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		<title>Industry Profile: 907 Snowcat Owner Nate Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Years on snow: 38 Days on snow: Not enough Currently Riding: Powlaris RMK, Rossignol, Burton Currently I am: Wishing it was December Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Nate: An upstate New York born 38 year Alaskan resident working in the most remote areas within the State managing commercial construction and environmental remediation projects. My parents introduced me to the mountain lifestyle as a toddler skiing with me in a backpack, something that you just don’t see anymore. I began hanging on to my mom and dad’s legs soon after I could walk with a pair of plastic skis. After high school I became heavily involved in backcountry activities and more recently started snowboarding with the introduction of using snowmachines for access. Shay: How has snowboarding/skiing changed your life? Nate: Skiing and snowboarding has always been a part of my life so it has not changed my life but rather molded me into the person that I have become. Mother Nature has always been there allowing me to work out problems and celebrate success. No matter the mind frame that I started the day off with it always ended with a smile. Shay: How did you get your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Checking In: Mountain Sky Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A home away from home. For the past month, that was the Mountain Sky Hotel in Valdez, Alaska. It came with all the amenities you expect from a hotel; complimentary breakfast, coffee, comfy beds, swimming pool, hot tub and daily cleaning service. But it also came with a new watering hole called the 32° Lounge and Grill that became the hub for gathering each evening. Located right in the center of Valdez, the Mountain Sky Hotel was walking distance to everything you needed from bars to restaurants to grocery stores. It was still a good 40 miles to Thompson Pass where the Flow Tailgate AK experience was taking place but it offered a retreat with running water, laundry and warm beds each evening. I arrived in Valdez a week prior to the start of Flow Tailgate AK and used the quiet time to finish up work in my hotel room and wander around the town of Valdez. It was the perfect opportunity to take photos of the harbor, figure out which coffee shop was my favorite (Sacred Grounds Expresso was it) and enjoy the calm before the storm. A month in a hotel can be quite a long time but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tailgate Alaska: 907 Snowcat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The past couple days in Alaska have been &#8220;down days&#8221; when the weather comes in and you take a break from the mountains till the snow piles up and the sun comes out. It was a good break and time to figure out the next plan of attack. A couple of the Flow guys mentioned a day of snowcat and I was really happy with my first day with 907 before Tailgate Alaska began so I mentioned all of us heading up for the day with them. Eventually it grew from a couple of us to almost a full cat of people we knew who wanted to spend a day shredding. Plus the weather finally cleared and delivered a perfectly warm bluebird day on the mountain. Our crew for the day comprised of Kevin and Donny from Flow, Joseph from Evo, Peter and Jimmy who are under my wing at Tailgate, Gilly who does everything, pro-snowboarder Kevin Jones and his fiance Danielle, two skiers who I forgot their names but were super nice, Rasmus from Chuckbuddies, Gabe Smith who is competing in the Freeride Championships, the guides (Susan and Ryder) and myself. It was a full snowcat of rad people. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snowboarding with 907 Snowcat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been an incredible season of firsts. First Baker Banked Slalom, first heli, first backcountry turns in Alaska and now my first cat day of snowboarding. When I first arrived in Valdez, I met Nate from 907 snowcat and decided that a day of cat boarding would be a great way to start the Tailgate AK experience. I ended up joining in with a really great group of snowboarders from Alaska and Sweden. We had seven of us total for the day. 907 Snowcat is running full day snowcat tours for $325 for tailgaters and it guarantees you anywhere from 8 to 13 runs for the day. Heli access you are constrained by weather while snowcats won&#8217;t be. So definitely on a questionable weather day, snowcat will keep you on the mountain during the weather. Plus you get a fun ride up perfect for snacking between runs. The morning started out bluebird and sunny skies so we headed up in the cat to get to Mid Mountain where we&#8217;d be staying above for the day. Our warm-up turns were in Bowl #1 which offered a bit more mellow pitches for getting our powder legs under us. It was really breathtaking [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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