 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, I bought some powder tracers over 20 years ago, example here.
Used them on occasion but have really only had limited occasions they could have been useful (mainly due to lack of pow conditions).
I bought them as I had one occasion I was digging for my ski for 1 hour+ and very nearly lost it. I don't think I have ever seen anyone using them (unless they have them very well hidden away and I don't see them).
I wonder why that is? Because everyone is claiming to be expert pow skiers and therefore not needed? Some other reason?
What's your views on them?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Pyramus, search powder+tracers ...there are several threads
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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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Are people trying to lure DG back ?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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If you are skiing lift served powder they are a pain in the a$re, as you are constantly attaching and removing them with your skis, and if you forget you have the hassle of them deploying and having to re-stash them.
There have been a couple of effective electronic versions that work well, and several others that didn't. Resqski were probably the best, but they appeared to have ceased production. There have been various people promoting the use of Apple Airtags, with varying degrees of success.
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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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I have used them in the past. Actually still have them in the back pack but never get them out.
By nature they are a bit of a faff when you have to remove skis to go on a gondola.
These days me and my group are much less likely to fall/have a ski come off - though it still does happen occasionally.
I guess the question per off piste run how many people actually lose a ski a season and what was the consequence.
As mentioned been discussed before.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Just too much faff, on lifts but also when touring. And, yes, I have spent a long time looking for a lost ski... dodgy binding (honest), ski popped off while I was moving fast, went for miles, I tried to stay upright on the other ski and went a long way in a different direction before falling over... and it was late and getting dark and we were in a forest a long way from the piste... I really wished I'd had tracers on that occassion. I went back to using them after that and used a small key-ring sized crabiner to attach the tracer to a loop of cord I kept on the binding, much less faff *if* you remember to unclip them before removing your skis. Even that was annoying so these days I just don't bother.
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| Pyramus wrote: |
Hi, I bought some powder tracers over 20 years ago, example here.
Used them on occasion but have really only had limited occasions they could have been useful (mainly due to lack of pow conditions).
I bought them as I had one occasion I was digging for my ski for 1 hour+ and very nearly lost it. I don't think I have ever seen anyone using them (unless they have them very well hidden away and I don't see them).
I wonder why that is? Because everyone is claiming to be expert pow skiers and therefore not needed? Some other reason?
What's your views on them? |
IME old 2m skinny skis were much more likely to travel longer distances under the snow than fatter skis. Plus of course it is way easier to ski powder on fatter skis so you have fewer binding releases. Collectively, this means the chance of spending an hour looking for a lost ski is much smaller these days. This means that while the hassle of powder traces might have been justified before the mid-90s, it really hasn't been since then. That's why my 25 year old powder traces haven'y seen any action in 20+ years.
As an aside I'm shocked that someone who has been skiing 20 years could have posted such utter garbage in your other thread. I assumed you must be a teenager!
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Just wind the bindings up.........
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| Pyramus wrote: |
| Just a bit of fun. |
And you expect people here to give you considered responses to other stuff you might post? You’re just a troll.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@rob@rar, cheer up mate.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Pyramus wrote: |
| @rob@rar, cheer up mate. |
I’m perfectly happy. Had three weeks in the Alps last month, been home for a week of fun, and heading back to the Alps tomorrow to what looks like a nice fall of fresh snow.
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We have powder traces and have used them at Heavenly a few times when we have been there and it has dumped snow, we have never used them anywhere else. I found finding a ski more difficult as I had travelled down the slope further than I had anticipated after a tumble. These were used when skis were a little skinnier than they are now though.
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