 Poster: A snowHead
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When walking around resort, into restaurant for lunch, etc in boots is it safest to leave buckelled up as you would do when sking or buckels undone
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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don't know.
SCGB members always travel by sedan chair. 
Actually - I never fully unbuckle my boots till I take them off. I'll often ski the first few runs with them semi-unbuckled, but I find walking in unbuckled boots uncomfortable
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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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I leave mine done up, or my toes get so crunched it's agony.
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Put right leg in front of left, then left in front of right and so on. it's quite easy once you get the hang of it 
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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 find carrying a large cold beer helps balance.
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You'll end up walking as if you've just sat, whilst nude, on a pepper grinder either way, so don't worry about it.
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Safest or preferred???? Not sure could answer safest. Preferred....whether I can still bend down to release the buckles
Down a crevasse is something to do with dodgy emails Shimmy Alcott,
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Shimmy Alcott, any one whose e mail address is no longer current or who bounces Admin's Viagra selling e-mails.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I leave mine done up - they're very uncomfortable unbuckled. Safest if it's icy is to use cat-tracks, but they're a faff to put on. So normally my plan is never to walk in them at all. 
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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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I have to leave mine done up, or they are really uncomfortable, and my big toe nail falls off about 4 months later, in peak sandal wearing weather!
Watch restaurants with tiled floors!
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I leave mine done up - they're very uncomfortable unbuckled. Safest if it's icy is to use cat-tracks, but they're a faff to put on. So normally my plan is never to walk in them at all.
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You know it makes sense.
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I unbuckle mine... of course you then develop the old 'I'm too sexy for my ski boots' -swagger!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Around resort (or whenever practical) safest if you use your poles as well.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Safest way to walk in ski boots is to take them off
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I leave mine buckled up too - more comfortable and also enhances the "aahhh" feeling when I DO eventually take them off 
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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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They are horrible things to walk in, but undoing them doesn't really make any difference to this. I just try to minimise the amount of walking I do in ski boots. Hiring lockers at the lift station is a good plan, then you can wear comfy shoes/boots for après.
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I unbuckle mine, find it more comfortable and less chance of a heel skid. If I know I have to walk any distance in them I also wear very light shoes and carry the boots over my shoulder. I then have the shoes in my backpack during the day.
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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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Thanks Folks
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Just do what needs to be done. Surely there are better things to worry about on holiday? Snow, beer, snow, beer, snow, beer etc
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I'd be more worried about making sure you don't wear away the soles by walking on concrete than safety.
If you find youself having to do allot of walking in steep snow, I'd suggest getting some crampons, they make it allot easier.
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