Anyone use orange streamers so you can find lost skis in powder?

[coreshot-tourettes]

Have they worked for you?
How effective are they?
What material do you use?
Where do you tie them?
How long should they be?
Are they worth the pain of dealing with them?

I've searched and couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

[stuckathuntermtn]

Powder-cords = so hot right now

[Dhelihiker]

its called DIN

[Helldawg]

I'm not sure if this is meant as a troll, or tongue-in-cheek, but I will throw in my gaper-licious 2 cents on the topic.

Have they worked for you?

How effective are they? Quite.

What material do you use? The heavier, (cotton?) type. The real light stuff that looks like surveyors flagging tape gets chewed to shit fast.

Where do you tie them? Either to the metal under the pad of the brake, or if the release lever of your rear binding has a hole.

How long should they be? They are a pretty standard deal, like 4 ft.?

Are they worth the pain of dealing with them? 90% of time no, but the 10% yes could mean saving your day.

I've searched and couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

I've lost skis on pow days and wasted valuable minutes that could have been better spent schralping. I have a knee issue that makes me hesitant to max out the DIN, so I do release on occasion at a 10 setting.

Almost every time I ski PowMow or Alta, I have seen or helped someone trying to locate a deeply buried ski.

Only real downside is, the super cool and core kids will call you ghey.

[Pablo Escobar]

they're fun as hell to step on in the lift lines.

[kidwoo]

I just tie my skis to my willy.

[RootSkier]

Wish I had them at Targhee yesterday. Might still have a full set of Bros.

Walking back to the car with one ski over your shoulder = the suck.

[eblackwelder]

It should be as long as the line you take to the bottom. Tie one end to your binding, and the other end to a tree at the top of your run. If you lose a ski, just follow your line uphill until you find the cord and pull. Once you get to the bottom untie it from your bindings. Back to the top of the run, just reel in the cord, tie it back onto your binding, and tuck it back into your pants.

[cl1953]

I liked the guy at Alta Sunday. He just had the orange streamers trailing behind. Does that make it unghey?

[Shin-to-Win]

They work great if you don't ride gondys or trams and keep the skis on your feet all day.

Searching for skis on a pow day sucks ass. Almost left a two day old Bro in Bear Pits a few years back, finally found after 30 minutes or so. Wish I had the orange soy straps that day. With that said, I still can't bring myself to pull them out of the bag on pow days.

[milton]

Helps to spot them on the sidewalk as well.

[skimoore]

I just tie my skis to my willy.

Do you tie the tip, or the tails, or both? Seems like you'd be less likely to lose them with both ends tied? Also, would climbing rope work, or should I use bike chains? Thx!?!?!?

[kidwoo]

Barbed wire and a staple gun usually do the trick.

[Gnu]

I put a transponder on each ski.

Only problem is that a scary looking Mexican with a Dorothy Hamill haircut and an air cylinder keeps following me around.

[Pablo Escobar]

I liked the guy at Alta Sunday. He just had the orange streamers trailing behind. Does that make it unghey?

i saw that guy in the supreme lift line. that guy was so ghey, he could have won best swallower in the sf olympics.

[cl1953]

Maybe these would have worked better.

[skimoore]

Barbed wire and a staple gun usually do the trick.

I'm fresh out of barbed wire, however I have a nail gun and some razor wire...will that still work? Tech talk?

[Imz]

A cool trick is to use a 20' length of cord, and run it up one pant leg and down the other (like those cool mittens from when we were little).

If one ski comes of, you get 20' of leash, if both come off you get 10' each, and the friction can feel nice if you place the slack strategically...

Make sure you've got a belt, or better yet, suspenders to make sure everything stays in place; it'll rock.

[Pablo Escobar]

A cool trick is to use a 20' length of cord, and run it up one pant leg and down the other (like those cool mittens from when we were little).

If one ski comes of, you get 20' of leash, if both come off you get 10' each, and the friction can feel nice if you place the slack strategically...

Make sure you've got a belt, or better yet, suspenders to make sure everything stays in place; it'll rock.

that sounds like a do-it-yourself castration kit.

[ski_pdx]

One Recco per ski.
If you lose a ski, single-ski down and tell patrol their is "a burial."

Then just demo until patrol finds your ski. They'll be cool with it.

[Lonnie]

Only real downside is, the super cool and core kids will call you ghey.

With me, they do that anyway....

[Lonnie]

I just tie my skis to my willy.

I just just tie my skis to me WITH my willy. Yeah Baby!!!

[The word Gaper is overused]

I use bloody tampons.

[powstash]

I just tie my skis to my willy.

I laughed. Twice.

[bklyn]

I used them all the time... with my old marker bindings.