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Stevens Pass traffic camera

Read about this guy in "The 4-Hour Workweek". He financed his Olympic gold metal run by starting some IT companies.

However, Wikipedia is not too gung ho about his actual businesses:

Quoted: The brothers originally got involved in IT business to help fund their skiing careers. A number of computer security companies have advisories about the companies, indicating that they distribute browser-hijackers and spyware.[1][2] Begg-Smith has been reluctant to talk to the media about them following his gold medal win, stating that their business was technology and it was up to ad customers to decide what type of ads they wished to run.

Awesome extreme skiing trailer for a new documentary film.

Quoted: A feature documentary about bold adventure, exquisite athleticism and the pursuit of a perfect moment on skis. It is the story of big mountain skiing, a sport that barely existed 35 years ago. It started in the 1970s in the mountains above Chamonix, France, where skiers began to attempt ski descents so extreme that they appeared almost suicidal. Men like Anselme Baud and Patrick Vallencant were inspired by the challenge of skiing where no one thought to ski before. Now, two generations later, some of the world’s greatest skiers pursue a sport where the prize is not winning, but simply experiencing the exhilaration of skiing and exploring big, wild, remote mountains. STEEP features many of the sport’s greatest athletes including Bill Briggs, Stefano De Benedetti, Eric Pehota, Glen Plake, Shane McConkey, Seth Morrison, Chris Davenport, Ingrid Backstrom and Andrew McLean. The man who is often described as the greatest big mountain skier of all, the late Doug Coombs, is the character at the center of STEEP. He died in a skiing accident in La Grave, France, in April, 2006, just days after being filmed for STEEP. His rich life and tragic death reveal the essential question at the heart of big mountain skiing: How does a skier weigh the risks versus the rewards of a sport where the possibility of dying is ever-present? STEEP was shot on High Definition and on film in Alaska, Wyoming, Canada, France and Iceland.

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This does look insanely fun (and insanely dangerous).

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Quoted: Online Avalanche Lesson by Jim Conway.

Big White snow report page. I was planning a trip this week - but conditions may not be so favorable now...

Whistler is 3rd on the list of 10 greenest ski resorts. As they said on Treehugger, "while skiing may not be the greenest pasttime, they sure are the most concerned with global warming."

Oh! For the opportunity to travel...

Quoted: Horrors! Mad River Glen is finally changing. Its historic, signature single-chair lift will soon be restored.