Poster: A snowHead
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Hello,
My name is Chuck Gorton, I am the director of Canadian Powder Adventures, a guiding services and unique tour op company located out of Golden, BC, Canada. I thought i would start up this post as a discussion for avalanche safety. Equipment, snowpack, guiding services. Whatever anyone wants to talk about really. Backcountry skiing is a rapidly growing segment of the ski population (at least in North America) and hopefully we can help those out who want more information about how to get out there and do it safely.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chuck Gorton, David Goldsmith, a high post snowhead, has cracked it. But thank you for your interest.
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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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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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missed that. no point in having lots of posts to discuss the same thing. All traffic to the Cracked page
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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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Chuck Gorton, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the use of avalanche cord. It has been stated by David Goldsmith that that is all you need by way of safety equipment. What do you think?
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brian
brian
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achilles, I'm not sure diverting this thread into the tired old DG versus the world thing was particularly helpful, it's not like DG isn't capable of doing that for himself
Anyway, back on topic, I recently bought a copy of this: http://www.whiterisk.org/
Some of the layout and navigation are a bit painful and it has quite a bit of Swiss specific stuff about how to interpret the Swiss avvy bulletins, but there's loads of good stuff in there.
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achilles, interesting threads. Surely only a complete mentalist would advocate not using a beeper for off-piste?
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Chuck Gorton wrote: |
missed that. no point in having lots of posts to discuss the same thing. All traffic to the Cracked page |
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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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PJSki, you might well think that. I could not possibly comment.
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Last edited by You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. on Wed 5-12-07 18:37; edited 2 times in total
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achilles, "Always treat other Users with respect"...by giving them idiotic safety advice?
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads on Wed 5-12-07 20:58; edited 1 time in total
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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just posted a reply to the avalanche safety cord on the other avalanche post
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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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Chuck Gorton, Interesting - we have seen some very good ABS deals over here. For us in the UK - it is the issues relating to carrying the cannisters on planes which are a major barrier. I would love to see a situation were you could hire cannisters at the base of most hills.
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