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Sled Dog Races a Mushing Success

Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Dave Quinn.

A beautiful Kootenay weekend brought out more than 2,500 onlookers to take in the action at this year’s Bootleg Gap Sled Dog Races in Kimberley.

“We had three less competitors than last year,” explains a grinning event volunteer John Boucher, “but at least two of those were in Whistler doing Olympic duties, so we can’t complain.”

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The Kootenays’ Whitewater: Up in Cold Smoke

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by Dave Quinn.

Nelson’s backcountry Cold Smoke Powderfest comes as B.C.’s Whitewater contemplates future ideas for expansion, including plans to expand into critical habitat for the south Selkirk endangered mountain caribou herd.

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The Kootenays: Cowboys and Ski Bums

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Dave Quinn.

What do you get when you blend big-mountain skiing, new-school terrain-park riding and cowboy culture? Kicking Horse Resort’s Wrangle the Chute, where not only do competitors have to style their way down some of Kicking Horse’s extreme, leg-burning chutes, they then face a massive terrain park where the sky is literally the limit . . .

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Man’s Best Friend Helps Kootenay Kids

Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by Dave Quinn.

Noticeably absent from this year’s Bootleg races, however, will be the canines from local Adrenaline Dog Sled Tours – they’ll be at the Olympics on an important, covert mission, delivering “as-yet-unspecified” performers to the outdoor stages in Whistler (while showcasing B.C. tourism for Olympic spectators from around the world, of course).

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