 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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davidof,
Great video!
Bring on the ski season!!
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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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Nice video! Looks like you had a lot of fun that day!
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Yes, I could see some of it was crusty and a bit tricky - but obviously a great day. Personally I'd prefer to do longer turns but a matter of taste I suppose. 
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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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| snowball wrote: |
| Yes, I could see some of it was crusty and a bit tricky - but obviously a great day. Personally I'd prefer to do longer turns but a matter of taste I suppose. |
Yes some of the group could do with a few lessons.
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 Um, not what I meant at all.
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davidof, that looks pretty steep where you are kick turning up that colouir, any idea of the steepness, I'm considering doing some skinning, but not sure I'd manage getting up something like that!
Cheers,
Greg
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If you can kick turn it is less than 40° (unless you work for a circus). I would guess that the couloir is about 35° for 250 meters vertical. A few degrees more than the Courchevel couloirs to give you a reference. You might well boot pack up such a slope.
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| davidof wrote: |
| If you can kick turn it is less than 40° (unless you work for a circus). I would guess that the couloir is about 35° for 250 meters vertical. A few degrees more than the Courchevel couloirs to give you a reference. You might well boot pack up such a slope. |
funnily enough I was thinking "if that was me I would hoist arms and walk up", which would also not trash the snow for the way down as much. So why didn't you boot pack? too much hassle to take the skis off half way up or do you all enjoy the skinning?
regards,
Greg
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Nice Video, some well earned turns
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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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kitenski, I agree (but partly because my skinning technique is not that hot.) However the last time I did that I struggled just as much on foot since it was quite sugary under the crust with no firm base and I had to resort to a sort of crawling technique, holding my skis in both hands and planting them horizontally in the snow in front of me to provide a sort of anchor in the snow to pull myself up with.
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| kitenski wrote: |
So why didn't you boot pack? too much hassle to take the skis off half way up or do you all enjoy the skinning?
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Unless the snow is hard (in which case I would boot pack with crampons) I prefer to skin, despite the zig-zags you make faster progress for less effort, at least in a wide couloir.
That said, when the snow turns harder I'm much more in favour of boot packing with crampons rather than skinning even with ski crampons. It is far safer. I've changed my mind on this in the last few years, I used to use harscheisen even on quite steep slopes.
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You know it makes sense.
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^^^ with you on that - by the time I feel I really need couteaux for safety (rather than convenience) I would much rather have crampons rather than skis on my feet
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