What do you carry when you ski slidebrook

[HowieT2]

Smootharc wrote"...sort of gave me the shivers (obviously)"


Peanut butter to use as bear repellent (When friend 1 goes for help, you smear the Pb on friend 2 so the bear thinks he tastes better)


and for more safety and enjoyment:
John Atkinson clone or the real thing if possible.
6 pack of beer while waiting for the bus, no imbibing and skiing in the woods please.

Chunky or creamy?


BTW, were the clones in for repair this weekend. NO sign of the Man with the Golden helmet......

Saw the general on sunday with his golden dome.

[007]

Seriously:

Those who think Slidebrook is slackcountry, go it alone, and believe it is as monitored as well as the main mountain are the ones most likely to become statistics..., consequently. If you think skiing through the Slidebrook is innocuous and as busy as a main trail, practice sitting in the snow for a few hours behind a tree with nothing to eat or drink, and better yet lie there and don't make a sound, and let us know how the experience was.

Those who ask questions about what to carry are on the path to enlightnment and adventure; thankfully they too can now help themselves as well as others in unfortunate and uncomfortable situations.

Those who already drink upstream of the herd have been trained to know what to carry, and continually practice, preparing for those far away adventures like Chamonix, Greenland and Vinson Massif! It's comforting to ski in the woods with them!

Bottom line is pack your own chute before going anywhere in Slidebrook Basin, main lines or whatever, and you won't be disappointed or ill-prepared if sh*t hits the fan for you or someone else you happen to come across. Safe Skiing and Mountain Travel is no accident.

[HowieT2]

Seriously:

Those who think Slidebrook is slackcountry, go it alone, and believe it is as monitored as well as the main mountain are the ones most likely to become statistics..., consequently. If you think skiing through the Slidebrook is innocuous and as busy as a main trail, practice sitting in the snow for a few hours behind a tree with nothing to eat or drink, and better yet lie there and don't make a sound, and let us know how the experience was.

Those who ask questions about what to carry are on the path to enlightnment and adventure; thankfully they too can now help themselves as well as others in unfortunate and uncomfortable situations.

Those who already drink upstream of the herd have been trained to know what to carry, and continually practice, preparing for those far away adventures like Chamonix, Greenland and Vinson Massif! It's comforting to ski in the woods with them!

Bottom line is pack your own chute before going anywhere in Slidebrook Basin, main lines or whatever, and you won't be disappointed or ill-prepared if sh*t hits the fan for you or someone else you happen to come across. Safe Skiing and Mountain Travel is no accident.

can we practice that at the keg?

[007]

Seriously:

Those who think Slidebrook is slackcountry, go it alone, and believe it is as monitored as well as the main mountain are the ones most likely to become statistics..., consequently. If you think skiing through the Slidebrook is innocuous and as busy as a main trail, practice sitting in the snow for a few hours behind a tree with nothing to eat or drink, and better yet lie there and don't make a sound, and let us know how the experience was.

Those who ask questions about what to carry are on the path to enlightnment and adventure; thankfully they too can now help themselves as well as others in unfortunate and uncomfortable situations.

Those who already drink upstream of the herd have been trained to know what to carry, and continually practice, preparing for those far away adventures like Chamonix, Greenland and Vinson Massif! It's comforting to ski in the woods with them!

Bottom line is pack your own chute before going anywhere in Slidebrook Basin, main lines or whatever, and you won't be disappointed or ill-prepared if sh*t hits the fan for you or someone else you happen to come across. Safe Skiing and Mountain Travel is no accident.

can we practice that at the keg?

Sure! Just show us where it is; your secrets are safe.....
007
IN her majesty's service.

[djd66]

You guys really have a keg stashed somewhere in the woods? Doesn't it freeze?

[HowieT2]

You guys really have a keg stashed somewhere in the woods? Doesn't it freeze?

We don't need no stinking kegs!

[Hardbooter]

You guys really have a keg stashed somewhere in the woods? Doesn't it freeze?

That's why we invented the reverse kegerator. The tough part is skiing down with a new keg each time we empty it. Well, that and avoiding all the broken beer glasses and discarded clothing around the keg. Plus I can never really get on the bar stools right with my boots trapped to the board. I guess that's motivation to learn to ski.

