mardi 7 avril 2015

Silverton Splitfest

Posted on 16:12 by Immigration
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After reading Neni’s trip report on Heli-skiing in Alaska, I figured I would give the whole trip report thing a try. I am getting kind of bored with ski areas this time of year. Right now, I am looking forward to an upcoming backcountry trip with Killclimbz (we leave tonight) where we are going down to the SW corner of the state that is close to where I went to college and got my first taste of backcountry snowboarding all those years ago. Back then, we didn’t have the equipment we have now (splitboards, ski crampons, and ice axe headed ski poles, etc.) and access was so much harder. I had a friend who was a skier back then and we did some lines in the San Juan mountains, but they were most likely very tame compared to what will most likely be on the menu in the next coming days. This is based on some of the pictures I have seen posted from people who have attended this “splitfest” the years before. Back then, we snowshoed up and carried the boards/skis on our backs (he had to carry his clunky ski boots in a backpack). Sometimes I even experimented with wearing hiking boots on the way up and changing into snowboarding boots for the way down. Once I even changed socks in a blizzard since the boarding socks didn’t work too well with my hiking boots. So while the equipment is better, I am a bit nervous (well, maybe that isn’t the best choice of wording). One reason is that when I asked if there was anything special to bring on this trip, he told me to bring a climbing harness and a rappel device, as we might be rappelling into the head of certain couloirs.. this is something I have never done before.





Silverton Splitfest
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