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Spring trip out to the Whites 🏔️
The conditions were great for a fun adventure in the mountains. Forever chasing the end of the season!
u/thuja_vt — 11 hours ago
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Maroon Peak, CO is still (questionably) in!
Pretty sick day on Saturday (5/16) skiing Maroon Peak from the summit via Bell Cord Couloir! Pretty good amount of survival skiing and suffering but such a cool line. Figured I’d share the footage here in case anyone’s interested!
u/c0nn0r_235 — 1 day ago
If you had to pick between bringing a soft shell or hard shell on a Denali expedition, which would you pick?
I’m trying to shave down my gear as much as possible for an upcoming Denali expedition and am curious what people’s thoughts are on hard shell vs soft shell. I was firmly on team hard shell, because it will protect from rougher winds and precipitation, but a friend mentioned that anytime it’s really that cold and/or windy, you’d have your parka as your outer layer anyway which would negate the use of a hard shell or render it only useful on the lower mountain if it’s raining and not snowing. I always looked at a soft shell as more of a comfort item and a hard shell as a safety item, but that take on shells was interesting to me. Would love to hear thoughts from this community!
u/16Off — 1 day ago
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Looking for New Zealand Ski Mountaineering Recommendations
Can anyone recommend a ski guide or guiding service in New Zealand that offers ski mountaineering trips? I am a very experienced backcountry skier and have done a lot of skiing and mountaineering in steep and advanced terrain. I am looking for a trip that involves climbing and skiing steep terrain. I am hoping to do this in or around September of this year. I have found some guiding services on Google but I would prefer to hear from someone who has experience or knows someone there. (Photo is from my trip to Greenland a few weeks ago.)
u/Murky-Contact-6377 — 2 days ago
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Setup for uphill and easy downhill
I do a bit of easy mountaineering on snow, and on my last trip I realized than skinning up is probably faster than snowshoeing and more efficient than booting.
I’m not a great skier, but I can get down most west coast blacks safely. What sort of setup should I look for if I want to do the approach/uphill on skis? I’d prefer something I can use for resort skiing as well.
u/user4spam — 2 days ago
The best snow I’ve ever skied back in January
u/Disastrous_Flower_88 — 3 days ago
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What do you wish your forecasting website had?
I’m working on a personal project for weather forecasting. It will do the standard forecasting available but I am hoping to try and make a ‘one stop shop’ for forecasting down to the really nitty details.
When you’re planning trips what do you wish your website had available, or maybe incorporated so that you didn’t have to use multiple websites to plan a single trip?
Like I said this is just a personal project to work on web dev and I understand there are many forecasting sites out there so please don’t reply with ‘this has already been done’ haha
u/DiscombobulatedElk58 — 3 days ago
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Mount Rainier NP, May 17
Absolutely stoked to ride this line in powder conditions! Perfect “winter” conditions ;)
u/Marigoldie — 3 days ago
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Newbie in Colorado
I’m an experienced freeride skier new to the backcountry scene. I have some avy training as well.
Any thoughts on what is in right now in Summit? Is Silver still in the picture?
u/WeekendIndividual895 — 3 days ago
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Stairs
Going through old clips and this is a favorite.
u/AircooledType1 — 4 days ago
I built a custom ski design webapp for you DIY ski builders out there. Would love some feedback.
I'm a ski builder in Salt Lake City. For years I used a program called Snocad to help design my skis, but this software hasn't been updated for years and has some drawbacks. I created this webapp (https://designer.blackchapelstudios.com/) to allow ski designers the ability to quickly design ski shape and dial in flex characteristics.
The page allows you to drag simple Bezier curve handles to change the shape of the tip and tail (which can be symmetric or asymmetric by adjusting the sliders). There are presets for common ski types with average values, but all are then fully adjustable. You can also adjust 9 different areas on the core thickness to dial in specific flex characteristics. Calculations are made and displayed on the left side, indicating the stiffness of the ski using industry accepted metrics. You can then export the ski outline (including inset outlines to compensate for the edges and sidewalls, useful in creating templates or CNC toolpaths for cutting your base and cores), side profile (to be extruded in 3D software to profile your core on a CNC), as well as the rocker profile (to create your mold for the skis shape, used in a press or vacuum setup). I've tried to add all the functionality I wanted in a ski designer, but I'd love to hear your feedback.
The app is free to use. I might at some point require login and/or a small fee to use. If you do check it out, please hit the "Send Feedback" to let me know your level of interest and how I can make this better.
u/PlatinumCalf — 3 days ago
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Update from guy asking for recs on Friday for Mt. Rainier
Hey ya’ll, it was totally worth it to go up on Sunday. Muir approach was packed with people getting after it. Real good vibes, bluebird once you got past Panorama and lots of fresh pow in May! Hope some of ya’ll get out there this week.
Some pics I took on the way up. If you’re any of these peeps lemme know and I can send them over if you want.
u/Umbalta — 3 days ago
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16 May in Spain, the season continues.
In the north of Spain, in Asturias, about 20 cm of snow falls on 15 May, which is unusual for this time of year. So I seized the moment and went skitouring.
u/mikhkonkov — 4 days ago