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	<title>Snow Skills &#187; Snow Conditions</title>
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		<title>Powder Baskets for Trekking Poles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cross Country Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trekking poles are essential for winter trekking and powder baskets for those poles are, too! &#8220;I&#8217;ve only made this mistake once and I&#8217;ll never do it again!&#8221; I&#8217;m referring to heading out for that first snowshoe trek of the winter season, grabbing the backpack, the snowshoes, and the trekking poles on the way out the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Diamond Sabretooth Crampons Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Black Diamond Sabretooth Crampons are an excellent crampon choice for winter climbing and hiking. I recently used the Sabretooth Clip on a hike in the White Mountains of New Hampshire to climb Mount Lafayette. (elevation 5,260 ft.) The Sabretooth Clip uses a strap across the forefoot and a bail (similar to an alpine binding) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowshoes so You Don&#8217;t Posthole the Trail</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/snowshoes-so-you-dont-posthole-the-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Snow Conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowshoeing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posthole is winter hiking slang for stepping into snow that isn&#8217;t dense or strong enough to support your weight. Your foot will drive down into the snow, making it hard to remove your embedded foot from the snow cover and leaving behind a deep, distinct footprint in the snow. What happened there was that your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gregory Zulu Pack Skiing Riding</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/gregory-zulu-pack-skiing-riding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring Corn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The arrival of spring brings the end of the lift-serviced skiing: so what&#8217;s stopping you from going unlift-serviced skiing?!? Probably the absence of a backpack capable of hauling your gear and the day&#8217;s necessities up the hill under your own power. Try the Gregory Zulu Pack to address your needs and you&#8217;ll be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carved Ski Turns</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/carved-ski-turns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since shaped skis have become the norm in alpine gear, it&#8217;s become common to see skiers going down the hill in a carved turn pretty much everywhere. To keep up the times, you can improve your carving through effective edging: A carve is typically considered a parallel turn where the arc of the skis is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Hiking Boot Grips</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/winter-hiking-boot-grips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.snowskills.net/winter-hiking-boot-grips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowshoeing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For hiking in snow, snowshoes are usually the tool of choice. Climbing in deep snow or ice? Crampons will do the job. But what do you wear for traction when there&#8217;s icy conditions without underlying snow? A company called 32 NORTH INC. just down the road from the Snowskills.net headquarters produces several awesome products for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Chill</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/wind-chill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow Conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An important part of outdoor recreation is understanding the impacts of weather and the effects of windchill are a huge influence on your comfort level in the winter. Wind chill is the relative discomfort due to the combination of wind and weather conditions. At any time of the year, the presence of wind or precipitation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stay Forward by Skiing with Edging</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/stay-forward-by-skiing-with-edging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steeps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching Philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s probably the oldest skiing tip in the book; stay forward! Having trouble with control? Stay forward! Want to start parallel skiing? Stay forward! Want to ski faster? Stay forward! Fine, got it; can do it great in the living room. But just how does one stay forward on slick, uneven, steep snow at speed? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skiing Soft Snow</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/skiing-soft-snow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.snowskills.net/skiing-soft-snow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Skiing Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring Corn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The snow conditions in Australia are largely dictated by the fact the air temperature rarely gets colder than 5 degrees C (say 20 degrees F). With the addition of that warm Aussie sun, these factors tends to keep the snow surface from freezing fully into frozen granular and generally keeps skiing Downunder softer and quieter. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telemark Tip for Jano and Crusher</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/telemark-tip-for-jano-and-crusher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.snowskills.net/telemark-tip-for-jano-and-crusher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spring Corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steeps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telemark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cheers and hello to fellow Sugarloafers Jano and Crusher who are vacationing out in British Columbia. These two hard-corps free-heelers are driving cross-country in their camper for an extended vacation now that the snow&#8217;s leaving us here in the Northeast. Here&#8217;s a telemark tip for all of us, with them in mind:While ripping up those [...]]]></description>
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