Let It Snow!!!! Winter Sports Thread

[Aetas]

^^ So do I.

[mclaincausey]

Cheers, any time y'all wanna come out to Colorado hit me up!

[derivative666]

@mclaincausey:

Day 1, Breckenridge last Saturday as it dumped.

I’ll see you in April. I’ll be @ Vail, Copper & A-Basin hopefully can do skin Loveland Pass as well

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[mclaincausey]

Can't wait @derivative666 !!

[marlin]

First Skitour for 2018/19, followed the good weather to the Dolomites. Was in particular interested to try out my new setup.

[hajduk]

Damn! Very envious!

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[marlin]

Todays skitour to Rif. Nuvolau

[Aetas]

Great pics and Touring set up.
Would love to hear, how you like the Plum Binding @marlin .

[marlin]

Thanks @Aetas, well after the first two tous I can tell you it's very importand to have the right diameter at the pole tips.   When I tested them at home, I used a older pole with a small diameter and it worked just fine to change the, sorry for the rest, but this is a german word, Steighilfe. Is the english word heel lifter? The pole I used on the tour has/had thicker tips and it wasen't so easy to change the Steighilfe/heel lifter and in the end the tip of one pole got broken. Performance wise I was very pleased, felt very secure and robust with lots of power. My old set up was already 10 years old and much, much heavier, had a beast of a Rahmenbindung 4 times as heavy. Considering the right pole is used the first test really surprised me in a very positive way, but the season just has started.

[Aetas]

Many thanks for your review @marlin !

Just asked, because I consider to build up a Ski with the very tempting new Salomon S/Lab shift binding , which combines a low-tech touring pin binding with the performance of an alpine binding.

[marlin]

Looks indeed interesting, if the weight suits your profile/touring interest. Salomon is a great brand, I do like many of their products a lot. What are you skiing right now, what tours do have in mind?

[marlin]

Men, I'am so on fire regarding the upcoming ski touring season! This weekend the weather forecast is very bad, but can't wait for the next time. I know this post has no value for anyone, but had to get rid of this, sorry! Feel better now! ::)

[Wander]

Global Fatbike Day Turnout- local community/trail.

[nurunuru]

@Wander:

Global Fatbike Day Turnout- local community/trail.

Good turnout!

[marlin]

Santa Claus came earlier this year.

Since I go ski touring over the hollidays, I bought my self, finally,  a Avalanche Backpack (28L).

Today I made a small ski tour, the weather was bad, but it was a good training and a lot of fun as well.

[Chap]

Good luck… Been carrying one for some years now up the mountains, have been buried last year for the first time, mine didn't release. Had a lot of luck, the guide only been buried up to the knees. Found me quick with the Pieps and been able to dug me out... second birthday

[marlin]

Oh my gosh, that's a terrible experiance, can't even imagine how you must have felt…luckily you made it out!

[Wander]

Frozen lake ride.

[marlin]

Have a couple days off and went to case some snow. The first part I spend in the Martellertal where I made the Madritschspitze (3265M) and the Plattenspitze (3422M). Yesterday evening I changed the location to the Langtaufertal, but it snows and has poor visibility, looks like a resting day.

A few pics…

[marlin]

I'am very sorry for the links, but I do not know how to post the videos directly. The links lead to my private photo website and show in the first video a nice panorama on the summit of Madrtischspitze, the second shows the brutal wind doing the accent to Plattenspitze, and the third shows the panorama with heavy wind on Plattenspitze.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-PqTMgPH/0/7f1fd0f5/1280/i-PqTMgPH-1280.mp4

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-zf5QMWK/0/834acdb4/1280/i-zf5QMWK-1280.mp4

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Sq2Qptw/0/ad4511f1/1280/i-Sq2Qptw-1280.mp4