Member Scooby2

Got it. when you start it up it should show what firmware or software version it ti running. If you are a few versions behind it can be updated. If you want to update it you can mail it to their nearest service place.

Hey TLN,
I don’t think you need to worry about a new modern beacon becoming less functional over time. When you meet up to tour with someone or find someone locally to run beacon drills with, you will be assured that it is functional. (I once trained beacon basics to friends in the sand in Hawaii when I lived there for a short bit.) You test…[Read more]

Hey lernr, one access to perhaps my favorite line in the Wasatch requires about 500 vertical feet of low to mid 40 degrees where the ridgeline has twists and puts you into the face essentially. (If you hike right on the (rounded) ridge, a slide would put you into timber in a fatal way and/or over cliffs in an also fatal way.) If I like the…[Read more]

I have a front foot angle way beyond 30 degrees ruling out a phantom set up, so for my hard boot adventures I picked up a set of the Splitboard powers from France. 275 grams, well designed and beautifully machined/finished. Price was upper 300s.

Splitboard Hardboot SPX 275 binding

I dig the Spark stuff, have a new pair of arc…[Read more]

Two of my buddies have an Amplid in their quivers. I think most would agree it is the more snappy and least damp and the lightest.

Like Snurfer I am also a bit of an outlier, but it might give you context over 6-10cm more. I’m 6’1″, 185-195, size 11, ride pretty fast and always take a 187 x 27.5 but I go on “good to perfect” days in the Wasatch generally. It is too much for a sticky warm pow day in late spring and in the brush.

I ride resorts now with kids sometimes so…[Read more]

You can see that they are using one of the existing molds for one of their all plastic carving boots for the lower part of this boot. It would be interesting to see what the weight of the lower would be if they used grilamid or pebax. I suspect it would still be pretty heavy since the super light AT boots are so thin and really engineered to…[Read more]

I second the suggestion for high traction skins like Voile, Climbing skin direct, G3 high Traction etc. for starting out. Your skinning form wont be perfect and form will suffer as you build endurance (i.e. you’ll get happily trashed every tour 🙂

The other one of my 2 cents is that I’d pay no mind to whether a camber or rocker camber board…[Read more]

Ahhh, I might integrate some Voile strappage, good idea, easy to implement.

Any feedback on the Salomon boots where the cuff articulates back? They are what $500. They look pretty good when you lock the cable in the loose position they look like a real improvement.

I’ve done a fair number of tours in the Wasatch without highbacks. Totally doable if you pick your days in a place like Utah, but then even no…[Read more]

Thanks VtVolk for chiming in. Yeah I was afraid of that, and the place I would want them to not be locked is usually those last few tough kick turns on a 38-45+ degree slope to top out where there is no ridge and you have to hang it out a bit sometimes.

Have you seen these? I have a pair in the wings, not cheap but solid and simple, no…[Read more]

I am putting together a hard boot set up to try and one thing that is awesome is that Spark’s tech toes are pretty much half the price of its competitor, the Plum Peyke binding or regular single bindings. Thanks Will!

Without having ever used them, I don’t know how much any tech binding needs to be locked in on ascent, but it strikes me that…[Read more]

I posted a review on them, I dig them. Pros are they are cheap and the glue is super strong, great for several laps on a real cold day. Glue is strong, roll each one independently when touring, they are bulky but don’t need to be in your jacket to re-adhere. Don’t put glue to glue for the first few seasons, it is just too much work separating…[Read more]

https://www.montana-international.com/en/products/climbing-skins/options/cutting-sets-splitboard/

160mm are on the product page., if they have them on hand.

I don’t think Black Diamond makes their split skin (for skis) that was 160mm anymore

145s should work, you can split the back third of the skin and spread them out to the rails if you had…[Read more]

He has this site with contact info.
http://starshipcustoms.com/

Talk to me this summer if you are still looking and thinking about a super light snow surf with a ptex base.

I liked this one too.

nice super light strap option to foam deck pads

-Sorry Amplid for the thread drift-
Snurfer, hard to say because they can be so wide. I would think the current 145cm wide shapes would be similar in area to a 160 ish standard board. With no inserts and a ptex base and 2 edges probably could be pushed down to 4.5 to 4.75 pounds (plus the traction stuff) I would think. Seems like you could…[Read more]

Not having spent much time in the state, I found this to be a great resource when planning tours in Montana:

yeah this year really feels like a gift to have even what we do by end of December.