ski Area Formerly Known as Elk Meadows Opens Next Week</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/12/elk-meadows-opens-after-8-year-hiatus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Showalter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elk Meadows Resort, which has been closed for the past eight seasons, will reopen next week under new ownership and a new name. Now called Eagle Point, this small resort in the Tushar Mountains outside of Beaver, Utah, won’t have any snow-making or high-speed lifts, but it will have advanced and expert terrain that rivals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speeding on the Slopes Results in Jail Time? For Real?</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/09/speeding-on-the-slopes-results-in-jail-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Showalter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a week ago, an acquaintance told me that Park City, the town in which Deer Valley and Park City ski resorts are located, had put a law on the books that makes speeding on the ski slopes a misdemeanor that could result in a fine or jail time. After doing some research, I&#8217;m fairly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowbird Must Have More Lobbyists</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/07/snowbird-must-have-more-lobbyists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snowbird offered a land-swap deal that traded land in watershed areas (right next door to where Alta and Solitude wanted to expand) for a swath in the Mary Ellen Gulch area (not watershed)—thereby allowing Snowbird to win where the other Cottonwood Canyon competition failed in their expansion attempts.]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking News: Unknown Gathering at a Local Resort Sparks Interest</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/04/guide-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Marston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unexplained scene at The Canyons ski and snowboard resort. Could it be ... pond skimming?]]></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>RECCO: Reflections on Avalanche Rescue</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/recco-reflections-on-avalanche-rescue/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/recco-reflections-on-avalanche-rescue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Boccia</dc:creator>
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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>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 [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/groomers-pick-night-in-the-life-of-a-snowcat-driver-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Marston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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