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Split boards, Burton or other?
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I like to get out of the resort areas around Chamonix with my board, in the VB or sections of the Haute Route. I've been using snow shoes, but on glaciers they do leave you a little vunerable, and on steep traverses, they can be hard work. Has anyone got any experience of using a split board? Recommendations? Thanks, Guy
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Heard that the split boards are

1. Not that sturdy.
2. a lot wider than the narrow tracks left by skis on a traverse so a lot of work. (The split is a zig zag so each half is much wider than skis)
3. ruddy expensive.

I don't board but the only boarders I have seen on difficult approach terrain have been on very short skis (look a bit like saw off skis) carrying the board on their back.
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DB wrote:

I don't board but the only boarders I have seen on difficult approach terrain have been on very short skis (look a bit like saw off skis) carrying the board on their back.


They'll be approach ski's, see http://www.pistehors.com/articles/backcountry-snowboarding/approach-skis.htm
(never used either them or a split board myself mind)
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

There's a good book called Backcountry Boarding by a US doctor called Christopher...... Amazon it.

It's about five years old but is a good overview of things backcountry. He and his gang ride split boards and have lots of pics of them. He's in the NW of the US so tends to skin up volcanic peaks and ride down. The snow seems to mostly firm stuff as opposed to sheer ice or deep powder.

I guess its an equation. Split board if there is a long hike in and the snow isn't waist deep.

K2 used to do a 90cm approachski with their Clicker binding on it. THe perfect solution. But I don't think they ever imported it to EU. Always hankered after a pair!
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Thanks for the links. I've tried snow shoes and I have some access skis. They are just so heavy, and then when you get near the top of the col and you have to carry board and skis, while you climb the last few meters in crampons, it's a real killer. I think I'll get the s165 Burton, anyone used one?

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