Comments on: Guest Blog – How To Get Started with Backcountry Skiing http://www.wildsnow.com/530/guest-blog-how-to-get-started-with-backcountry-skiing/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dana http://www.wildsnow.com/530/guest-blog-how-to-get-started-with-backcountry-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-4970 Dana Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:38:59 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=530#comment-4970 Dear Lou, We took your and the folks on this site's advice today and decided to just get out there and explore. We decided on the old Marble Ski area because it looked pretty mellow and hard to get lost with a lift to look for. We toured quite a bit and look forward to returning in the spring to ski Daly. Only problem is....are we allowed back there? We noticed a significant LACK of other tracks! We read in your book that there is possibly an "easement" to access the ski area and hopefully the areas above....is this in fact the case or did we spend the day poaching private property? thanks! Dear Lou,
We took your and the folks on this site’s advice today and decided to just get out there and explore. We decided on the old Marble Ski area because it looked pretty mellow and hard to get lost with a lift to look for. We toured quite a bit and look forward to returning in the spring to ski Daly. Only problem is….are we allowed back there? We noticed a significant LACK of other tracks! We read in your book that there is possibly an “easement” to access the ski area and hopefully the areas above….is this in fact the case or did we spend the day poaching private property?

thanks!

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/530/guest-blog-how-to-get-started-with-backcountry-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-4962 Lou Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:29:29 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=530#comment-4962 Cody, I'm not much of a match maker. Perhaps I can get a guest blogger on to that topic! A thing to remember is that while the media makes it look like a ton of gals do things like backcountry skiing, climbing, etc., the reality is sometimes very different. In many places I've visited, the number of women doing backcountry skiing is way below the number of men. It's probably because the women are smarter. There might be other sports with better odds. Cody, I’m not much of a match maker. Perhaps I can get a guest blogger on to that topic!

A thing to remember is that while the media makes it look like a ton of gals do things like backcountry skiing, climbing, etc., the reality is sometimes very different. In many places I’ve visited, the number of women doing backcountry skiing is way below the number of men. It’s probably because the women are smarter.

There might be other sports with better odds.

]]> By: Cody http://www.wildsnow.com/530/guest-blog-how-to-get-started-with-backcountry-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-4958 Cody Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:01:14 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=530#comment-4958 This might be a little off the subject, but my question relates to women in the backcountry. A lot of my friends have wives/girlfriends who backcountry ski with them. I can't find any women who have the interest or ability (or equipment) to create a lasting backcountry relationship with. Where are all the backcountry girls, and why can I find them? This might be a little off the subject, but my question relates to women in the backcountry. A lot of my friends have wives/girlfriends who backcountry ski with them. I can’t find any women who have the interest or ability (or equipment) to create a lasting backcountry relationship with. Where are all the backcountry girls, and why can I find them?

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/530/guest-blog-how-to-get-started-with-backcountry-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-4944 Lou Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:44:47 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=530#comment-4944 Hi Sherry, watch the skill level and safety judgment of the people you ski with. But you already know that (grin). Hi Sherry, watch the skill level and safety judgment of the people you ski with. But you already know that (grin).

]]> By: sherry bunch http://www.wildsnow.com/530/guest-blog-how-to-get-started-with-backcountry-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-4943 sherry bunch Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:23:21 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=530#comment-4943 I took a Level II avy course last spring over 3 days that incorporated a hut trip. I had the opportunity to spend 3 days digging pits, routefinding both up and down and skiing some great terrain that I would not have ventured into on my own or with my current bc friendsat the level of training I had at that time. The local mountain rescue group led this this trip and I was a sponge. Discussion on every thing we did was encouraged in the field and back at the hut. I found this was an amazing experience made possible by the local community college and I would highly recommend it. Unfortunately, I was the only person in my little group of bc friends who went. I took a Level II avy course last spring over 3 days that incorporated a hut trip. I had the opportunity to spend 3 days digging pits, routefinding both up and down and skiing some great terrain that I would not have ventured into on my own or with my current bc friendsat the level of training I had at that time. The local mountain rescue group led this this trip and I was a sponge. Discussion on every thing we did was encouraged in the field and back at the hut. I found this was an amazing experience made possible by the local community college and I would highly recommend it. Unfortunately, I was the only person in my little group of bc friends who went.

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