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Backcountry Film Festival – Call for Submissions

Boise, ID – Winter Wildlands Alliance is seeking entries for its 6th annual Backcountry Film Festival. The Backcountry Film Festival seeks to promote the work of grassroots filmmakers who tell compelling and entertaining stories of backcountry, nonmotorized recreation and environmental preservation. Do you have a compelling story, some quality footage and a keen eye for …

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Support the Catamount Trail – Race to the Top of VT

How about a little boost your fitness as another ski season nears? This coming August 29, 2010, please come out and support Vermont’s Catamount Trail Association, by running, mountain biking, or non-competitively hiking up Vermont’s Mount Mansfield as part of the 3rd Annual Race to the Top of Vermont. Proceeds from this event will benefit …

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Photo of the Week: A Three Sandwich Day

You know you are in for a great adventure – at least you had better be – when you prepare and pack three sandwiches for your ski pack. This particular sandwich making session was followed by a ski tour that kicked off around dinner time, carried us through the midnight hours and didn’t land us …

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Photo of the Week: Crust Cruising

One of the great things about a little rainfall in the middle of February is that it sometime leads to the formation of a nice supportive crust atop the snowpack. If we’ve got a good base to work with, this can be especially fun, as the crust allows you to go nearly anywhere, and fast, …

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Surfing Arctic Norway

We recently stumbled upon this terrific short film about Arctic Norway – produced from a surfer’s perspective. It features some of the same mountain areas that we explored by bicycle and skis this past spring. Whether you enjoy surfing or not, we think you’ll enjoy this! – Brian and Emily