[vonski]

[...saw that dazed dad...lost...looking for his son...lost...two winters ago might beg to differ that despite Slidebrook's proximity to civilization...it is still a very large slice of wilderness where getting hurt and/or lost is a distinct possibility. Lady luck prevented a potentially nasty outcome there, and there have been other close calls. The obvious unpreparedness of many who enter Slidebrook gets me to shake my head. Is mommy, daddy, and 11 year old Johnny a group of three ? Let's say mommy bumps her head badly on a tree. Does daddy stay and send Johnny out for help ? Or does daddy leave Johnny with mommy and head out for help ? We could go on and on with "disaster scenarios", but I for one like John Atkinson's very cautious and prepared approach, and see the same from my son's Mountaineering Adventure Blazer group where preparedness, skill development and respect for the backcountry/sidecountry wilderness environment is being instilled in kids otherwise likely to worry more about video games and Pop Tarts.

Perhaps I overplan and overthink and am over cautious, but it is easy to stray from the "herd paths" in SB...and group dynamics sometimes lull people into complacency, and...well...we're all human beings...and, well, S&%t happens.

89 at 10pm flows smoothly, right up until that black ice over the next hill crest. I'm just sayin'...

Yeah and I always sit there and say to myself as the guy goes speeding by me on 89 as he comes up the crest where the mountain has been blasted out and the left lane never sees any daylight cause of the cut through the mountain. Hey idiot have fun in the ditch! And sure enought there he is stuck in the snow bank!

So, it is all a matter of perspective. In my opinion, there are far worse and more dangerous woods within the boundaries with greater pitch than on the main lines in Slidebrook. It also has to do with the speed and control that one skis with. Sure shit happens, but I am not an aggressive skier in the woods. The woods are for peace and quiet not speed! Not that I can't still get screwed up but less likely.

For the record, I carry radios, phone, lighter, water, food, duct tape, gps, etc. When heading out into Slidebrook and for that matter anywhere on the mountain. It does take some common sense of which many don't have I suppose. Kinda like the guy bitching on the shuttle bus at his kid for not bringing his helmet and gets pissed at me for asking him where his helmet is! No common sense with that guy!
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[Hawk]

Personnal responcibility is where it's at Mr. Bond. I can never put someone down for soloing because I am very guilty of it almost everyweekend. My last run of the day is usualy solo back to the condo via the routes that you know. These runs are very special to me. Nothing but the wind and the birds and the sounds of the woods. As a wise skier once said, you can live your life like a Lion or you can live your life like a lamb. It's your choice.

Seriously:

Those who think Slidebrook is slackcountry, go it alone, and believe it is as monitored as well as the main mountain are the ones most likely to become statistics..., consequently. If you think skiing through the Slidebrook is innocuous and as busy as a main trail, practice sitting in the snow for a few hours behind a tree with nothing to eat or drink, and better yet lie there and don't make a sound, and let us know how the experience was.

Those who ask questions about what to carry are on the path to enlightnment and adventure; thankfully they too can now help themselves as well as others in unfortunate and uncomfortable situations.

Those who already drink upstream of the herd have been trained to know what to carry, and continually practice, preparing for those far away adventures like Chamonix, Greenland and Vinson Massif! It's comforting to ski in the woods with them!

Bottom line is pack your own chute before going anywhere in Slidebrook Basin, main lines or whatever, and you won't be disappointed or ill-prepared if sh*t hits the fan for you or someone else you happen to come across. Safe Skiing and Mountain Travel is no accident.

[007]

Just remember: lions run in prides, and lambs get slaughtered; its much more fun having you running with the pride brutha lion.

Personnal responcibility is where it's at Mr. Bond. I can never put someone down for soloing because I am very guilty of it almost everyweekend. My last run of the day is usualy solo back to the condo via the routes that you know. These runs are very special to me. Nothing but the wind and the birds and the sounds of the woods. As a wise skier once said, you can live your life like a Lion or you can live your life like a lamb. It's your choice.

Seriously:

Those who think Slidebrook is slackcountry, go it alone, and believe it is as monitored as well as the main mountain are the ones most likely to become statistics..., consequently. If you think skiing through the Slidebrook is innocuous and as busy as a main trail, practice sitting in the snow for a few hours behind a tree with nothing to eat or drink, and better yet lie there and don't make a sound, and let us know how the experience was.

Those who ask questions about what to carry are on the path to enlightnment and adventure; thankfully they too can now help themselves as well as others in unfortunate and uncomfortable situations.

