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Backcountry Access sponsors Beacon Basin at Kirkwood

Hundreds of people walk across them on a busy day. Few realize they are pulsing, alive, just a few feet (or in some cases meters) below the surface of the snow. BackcountryAccess' latest Beacon Basin is at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. There are six beacons buried at various depths and angles that can be turned on by remote control to represent single or multiple burials. The area is now located at or near the patrol shack at the top of chairs 2 and 3..

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Patroller Rick Newberry is the driving force behind Beacon Basin.