The Annual Turkey Sale & Swap is coming back to Whistler this October 9 – 12.

“Whistler Blackcomb and the surrounding community are coming together once again to show our thanks to two of the things we are incredibly grateful for – snow and the mountain enthusiasts that dream all summer long about the day it starts to fall again.

Where:

The Legendary Turkey Sale, where you can shop for the top name brands in ski and snowboard equipment under one roof, at huge pre season savings!

If you do one thing to get ready for the upcoming season, make sure you stop into the Turkey Sale!”

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Categories: Deals
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- I read about 17 year-old Michael Parenteau of Nelson in the latest edition of British Columbia Magazine. Check out this crazy video of him mountain unicycling!

- On Thursday these spectacular photos and footage of an undersea volcano erupting off the coast of Tonga were taken. Last Friday, there was a 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the area and tsunami warnings were issued and quickly canceled.

- This freshwater stingray, thought to be the world’s largest, was tagged and released as part of National Geographic study in Thailand.

- The 2009 Iditarod is currently under way. The Onion News released a hilarious article Stumbling, Bumbling Sled Dog: ‘Sorry, This Is My First Iditarod’ worth reading. The Boston Globe has a great collection of pictures from the race.

- Ummm…cute?:

- If all the snow the local mountains got this week isn’t enough to get you stoked to get out there, here are two video teasers from The Stoke. The videos are both shot by Sweetgrass Productions. The first is new and was shot in Japan; the second was shot in the Revelstoke area last year.

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Tags: Base Jump,Camel,Elephant,Iditarod,Michael Parenteau,Mountain Unicycle,Polar Bears,Sharks,Ski Jump,Snowboarding & Skiing,Stingray,Sweetgrass Productions,Tonga Volcano
Categories: Pics & Vids of the Week
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In recognition of the 1 year countdown to the 2010 Olympics, Grouse is celebrating in style. The resort will be open for 48 straight hours next weekend (Feb 13 – 15). I think it would be awesome to be shredding the mountain at 3am looking down on the city lights or taking a moonlight snowshoe trek. Hopefully we can get some more fresh snow by then too!

As a kick-off to the one year countdown to the world spotlight shining on Vancouver, Grouse Mountain will keep its winter operation open for more than 48 hours beginning Friday, February 13th and going all weekend long. The adrenaline rush of snow sports will not cease even in the wee hours of the morning!

For those who have ever wondered what it would be like to carve down a ski run as the sunrise frames the city in front of you, 48 Hours of Winter is the time to find out.

During this time all the regular activities you enjoy at Grouse will be open including snowboarding, skiing, ice skating, snowshoeing, zip-trekking, and it will also coincide with the Yeti Snowshoe Racing Series.

Check the event page for details on exact hours for each activity / facilities.

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Tags: 48 Hours,Grouse,Skiing,Snowboarding & Skiing,Snowshoeing,Yeti
Categories: Events
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The Fine Line is a great educational film about avalanche safety in Canada. With all the recent avalanches we have been experiencing in BC I wanted to learn a bit more and came across this video. When I say “educational” film, that’s probably enough to turn off some people’s interest, but the film is very interesting. It is broken down into 5 parts – 1 main feature, and 4 educational shorts. The main feature is killer, like Warren Miller meets Discovery Channel or something. There is some great extreme backcountry footage, sprinkled with some good avalanche safety information. It is very well done, and if you are at all interested in learning more about avalanches you should order the DVD from the above website. You can check out the trailer below:

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Categories: Products & Gear, Safety
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Vancity Allie is another blogger who has a strong taste for outdoor fun here on the west coast. Or as she puts it:

This the blog of a 24 year-old Vancouver girl who loves and writes about everything “Vancouver” and West Coast. This is the blog of a girl who works in Vancouver’s video game industry, it’s also a surfing blog, snowboarding blog, Canucks blog, gadget blog, and photography blog.

If you haven’t seen her blog before, go check it out. She has interesting posts on a wide range of topics and takes some great photographs.

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Tags: Blog,Golf,Snowboarding & Skiing,surfing,Vancity Allie,website,West Coast
Categories: Websites
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