Those who already drink upstream of the herd have been trained to know what to carry, and continually practice, preparing for those far away adventures like Chamonix, Greenland and Vinson Massif! It's comforting to ski in the woods with them!

Bottom line is pack your own chute before going anywhere in Slidebrook Basin, main lines or whatever, and you won't be disappointed or ill-prepared if sh*t hits the fan for you or someone else you happen to come across. Safe Skiing and Mountain Travel is no accident.

[Brew Ski]

Hawk wrote "I heard tail about a separation between man and ski....

Broken binding plate will get you just at the right moment... Like on camera in front of..., well everyone.
Makes for a very expensive "penalty round" in the pub.

I still managed to finish the day, even do a little hucking from the big rocks in the Rumble rock garden.

I am once again amazed at the excellent service provided by the VT North Pro shop team. I thought I was going to have to buy some new bindings, but Jesse was able to fix up my bindings before the night was over. Custom work and immediate service, that certainly doesn't happen at many ski shops!

BTW, even stepping out of the ski on a zipper line, I didn't fall! Little matter but at least I was in good balance which is the point I guess. I still got ridiculed by everyone. Smootharc, apparently, has a little more to offer. It's not like I fell on Liftline and bent my pole around my backside or anything!

[Hawk]

Some days you just need to get away from all the static and free you head. The pride is fun but all those opinions pushing and pulling. It's kind of like meditation. It clears the head and the soul. You should try it sometime. I might fix that hand position problem you were talking about.

Just remember: lions run in prides, and lambs get slaughtered; its much more fun having you running with the pride brutha lion.

Personnal responcibility is where it's at Mr. Bond. I can never put someone down for soloing because I am very guilty of it almost everyweekend. My last run of the day is usualy solo back to the condo via the routes that you know. These runs are very special to me. Nothing but the wind and the birds and the sounds of the woods. As a wise skier once said, you can live your life like a Lion or you can live your life like a lamb. It's your choice.

Seriously:

Those who think Slidebrook is slackcountry, go it alone, and believe it is as monitored as well as the main mountain are the ones most likely to become statistics..., consequently. If you think skiing through the Slidebrook is innocuous and as busy as a main trail, practice sitting in the snow for a few hours behind a tree with nothing to eat or drink, and better yet lie there and don't make a sound, and let us know how the experience was.

Those who ask questions about what to carry are on the path to enlightnment and adventure; thankfully they too can now help themselves as well as others in unfortunate and uncomfortable situations.

Those who already drink upstream of the herd have been trained to know what to carry, and continually practice, preparing for those far away adventures like Chamonix, Greenland and Vinson Massif! It's comforting to ski in the woods with them!

Bottom line is pack your own chute before going anywhere in Slidebrook Basin, main lines or whatever, and you won't be disappointed or ill-prepared if sh*t hits the fan for you or someone else you happen to come across. Safe Skiing and Mountain Travel is no accident.

[gone.skiing]

I thought I was going to have to buy some new bindings

Stop being a cheapskate and throw those demo bindings in the trash...
http://www.sierrasnowboard.com/Rossi...i-Bindings.asp

[smootharc]

Smootharc, apparently, has a little more to offer. It's not like I fell on Liftline and bent my pole around my backside or anything!

A touche and salute to you would be in order...IF that was a fall, and IF I had bent my ski pole.

But you are confused, dear sir, as that was a PBRRPS (planned barrel roll recovery practice scenario), and what appeared to be a bent ski pole was actually my magic wand, with which I do amazing things. Perhaps you were a Shot Block or two down in blood sugar, hence your confusion...

Back on topic, I do like 007's thinking. Last year he, myself, and patroller friend of his took my two sons into slidebrook for a "practice" run as a group. Full "serious" mode, and full discussions as we proceeded from point to point to point. Use of buddy system, knowledge of whereabouts, group skiing, choosing good stopping points, and general backcountry respect and safety were all discussed and very much on the "front burner" for the run. I felt it was an educational, fun, and very good run for my boys to experience.

[Hardbooter]

My best slide brook slack-country safety tip: LOOK OUT!

Some of those Road 2 water bars are in the shade. (Faces were planted.)

I did my friends a favor. It's a lot easier to see a small shady water bar if someone is lying in a heap just past it. That goes for stumps and horizontal logs too. Those are easy to find if you see a friend face down on the trail.