A question from a reader asks about the relative safety of upholding and touring on-piste once the resort is closed for the day. In other words, let’s ruminate on after hours safety tools for the uphillist (is this a word?).
The High Route’s tips for using your backcountry radio properly. In other words, like a clear and concise pro.
What exactly is good etiquette when it comes to transition times? Is two minutes a golden rule we should aspire to? Asking for a newish ski tourist.
We can come up with lots of fun and interesting ski/ride scenarios. There’s the yo-yo laps in deep powder. There’s week-long traverse where you might come home calling it a walking-camping trip. There’s the firm snow steep chute dance to be had. All this might take specific tools. There’s a lot of sweet used gear in the marketplace to fill out the niches in a two-boot two-ski quiver.
Keeping it simple in technical terrain is a mantra to make systems less complex and fail proof. Thoughts on connecting two ropes while ski mountaineering.
A question from a reader asks about the relative safety of upholding and touring on-piste once the resort is closed for the day. In other words, let's ruminate on after hours safety tools for the uphillist (is this a word?).
We can come up with lots of fun and interesting ski/ride scenarios. There's the yo-yo laps in deep powder. There's week-long traverse where you might come home calling it a walking-camping trip. There's the firm snow steep chute dance to be had. All this might take specific tools. There's a lot of sweet used gear in the marketplace to fill out the niches in a two-boot two-ski quiver.
