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Rating Backcountry Skiing Descents

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Ed emailed me and asked what happened to the article about our D System for rating backcountry ski descents. Here are the links:

Article describing the D System

Couloir forums thread about D System

I’ll be using the D System in all new editions of my guidebooks.

Go ahead and leave brief comments here, but for extensive discussion please use the Couloir thread.

Posted by Lou on February 28, 2006 | Filed Under Backcountry Skiing 

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2 Responses to “Rating Backcountry Skiing Descents”

  1. Sean March 1st, 2006 1:02 am

    Do you think Mahogany Ridge really warrants a R5? Looks fairly tranquil to me.

  2. Lou March 1st, 2006 3:53 am

    Sean, were you there today by any chance doing a stability evaluation?

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