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Post subject: The world's scariest ski runs
 Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 09:38 AM
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 09:56 AM
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sktr4lf
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 10:58 AM
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gf did the swiss wall when she was around 15 i think...she saw that article and recounted that her and her dad thought they were on the wrong run as it "wasn't particularly scary or hard" lol.
Might be a different story on a board though... |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 11:03 AM
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Done the Swiss Wall, Grand Couloir, Le Tunnel, Face de Bellavarde.
With the exception of the Swiss Wall (legs killed after that) they were all done in reasonably good conditions which lowers the level of difficulty massively. As an example, I went down the Grand Couloir switch because I was fed up of having to wait at the bottom for some people I was with. I am not an amazing switch rider and still had to wait 5 minutes at the bottom. There was a good 10cm of fresh snow though. |
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sktr4lf
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 11:05 AM
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| i think as snowboarders we have it easier sometimes, you don't have to commit 100% to get down steep runs, and always have side slipping to fall back on... |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 11:50 AM
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| Definitely, though in icier conditions we don't have the advantage of two edges. |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 01:31 PM
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| The top of hillend dryslope has to be up there on an icy day......... |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 01:38 PM
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| I've done the tunnel. First week away on a snowboard, not that difficult, just full of dicks without ability lay all over the place. |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 01:39 PM
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| I'll also add that any run when you know harrycambs is on the chair behind you is scary. He's like a fully equipped action man battering ram |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 02:00 PM
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sktr4lf wrote:
i think as snowboarders we have it easier sometimes, you don't have to commit 100% to get down steep runs, and always have side slipping to fall back on...
Exactly, i like that though - means you can try things and providings its not too narrow, you can always flick back to 'total beginner' mode and break out the falling leaf  |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 02:09 PM
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sktr4lf wrote:
i think as snowboarders we have it easier sometimes, you don't have to commit 100% to get down steep runs, and always have side slipping to fall back on...
can skiiers not snowplough the whole thing? |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 02:20 PM
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| I can ski and you could snowplough a steep. I suppose where it differs though is with a sideslip, you can stop dead with little effort. I think? I saw the light years ago and cant really remember. |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 02:21 PM
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| harakiri. its always just a muddy chute by the time of year i get there though. steep but not too choppy as noone goes on it! |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 02:27 PM
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| Was watching some footage of Harakiri on youtube and it is funny. If you lose it on there, you will not stop til the bottom. I might do it on the bash and report back once i leave the infirmary. |
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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 02:30 PM
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Nick7 wrote:
I can ski and you could snowplough a steep. I suppose where it differs though is with a sideslip, you can stop dead with little effort. I think? I saw the light years ago and cant really remember.
Snowploughing really only works on kinda flat terrain at low speed - or to quickly 'throw the breaks on' if your going fast on something quite steep, but to do it all the way down one of the runs listed, you'd have to have thighs of steel!
That said, doing falling leaf all day is hardly comfortable, so i guess if you're going to commit yourself to one of these runs, you have to bite the bullet and properly commit - more satisfying that way anyway  |
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