Tips for Using Your Backcountry Radio…Like a Pro
The High Route’s tips for using your backcountry radio properly. In other words, like a clear and concise pro.
Category: Skill Building
Skill Building
The place to find all The High Route's articles about building and refining your backcountry specific skills.
Backcountry Etiquette: Transition Times
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.
Ski Mountaineering: Connecting Two Ropes
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.
Master the Shoulder Axe Carry
There are situations when having quick access to a stowed axe is desirable. Imagine you’re on that big and bad and burly line you’ve eyed all spring. The first few hundred meters of turns are steep, but the snow is forgiving and edgable. Then, a few turns ahead, a slick and shiny patch of blue ice elicits the international distress signal: puckering. Make the pucker factor in the steeps less puckery. Here’s how to master the shoulder axe carry.
BD and Smiley Provide Useful Information on Building Effective Snow Anchors
Mark Smiley and BD’s QC Lab collaborate in “The Art and Science of Building Snow Anchors.” Consider it a valuable guide to better practice and understanding of the physics in play.
A Clear and Concise Dave Searle Video on Rappel Extensions
Dave Searle, a Chamonix-based IFMGA guide, has a robust catalog of instructional videos for ski touring/ski alpinism and the sorts of adventures absent snow sliding, too. He recently released a video on rappel extensions that we are keen on.
