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Uli Hausmann wrote in
: Greetings, Uli Likewise. I see you're in Switzerland. Where? Any snow yet? I'm in Geneva, and everything around is still green up to about 2500m.... Jeremy |
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Jeremy Mortimer schrieb:
Uli Hausmann wrote in : Greetings, Uli Likewise. I see you're in Switzerland. Where? Any snow yet? I'm in Geneva, and everything around is still green up to about 2500m.... Same in Andermatt - where i'm not, actually. It's about 2400 snow cap is starting. But this weekend there should be snow down to under 1.000 in central and eastern Switzerland .... (?) Greetings, Ulrich |
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In article , Uli Hausmann wrote: Booker C. Bense schrieb: _ Of course the best way to handle breakable crust is to traverse to the shady side of the mountain where it's still powder... %-). Booker, that might be a good idea for *your* kind of mountains. Here, in the alps, crust mainly is not the result of sun and shadow, but the result of abrupt changes of temperatures. I don't know the Usa, but i think our conditions are more compareable to your east coast snow types. _ That's one of the many reasons I no longer live on the East coast. New Hampshire has it's charms, but powder skiing isn't one of them.... _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBQYugZmTWTAjn5N/lAQHL0gP/ZZ4o4F3lnXGzC/FMbh6Olf4CCO2eyUJ0 wqYEfERG30x6ti9nCc7XNK0jM4Vn4IW8UgHrZbjBCoZAVbJMMx HJ6NhIlwCLvjE5 z04f79ESZBxEVzuIlxse8A2bmth2Pmo7gPVRyJxTmUKGNb1tKV JVpwDNyblXABaw pC9325VkT2Y= =USJq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:46:47 +0000 (UTC), Booker C. Bense
bbense+rec.skiing.backcountry.Nov.05.04@telemark. slac.stanford.edu wrote: _ That's one of the many reasons I no longer live on the East coast. New Hampshire has it's charms, but powder skiing isn't one of them.... _ Booker C. Bense Powder? Is that when the granules of ice are smaller? Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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Jeremy Mortimer wrote
The OP was using light randonnée boots, which are very soft. Yes, stiffer boots do address part of the problem of breakable crust. I'm just saying that there are other problems which great skiers address by other means which include strong back-extension muscles. light randonnée boots = very soft. No -- "very soft" is old leather 3-pin touring boots with no buckles, like my Asolo Snowfields. I think from a "backcountry" perspective, any randonnee or "Alpine Touring" boot is in the category of "stiff", and some are stiffer. Ken |
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Booker C. Bense schrieb:
that might be a good idea for *your* kind of mountains. Here, in the alps, crust mainly is not the result of sun and shadow, but the result of abrupt changes of temperatures. I don't know the Usa, but i think our conditions are more compareable to your east coast snow types. _ That's one of the many reasons I no longer live on the East coast. New Hampshire has it's charms, but powder skiing isn't one of them.... Lucky you, that you can change the place where you live depending on the characteristics of snow! Anyway, in the Alps we *HAVE* powder - but not continuously and not guaranteed ... Greetings, Uli |
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 18:13:10 +0000 (UTC), Kurt
wrote: In article , Gary S. says... Powder? Is that when the granules of ice are smaller? Stellar Dendrites, stellars for short :-) Even in the desert: http://www.avalanche.org/~lsafc/aviphotos/smoke.jpg That's no good for skiing. How can the sharp metal edges of your skis edge into such soft fluffy snow? You need some nice solid frozen corn snow. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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Gary S. schrieb:
http://www.avalanche.org/~lsafc/aviphotos/smoke.jpg That's no good for skiing. How can the sharp metal edges of your skis edge into such soft fluffy snow? You need some nice solid frozen corn snow. That's why the european make so good skis ... ;-) Btw, is there among the us producers some east-cost ski maker? Greetings, Uli |
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On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:39:09 +0100, Uli Hausmann
wrote: Gary S. schrieb: You need some nice solid frozen corn snow. That's why the european make so good skis ... ;-) Btw, is there among the us producers some east-cost ski maker? I'm not aware of any major ski makers in the East. I think there may be one or two specialty makers in Vermont. Colorado, Utah, and Washington State would the the vast majority of US skimaking. Burton makes snowboards in Vermont. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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