Gary S. wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:12:01 +0000, Peter Clinch
wrote:

News wrote:

I don't know the deffinition for back country skiing. Would someone please
tell me what it is?

Skiing in the backcountry. Yes, it really /is/ that obvious... ;-)

Pete.

Which covers a lot of ground. Everything from off-piste XC skiing in
the woods, to extreme skiing, (tele or randonee), in the mountains.

If not lift served. I watched part of an extreme
tele event at Alpine Meadows one day last year.
It WAS certainly extreme, but it was NOT
backcountry. 30 foot drop on teles, stick the
landing, do it twice more and smile for the
crowd at the bottom. Neat stuff.

Also tends to include the use of tele gear at groomed alpine resorts.

Nah, not around here, it's the place, not the equipment.
The tele guys around here know it's not the backcountry
if they are riding a lift.

A lot more snow in the backcountry than in the groomed areas.

Not in the east this year, unless, of course, you
do your backcountry skiing near Boston.

One has to include cat and heli skiing in the
backcountry definition.

BTW, Gary do you ever do lift served at, say,
Killington?

If so, give me a few days notice.

Richard Walsh
mistypnd at vermontel dot com
change the obvious words.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)