[Adam Lincoln]

TIGNES TOMORROW YYFY!

A few off-piste shots from our recent trip to wet your appetite! 

[SA Chris]

Glenshee was fantastic yesterday. Bit icy at first, but softened up to excellent spring conditions, especially of Carn Aosda lift. Tiger still a bit icy, but some pockets of untracked windblown powder low down and scattered elswhere across mountain. Some fun moguls forming too. Hard work on draglifts most of the day on a snowboard though.

[SA Chris]

Not totally snowboarding, but I only found out yesterday CR Johnson had died?

http://www.powdermag.com/features/news/cr-johnson-skier-dies-in-accident-at-squaw-valley/index.html/

RIP.

[galpinos]

Not totally snowboarding, but I only found out yesterday CR Johnson had died?

http://www.powdermag.com/features/news/cr-johnson-skier-dies-in-accident-at-squaw-valley/index.html/

RIP.

Yep, pretty sad. He put in so much effort to get back to where he was after the accident in 2005. His segment in Seven Sunny Days was quite inspirational, from re-learning to walk through to skiing at a top level again. He always seemed pretty open about the affect it all had on him and his fear when skiing big lines.

RIP

[SA Chris]

Yup, some of the stuff he does in the older Teton Gravity and Poor Boyz DVDs are great to watch.

[Adam Lincoln]

He has made it now!

[SA Chris]

http://www.60daysto.org/

I always find a certain irony that by visiting a ski resort abroad, you are probably destroying the very reason you have gone there. More so than travelling for any other reason (except maybe going winter climbing).

[Adam Lincoln]

Skiing but worth a post. Insane drop!

[andy_e]

The gop's dirty war against obama? what has he done to it, tried to ban millso camping under his project there?

[SA Chris]

Skiing but worth a post. Insane drop!

That second one is a really close call. Some guy in the Alps has broken Jamie Pierre's record - took a wrong turn and went off a huge cliff. Will see if I can find the clip.

[Norton Sharley]

Sure they're insane drops but they don't actually land them so sharley they don't count?

[SA Chris]

Quite.

"Not jumping, just falling with style" (to paraphrase Woody).

[SA Chris]

http://www.relentlessenergy.com/followmedownfilm

Just to get you a bit excited about coming winter. James Lavelle, Xavier la Rue and Jeremy Jones.

[Adam Lincoln]

Anyone got any recommendations for some decent snowshoes? Basically for hiking with my board in Scotland/Lakes this winter.

[Johnny Brown]

Never used any, but the MSR ones look pretty compact which should be useful for packing away. I'm not sure you'd need them though to be honest, you'd be more sensible walking up the climbers' descent routes in most corries.

[SA Chris]

Only times I've needed them in the the UK have been in very localised spots and wouldn't have been worth lugging them in. Some strap on crampons are a lot more use; snowboard boots are terrible for step kicking up neve.

And some telescopic ski poles.

[AndyR]

Anyone got any recommendations for some decent snowshoes? Basically for hiking with my board in Scotland/Lakes this winter.

Have used the MSR ones a lot - the best sort for mountainous terrain as they provide a lot more grip on firmer snow (especially when traversing slopes) - make sure you get some with heel elevators - makes walking up long slopes way easier.

[Adam Lincoln]

Cheers guys.

[galpinos]

For those of you weirdos who seem to think a board is the way forward, remeber this is released this "fall":



Even as a skier, it looks chuffing awesome.

(I think SAChris gave me the heads up about this last year)

[SA Chris]

I think I did

I like the fact that TGR DVDs usually mix up the boarding and skiing, although this JJ one is obviously all about him. And it's more often big mountain riding than fucking about gibbing on shitty little rails like a lot of the DVDs. They are always worth a punt and just get better and better.

Any of the new parents planning on heading Alpsward with the nippers this year? I'm gagging for a trip, having got very little done last winter.

[galpinos]

Credit where credit's due Chris....

Andrew McLean (hardcore american ski mountaineer) raved about it on his blog, StraightChuter, saying they really put themselves out there. For him to say that bodes well.

Not got any nippers but will be heading Alpwards again this year, a week in Tignes in Jan. Rather inconsiderately, the missus' cousin has decided to spend the season in his apartment out there so we'll have to actually find somewhere for ourselves.

[SA Chris]

Dashed inconsiderate what.

Things are getting whiter up here, just hope it consolidates to a base rather than getting stripped back again.

http://www.highland-instinct.co.uk/webcams/index.php

[galpinos]

Dashed inconsiderate what.

I know, admittedly it took a lot of dead relatives and some savings for the three cousins to get the necessary amount together for a studio so they might as well use it. The more annoying thing is since uni, he's had 2 sabbaticals from his job, one for a three month jolly in Columbia and this one for a winter on his board, and quite frankly, I'm jealous. He's only 28!

Things are getting whiter up here, just hope it consolidates to a base rather than getting stripped back again.

http://www.highland-instinct.co.uk/webcams/index.php

That page is now bookmarked, cheers. I'll be getting the betarides out of the loft in anticipation!

[SA Chris]

Beta Rides ho! Will be waxing mine in anticipation. Shout if you head up, hopefully have a bit more chance to get out this year.

http://www.winterhighland.info/general/

Is worth book marking too.

[Norton Sharley]

Things are getting whiter up here, just hope it consolidates to a base rather than getting stripped back again.

November optimism 

Let's hope you're right and I'm wrong.  Especially since a trip to the Alps looks out of the question this (next) year.