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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Stone the crows 
PS, doesn't TGR look so much funkier than sH? I used to rather like our cobbled-together look - but maybe the appearance should be upgraded.
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if sage and seth cut their bleedin hair, maybe they'd be better able to see where they are going 
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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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So assuming that the faller ends up stopped and hopefully just snowy rather than actually harmed, how on earth do they then get off the moutain when you assume that their gear must be littered at various distances above them. You could hardly climb back up some of those locations to go and look for it in ski boots could you? And I'm guessing there is no convenient path down either.
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anarchicsaltire, Well I did, but would winching them up be on? Given the possible effects of helicopter down-draft on the stability of the snow? Also, what do rest of people (non-heli-skiers) do off piste if they go down some fair distance? It still seems a difficult situation to recover from.
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Megamum, us mere mortals slog up hill, which is very knackering in thigh deep snow!! The best answer is not to fall !!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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, how we laughed 
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You know it makes sense.
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Arno, especially as we called it before it happened 
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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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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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Megamum, personally I either tramp down a flat area/step, or push the tail of the ski into the snow, so it sticks up out of the snow....
Much easier if you still have one ski on as it gives you a platform to start with, otherwise I have literally stood on one ski to get the other on....
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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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Arno, kitenski, Its about time someone invented brakes that work in powder, the fatter the ski the further they get away from you 
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Megamum, the retrieval of ones gear depends on the circumstances. As pointed out these guys are sponsored athletes with helicopter back up. The choppers can get incredibly close to the snow, when the skiers are dropped at the top of the runs they are literally hovering on the snow. At this point if the down draft is setting off slides then that's a good thing as the crew have clearly made bad decisions as to what aspects to ski.
Most of the time the skiers will try to climb up to get a pair of skis but it depends on their condition, the condition of the snow and the exposure. After all they probably have a few extra back up pairs at the lodge - but not always - on a TGR shoot then more than likely.
As for sinking it's pretty hard to sink on skis even in the softest of pow, once you are used to running the skis in snow. All these guys are using 100+mm underfoot so sinking isn't really a problem. Probably more important than the density of the snow is how steep it is, all the stuff they are skiing is super steep so sinking really isn't an issue.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Also, what do rest of people (non-heli-skiers) do off piste if they go down some fair distance? It still seems a difficult situation to recover from. |
Blow whistle and hope to distract some kind samaritan from their line to yours to help you out! I have tried it after 30 mins to climb 20 feet.
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Yeah but it's not skiing though, it's just falling without style 
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I wanna go.... albeit on something much less steep. I'm already quite good at the falling over part 
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