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#1 Topic:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 15 December 2016 - 2:44pm on Snowboard Club UK
Hello fellow bashers;

I'm gauging interest to see if we can put a group together of (up to) 6 people for a guided off-piste day. It would be for Sunday 8 January. Cost is £360 for the group (up to 6 - so £60 each if there are 6 of us)

For this you would need to have a shovel / probe / beacon & know how to use them. This is the safety side of riding off-piste. Terrain approach will be dependent of the guide's assessment of over-all group ability & snow conditions.
More info on Keith (the guide) here:

http://www.lift-ticket.co.uk/home.html

So who's interested?

Cheers;

--Karl
Edited by Canuk on 15 Dec 2016 - 3:39pm
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#2 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 15 December 2016 - 4:23pm on Snowboard Club UK
Do you need to know how to use them as I thought Dunx said that was included?
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#3 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 15 December 2016 - 4:35pm on Snowboard Club UK
To clarify, this is for when we're on the SCUK Winter Bash. We already have one group signed up with Keith, so this is to see if we can get a second group interested.
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#4 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 15 December 2016 - 4:37pm on Snowboard Club UK
Mr.BadDog wrote:
Do you need to know how to use them as I thought Dunx said that was included?

A passing familiarity with them would be ideal, but Keith will do some work with us before taking us out. There's nothing better than a spot of on mountain practice and if you have the gear and never give it a go, then it's wasted gear.
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#5 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 15 December 2016 - 4:43pm on Snowboard Club UK
I'm interested then
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#6 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 15 December 2016 - 4:45pm on Snowboard Club UK
dunx wrote:
To clarify, this is for when we're on the SCUK Winter Bash. We already have one group signed up with Keith, so this is to see if we can get a second group interested.


What Dunx means is he's sorted the 'a' group out and this is for the snowboarding equivalent of The Undateables or 'b' group ;)
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#7 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 15 December 2016 - 5:24pm on Snowboard Club UK
Angelic

Sort of. I just asked the people who have done backcountry guiding with me before.
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#8 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 15 December 2016 - 8:37pm on Snowboard Club UK
Tis true - a few of us who did the guided day in Les Arcs have grouped together again. Makes sense as we all know roughly what our capabilities are.

For those on a guided trip, or anyone interested in general, here's Ortovox's guide to avalanche awareness and rescue for you to read in website flipbook form...
https://www.ortovox.com/uk/safety-academy/training-tools/safety-academy-...

...or download to tablet/print here:
http://service.ortovox.com/xfiles/Flippingbook/GuideBook_16-17/EN/SAGB_1...

A little knowledge before you go can go a long way...
Edited by BartSimpsonhead on 15 Dec 2016 - 8:48pm
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#9 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 16 December 2016 - 10:19am on Snowboard Club UK
Mr.BadDog wrote:
Do you need to know how to use them as I thought Dunx said that was included?

Be a bit pointless owning them if you don't already know how to use them...
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#10 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 16 December 2016 - 10:21am on Snowboard Club UK
There's no snow forecast anywhere in the alpes till a few days before (nowhere has seen a single cloud for two weeks) so i'd be very surprised if there's any off piste available.
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#11 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 16 December 2016 - 4:57pm on Snowboard Club UK
nickmotture wrote:
Mr.BadDog wrote:
Do you need to know how to use them as I thought Dunx said that was included?

Be a bit pointless owning them if you don't already know how to use them...


I recently had a girlfriend for 4yrs and didn't know how to use her either !
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#12 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 16 December 2016 - 8:50pm on Snowboard Club UK
I figure if the snow is bad he can show us the best places to go and help plan out our week too. If you have the kit and want a refresher before we ride I'd imagine we can ask Keith to help with that. I'm also happy to spend some time with anyone who wants on Saturday to do some trial beacon searches & discuss best practices for using kit.

So far I count me + BadDog anyone else interested?
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#13 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 19 December 2016 - 12:15pm on Snowboard Club UK
Canuk wrote:
I figure if the snow is bad he can show us the best places to go and help plan out our week too. If you have the kit and want a refresher before we ride I'd imagine we can ask Keith to help with that. I'm also happy to spend some time with anyone who wants on Saturday to do some trial beacon searches & discuss best practices for using kit.

So far I count me + BadDog anyone else interested?


Bit of training on the Sat would be sound, thanks Smile

Gaz
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#14 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 4 January 2017 - 8:06am on Snowboard Club UK
I would be interested in doing a guided off-piste day -does this need to be confirmed before we go or can it be finalised once we are there?
"and fatigues soon ignored, as your feet hit the board, or the beat hits the floor, these are the moments that we live for"
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#15 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 4 January 2017 - 10:53am on Snowboard Club UK
Our group is booked for Monday. I'm guessing you need to book in advance. Speak to Canuk and Gaz.
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#16 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 4 January 2017 - 1:16pm on Snowboard Club UK
I presume your group is already full Dunx?
"and fatigues soon ignored, as your feet hit the board, or the beat hits the floor, these are the moments that we live for"
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#17 Reply:  Guided Off-Piste day with Keith Wood
Posted 4 January 2017 - 7:33pm on Snowboard Club UK
Yup, but there was some interest for another group
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