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How to get out of powder when stuck

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theo79
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what's the best way to get out of powder when you're stuck?

Thanks

Dec 13 2009 3:01AM
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Balto
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stuck in wat way
Dec 13 2009 3:02AM
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Download-My-Apps
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with your skis?
Dec 13 2009 3:06AM
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.Roockley.
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eat your way out
Dec 13 2009 3:09AM
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vincepru
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make like lil wayne and start snortin.
Dec 13 2009 3:13AM
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theo79
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mainly, if you're stuck on ur back and you can't get back up
Dec 13 2009 3:13AM
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Kayess
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well if you cant get up it is clearly impossible
Dec 13 2009 3:17AM
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alpineplease
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eat the nearest person around you, like the donner party
Dec 13 2009 3:24AM
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JuliusJ
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<a href="http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t285/cjsummitskier/?action=view&current=Lifecall-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t285/cjsummitskier/Lifecall-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> i've fallen and can't get up!
Dec 13 2009 3:24AM
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Static
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in that case, snow-angel your way out
Dec 13 2009 5:10AM
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cbalkman
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Dec 13 2009 5:29AM
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Twinjibber77
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I read somewhere that you make an X with your poles, hold in the middle and push yourself out after some digging.
But i wouldn't know cause i'm from the east coast where the snow doesn't get high enough for me to ever worry about that unless i'm standing by a street when a snow plow drives by.
Dec 13 2009 5:31AM
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rozboon
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Depends on the slope and situation... I'd much rather be stuck on a steep slope than in a mellow section.

If you're in maybe waist-deep or less and have big skis then just make a big pit/snow angel... any more than that and shit I dunno, last time it happened to me I ended up using 1 ski as a sort of raft and wallowed through it until I found a bush in the snow, climbed on top of that and got going again...
Dec 13 2009 7:12AM
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Evilchris
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man i wish i could get stuck in powder right now :(
Dec 13 2009 9:28AM
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mak
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yeah, then if you have a backpack, you place it where the poles cross and push off of that, i think.
Dec 13 2009 9:37AM
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jdilla
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You're fucked.
Dec 13 2009 10:35AM
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Hansel.
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bahahahhaaha
Dec 13 2009 10:52AM
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Beach
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Stuck like this?


Dec 13 2009 11:17AM
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cultrara
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I usually just swim out
Dec 13 2009 11:21AM
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D-Rex
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Dec 13 2009 12:05PM
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apcaipse
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Exactly what I was thinking.
Dec 13 2009 12:07PM
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LMPJibbin
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.
Dec 13 2009 12:32PM
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roussillon
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Put the poles flat on the snow, and use the to push your way up (that's if you're not really buried, just stuck laying on your back and unable to get up. If you're buried, I guess you'll have to dig a bit then use the pole thing
Dec 13 2009 12:51PM
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fillup
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If your skis arent to buried what i do is get them perpendicular to the slope, push them down into the snow a little more and use my poles to push my way up into a extreme backseat position. Then just get yourself up with your skis under you.
Dec 13 2009 1:11PM
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alpineplease
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most valid response right here
Dec 13 2009 3:06PM
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deleted5
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Dec 13 2009 3:08PM
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