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	<title>Utah Skiing Blog - Ski Bum Poet &#187; Alta</title>
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		<title>Viral Alta Rope Tow Wedgie</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/alta/viral-rope-tow-wedgie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been watching this short YouTube clip go viral around the web over the past four days. It&#8217;s an episode that played out on the Alta transfer tow. When I first saw it less than a week ago, there were 80 views. And as I type this post it&#8217;s closing in on 100,000 views, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Fasssstttttt!</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/alta/ellie-toddler-skiing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what Ellie kept yelling at the top of her lungs on her first day skiing from the chair lift, last Tues February, 16th 2010. She rode up Sunnyside lift at Alta three times. She was between my legs for each run, and the last one we went top to bottom without stopping. On the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Avalanche in Cardiac Bowl</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/alta/natural-avalanche-in-cardiac-bowl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avalanche Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avalanche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canyon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about a gasp for the current Little Cottonwood Canyon snowpak? The first photo below is courtesy of Spencer Wheatley on Facebook&#8230; although he points out that he didn&#8217;t take the photo. Here is his caption, and the photo: &#8220;Natural avalanche in Cardiac Bowl -Fracture wraps into Little Superior Buttress.&#8221; From the same cycle, check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay the price..</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/pay-the-price/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/pay-the-price/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Grind]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[high]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rustler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve paid the price two times in two days on high boy. It&#8217;s been good exploring on low snowpak. That&#8217;s important at Alta. When the powder comes you can take all you want, but always be willing to pay the price when there&#8217;s none.]]></description>
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		<title>Town of Alta, UT</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/town-of-alta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/town-of-alta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skibumpoet.com/?p=416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People who read Ski Bum Poet generally know all about Alta and Little Cottonwood Canyon. Yep. But some don&#8217;t. And for you folks, here&#8217;s a cool little write up on the area quoted direct from the Town of Alta website. It&#8217;s pretty much my dream to live up there full time one day&#8230;not own a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alta 16,000 Years Ago</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/alta-16000-years-ago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Grind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I first got to know my wife I was introduced to a world of rocks and ages that I never even considered up until that point. Danette studied Geology at USU and her passion for that science was contagious. I still always bug her with silly questions about Geologic time scales and rock formations. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Alta Opening &#8211; Wed 11/25</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/alta/2009-alta-opening-wed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skibumpoet.com/alta/2009-alta-opening-wed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Official word just came down via Alta.com. Lifts will be running Wednesday morning, so gear up hippies! With the nice 10” weekend storm and the good snowmaking weather we will be ready to open this Wednesday at 9:15. We will open with our Collins detachable quad, offering top (10,400&#8242;) to bottom (8,530&#8242;) intermediate and expert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily POW</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/the-daily-pow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/the-daily-pow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Grind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AltaCam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Powder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skibumpoet.com/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So we installed WordPress at AltaCam recently, but it&#8217;s not linked up from the site yet. I found the Panorama Theme by Themocracy from Underground Parent&#8230;and I think it&#8217;s damn sweet. I just customized the header graphic that came with the theme by using an array of ski photo contest winners over the last few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintage Alta POWDER</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/alta/vintage-alta-pow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skibumpoet.com/alta/vintage-alta-pow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skibumpoet.com/?p=360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How about this Alta footage! You may have seen this last year on the AltaCam Ski Forum, but a few weeks ago Mark (the guy who shot the film in 1974) posted a new, high-quality version. The best part about this: Although there are more people and tracks nowadays, the blower pow hasn&#8217;t changed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nov 20th Alta Opening</title>
		<link>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/nov-20th-alta-opening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skibumpoet.com/daily-grind/nov-20th-alta-opening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Grind]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Powderhound (Jesse) posted to AltaCam about opening day recently, and the season is definitely closing in on us. With a good snowpak start in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Alta announced that opening day for the 2009-10 ski season will be November 20th. That&#8217;s on a Friday, so sneak out of work and come up and say [...]]]></description>
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