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f.. If you fall, get to the right side of the trail quickly, then fill in your sitzmarks. (What in the world is a sitzmark!) it's that hole in the snow that your butt leaves when you fall backwards and land on it :-) a.. Don't ski on closed trails or foot trails. http://www.offpistemag.com/themag/ba...tiquette2.html |
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(What in the world is a sitzmark!)
AKA divot, crater, and "OW ... I bet that hurt!" jw milwaukee |
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A "sitzmark" is the mark you leave when you suddenly "sitz" --i.e., the divot you leave if you fall in the middle of the trail. Just to emphasise how serious this can be. On an open trail the skilled skier doing classic will control the direction his ski tip takes and stop it sliding out to the side when he hits the cavity in the sidewall. Some old fool like me daydreaming in the warm spring sun could find his tip going off to the left whilst his knee drives forward. That hobble back to the car with a ligament tear can hurt your body and your pride !! |
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