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  1. Think the point BC was trying to make, is that unless you're a qualified biologist, you probably shouldn't be the one making the call on culling fish cause they may have Whirling. The quote above is how you you're supposed to deal with all kept fish, not just ones you think may have WD.

     

    "simply disposing of infected fish parts in a clean drainage could provide enough spores to start an infection"

     

    Only a qualified biologist could know for sure though!

  2. From the press release http://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=433953CA3458B-B50E-57D4-A97FD2549BE284E2

     

    "If you suspect a case of whirling disease, call 1-855-336-BOAT (2628)."

     

    Actually the quote BurningChrome posted first tells you to put the infected fish in the landfill so it doesn't risk getting back into a water system...

     

    http://whirlingdisease.montana.edu/about/anglers.htm

     

    • Dispose of fish entrails and skeletal parts properly. Never discard fish parts in or near streams or rivers. Because an infected fish may harbor tens of thousands of myxospores, simply disposing of infected fish parts in a clean drainage could provide enough spores to start an infection. Do not discard fish parts in a kitchen disposal. Whirling disease myxospores can survive most wastewater treatment systems. Instead, discard in dry waste that would go to a landfill.
  3. I would be up for a day tour, I pretty much head out touring every weekend as it is.

     

    Kananaskis and Banff/Yoho have been great lately! Here is a good trip report from my buddy Kevin.

     

    Dec. 31' date=' 2012 w/ Justin (stein)

     

    Last turns of 2012 and they were awesome! The base of the slope was only 5 mins from the car.

    [img']http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8333416983_4ef3a1ae59_z.jpg[/img]

     

    After one lap on the normal slopes, we decided to take a closer look at the couloir.

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    It was relatively small, straight, not too steep, little/no overhead hazard, good run out, and overall very stable conditions, so it was looking good.

     

    We set a steep uptrack right to the mouth of the couloir and took the time to dig a pit. With no unexpected results to scare us off, we started the tedious boot pack up the couloir.

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    We made it about 100 vertical meters up and began to notice a 10 cm thick crust overlying sugary snow, so we strapped in at that point, about halfway up.

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    Slightly crusty in the couloir, but awesome powder down below. So good that we came back up to our pit location for a third lap.

     

    3 runs, ~800 m vertical, 8 km

     

    A few more pics and hi-res of those above here:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/powrider_kevsauer/sets/72157632400918353/with/8333390733/

     

    Here's hoping for much more safe and plentiful powder in the new year!

     

     

     

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