New players is always good.

February sucks. Great if you enjoy EPIC-like lift lines and drunks everywhere.
March is great if you hate lift lines and like having the mountain for yourself. Also, the steep lines are usually in...

Can we just say that clime change deniers are annoying? I have a few friends who believe it's all a hoax. One big conspiracy theory to reduce your standard of living.

Good point. I may drive down there this winter before the epic-shit ruins the region forever.

Is this the first torrential wave of epic pass holders?

How do you guys feel about going heli-skiing now? I really want to go back to AK and ski some dream lines, as I feel I have unfinished business, but it's coming to a point where I'm not even sure I...

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Seaplanes. They have flown me in some god awful weather, which was probably completely safe as well. I'm just betting on the pilot not being suicidal and putting my faith in him.

Thank you! :biggrin:

I'm new to the sub 300 gram world of bindings and I have been reading up on the Ski Trab Titan Vario 2 and the Marker Alpinist.

I'm planing on mounting up a pair of either on 112mm skis in the...

Specificity is critical, no doubt about it, but it's much more efficient to build general strength and then start doing specific exercises, if you already have a solid base. When it comes to EG...

This! ^^

The fact is, you only need "The big four"

Squats, bench, deadlift and military press. These are everything you need and all serious strength training is built around these lifts. The...

Snow on fridays, sun on saturdays

Couldn't agree more.

This ^^

To get an idea, this is their latest beginners terrain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2RVVV3VIwM

Pretty much, but almost everybody is doing this here. I hardly know anybody who skis and don't have avalanche training. Putting on crampons and an ice axe is just common "ski touring" as well here....

If you can't handle your self in the back country, then Europe isn't doing much for you without guides. The norm here, is that people level up and acquire the skills necessary to be self sufficient.

Didn't you watch Blizzard of aaaaahhhhhs? They said making a mistake, means you are checking out for good!

And while that sounds overly dramatic, it is actually true for a lot of the classic cham...

Absolutely! It's more that the video will help putting things in perspective, if you start getting full of yourself :)

Next time you think you are rad, you should watch this for a reality check:


https://youtu.be/axNnKy-jfWw

I'm not OP, but In general, this is how it works:




Depends! Are you comfortable with glacier travel, crevasse rescue, being in the high mountains with exposure, no avalanche control, quickly...

Very nice trip report and great photos! Chamonix really is something special. The unlimited quantity of "you can't handle it" kind of terrain does something too you. And seeing that there are tons of...

Made another video from a nearby place, where you can cheat by taking a lift for the first 1000 vertical meters. There is no groomed runs, pattroled terrain or anything like that. Just a quick way to...

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All from the west coast of Norway during easter.

I don't know anything about the X5, but I'm on my 6th year on another BMW diesel. A 5 series wagon (Euro style, not for sale in US etc yada yada yada)

Anyway, point it. This diesel has been...

Thank you for all the suggestions. I agree with you there is no point on mounting heavy touring bindings on light skis. Since I allready have two other heavier pairs I tour on, I'm going pretty light...

Next season I'm getting a pair of reasonably lightweight skis, that I plan to set up with lightweight bindings. Skis will be around 1200/1300 grams (I Know, not super light) and I want to pair them...

It really is. I have always told people that going to AK is a big gamble, but I didn't expect to lose it as big.






Yeah, I'm considering the same. Was this now in March?

Spent two weeks in Haines. Skied half a day. Rained on for almost two weeks straight. When the sun finally came, it was shit snow and insane avalanche danger. A gazillion hobs rolled over with a 50%...

Great photos. Actually had to scroll through a couple of times. Really made me want to go back to Cham.

Greatest snow on earth?

Thank you! Yes I agree, should have had more time to shot more footage. I did the drone shots with a mavic 2 pro. :)

Bon voyage et bienvenu au monde civilisé! Je pense que tu le trouveras mieux. :)

Thank you :)

Thank you, I'm just starting to learn how to make video. So your comment is appreciated and motivating :)

He sure did ski it as much as other steep skiing counts as skiing.

Whether that's actually IN the Troll Wall can be discussed in my opinion. Not saying that to take anything away from it. It's...

Yes, will make sure to have more skiing next time. We were a little late and started to lose the light, so didn't have any time for filming on the way down. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3nNbVQ0c54

I'm obviously biased, but this is my favorite place in the world.

As usual, Norway..

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Nothing, absolutely Nothing is as fun as a pair of Lotus 138 in pow.

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Food is immensely better than in the US. You can rip Helbronner and "glacier du Toule" all day long. When the conditions aren't there, you can ski _perfect_ corduroy all day at the...

She just crashed again today on the Super-G. Was able to ski down again on her own, so probably no serious injury. Feel sorry for her though.

I skied the alchemist 189 version on -1 and regretted mounting it there. I think it skis better on the line.

Cosmiques couloir in Chamonix is a mega classic.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2RVVV3VIwM

Np, feel free to send me questions if you have any, and I'll try to answer them as best as I can. I sure hope Haines will be good in March, particularly since I have talked three other people into it...

Yes, varsom is the site for getting the avalanche forecast. You can also often get an idea about the conditions in general on the site. I haven't been to lyngen, so I can't really tell, but I have...

If you are looking to combine ski touring with sailing, there is nothing that comes close to Norway. The areas you want to focus on is Sunnmøre and Lofoten. These videos should convince you:

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I liked it.

Made me second guess my career as an SRE/programmer. If I had just moved to cham when I was 18 (when I was thinking about it) I could have been dead already.

Yeah, I think I'll name my future cat that :)

Never mind, it seemed I could change it in the settings.