Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding

Monday, 06 February, 2012

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Sunday, 05 February, 2012

Rowdy airbag save caught on film.

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Sunday, 29 January, 2012

Spain authorizes heliskiing

Very odd. I skied with these guys in the Val d’Aran a couple of years ago, and I’m sure they have been operating for a decade or so serving the well healed Spanish who frequent the resort.

That said, the Val d’Aran is a lovely area with a strong back country & ski touring scene and the operation is small. However if more companies pitch up, not good.

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Saturday, 28 January, 2012

Spain authorizes heliskiing

The air pollution isn’t great but the real issue is noise and disturbing wildlife habitats. This is massively at odds with other parts of Europe where we’re trying to minimise the impact we make as ski tourers and snowshoers in winter.

There also an egalitarian issue for me, skiing’s restricted to people with deep pockets already. A bit of elitism where only people who can walk up get there is no bad thing.

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Thursday, 26 January, 2012

Spain authorizes heliskiing

I found that pretty odd too, you’ve got both noise and air pollution

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Thursday, 26 January, 2012

Spain authorizes heliskiing

"TAF Helicopters had four criteria: respect for the environment ...” - I find a contradiction in this criterium. Helicopters never were an environmentally friendly mod of transportation.

It is a shame that we loose pristine mountain environments because of a greedy desire for more money.

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Monday, 23 January, 2012

6 Deaths in a week in the French Pyrenees

Another accident on Wednesday 18th. A 30 year old French man fell 150 meters while climbing the East face of thePic d’Anie. Things could have been worse, his fall was stopped by “crevasse” in the snow (formed by potholes). After being rescued with the aid of his friend the man lost consciousness and had to be taken to hospital by helicopter. He was suffering from multiple injuries and hypothermia.

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