 Poster: A snowHead
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@DB, nice find. I did look for a ski pole brake video but didn’t find one. I have used it in anger but its not great and certainly not as useful as an ice axe. More of a last resort than part of a plan.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Bumping this thread to report on skiing the Black Ibex in good snow conditions but poor visibility three times on a visit to Kaunertal today…the first part is certainly steep but short (I got 6 turns in before it levelled out) & well groomed with no actual technical difficulty bar the gradient..it is MUCH easier than (eg) the Kamikaze Ski route in Serfaus or the Innsbruck Nordkette ski route which I did earlier in the season, or even the steep Ski route in Lech above Zug which I did in doubtful conditions last week..for those who know Silvretta Montafon, I’d say the Black Ibex is a slightly steeper but wider version of the black above the Ski tunnel in Hoch Joch…wouldn’t fancy it much in ice though..
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..maybe I should start a thread on committing ski routes instead beginning with No 4 from Sennigrat in Hochjoch which starts through gaps in the avalanche barriers with a particularly interesting “non optional” turn directly & very steeply above a notably vicious (metal) set of barriers…I am sure Clarky999 will remember it fondly..
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The steepest piste we have in the Jungfrau is the relatively new 'Direttissima' at Mürren. It’s 88%. We always skied the route before it became a piste - it was home to some of the fiercest bumps in the area.
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..& I’ll just add that including true “off piste” in the Arlberg..the most concerned I’ve been this season was on iced up & heavily moguled route no 25 (= black Itineraire) in Silvretta Nova …admittedly there is some history since I once cartwheeled the ENTIRE route from messed up first turn to the bottom ..each cartwheel went quicker & the patch of blue sky turned round me ever sickeningly faster all the way …I somehow landed unharmed in a snow drift at the bottom (I was however wearing a back protector & carrying a rucksack with shovel etc which insulated the bumps a little).. to round off my “Glück ins Unglück”..after I dug myself out of the snow I was then standing around somewhat groggily at 3.45 on a freezing January afternoon at the bottom of this lonely ski route contemplating sourly a walk out in ski boots from the lift & then having to come back early the next day on other skis to retrieve my lost poles, skis etc. Suddenly two Swiss guides from just over the border in Klosters on a day off came down the route immaculately while helpfully collecting my lost equipment on the way…since then I have always referred to that route as the “Wäschetrockner” & have treated it with appropriate respect..
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telford_mike fwiw the Black Ibex is also allegedly 88%..but I’d do it any day rather than the “Wäschetrockner”…
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