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05-14-2022, 07:32 AM #101
Thx for all the replies
Lol, god knows I’m never going to be paying for heli time
Just thought that was an odd detail for what I imagine to be folks who probably have quivers, and in those quivers a wide ski they wish they could pick more often
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05-14-2022, 09:52 AM #102Registered User
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https://www.heliskihistory.com/evolutions
Skis: I highly suggest that you use the heliski operations skis. You want the best “fat ski” that they have. It is a good idea to find out what brands and models of powder skis the operation has on hand. Ideally, you might get to try out a pair before your trip. You really don’t want to bring your own skis or board, since they are a hassle to travel with."True love is much easier to find with a helicopter"
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05-14-2022, 10:06 AM #103
This is TGR not Ski magazine. Most of us travel with our skis all the damn time, not a big deal.
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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05-14-2022, 11:43 AM #104
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05-14-2022, 01:01 PM #105
Flying with skiis... why not? Just another bag no biggie. The question is how many pairs?
This is tgr I carry two or three pairs of skiis to the hill everyone I ski, plus wives and kids. Wives and kids are challenging to carry especially as the kids get bigger. I need to pair the wife quiver down to one wife.
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05-14-2022, 01:26 PM #106
Snowblades really help with all of these situations.
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05-14-2022, 08:23 PM #107
I didn’t get divorced after convincing my wife to lug our ski bags through Shinjuku Station, I think I can handle a continental flight.
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05-14-2022, 09:08 PM #108
Don't bring your skis, use the ones provided . I skied w/ CMH and on the first day a guy lost a ski near the bottom of a run and we spent maybe 10 min, MAYBE, looking for it and then the guide said "fuck it, there is an extra set in the heli" so unless you don't mind losing your skis permanently take them up on the offer.
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05-14-2022, 09:17 PM #109
Oh FFS. Just bring your skis, most of us do.
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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05-14-2022, 10:28 PM #110
Take your own skis and make sure you have powdered chords streaming from them...
The guides love that.
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05-15-2022, 09:12 AM #111
We should do a poll, how many days have you heli skied? Hacksaw and Tahoe J, it’ll give perspective
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05-15-2022, 09:59 AM #112
Since when is actual experience required to spout an opinion?
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05-15-2022, 10:27 AM #113Registered User
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05-15-2022, 10:29 AM #114
I think I’ll use their skis.
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05-15-2022, 11:29 AM #115Registered User
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Do they typically have 16DIN demo bindings on there? My two concerns with using provided skis would be not knowing how they perform in variable conditions (good snow makes any ski great fun) and expectations not lining up with performance in the moment, and being used to skiing at a 13-14DIN and having a binding that only goes to 12.
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05-15-2022, 12:35 PM #116Registered User
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I’ve used the Op’s equipment and generally been fine.
But I always bring my own. Shit happens traveling and I’ve been rewarded multiple times.
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05-15-2022, 01:06 PM #117
Well, don’t you think heli ski companies would pick skis for variable conditions? Think CMH and the Explosiv.
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05-15-2022, 01:35 PM #118
CMH, I maybe would use their skis. AK, have always used my skis. Always.
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05-15-2022, 04:04 PM #119Registered User
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05-16-2022, 05:15 AM #120Registered User
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CMH is using mostly Atomic now. Rockered and fat. I think Salomon bindings. I use their skis, but once at Kootenay I brought my K2 Big Kahunas. At the Gothics this big Japanese skier lost a ski, did not even look for it. He skied down with 1 ski, got to the chopper and just shook his shoulders. He got another ski out of helicopter.
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05-16-2022, 07:00 AM #121
For "powder snowboards" i will never trust another operation unless it's somewhere that specializes with snowboarding like Baldface. I got put on an unturnable Shaq sized twin tip "powder board" on this cat trip and it was absolutely fucking awful.
Always bring your own pow gear as backup if you can, even if you think you'll be underequipped.
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05-16-2022, 07:12 AM #122
A cat trip….
What’s pow gear?
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05-16-2022, 01:19 PM #123Registered User
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05-16-2022, 02:49 PM #124Registered User
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05-16-2022, 02:53 PM #125Registered User
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I would very like to bring my Shaggys. They be custom built. But instead I can wreck theirs. they hate it . fucking Duck .
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