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s-hand
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I line in PA.  I mostly ski park and have never actually ridden fresh snow deeper than 6 inches or so.  I am taking a trip to Salt Lake in a few weeks and hope to ski some real pow there.  I have just one question, though: if you fall in the deep stuff and pop a ski off, how do you find it again?  Thanks
Dec 16 2010 4:25PM
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brendo.
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Look for it?
Dec 16 2010 4:26PM
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skithesprings
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usually when your lucky its sticking out of the snow somewhere, but when its really deep you can take some orange construction streamer and tie it to your breaks then roll it up and stick it in the bottom of your pants so when your ski dives the streamer sticks out on the top of the snow.

otherwise you basically have to cut the snow with your other ski until you hit it and can dig it up. its a bitch.
Dec 16 2010 4:30PM
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s-hand
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Thanks
Dec 16 2010 4:36PM
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joshua
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Few things are more frustrating than trying to find a ski lost in pow.
Dec 16 2010 4:37PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Dec 16 2010 4:37PM
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cwillygood
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haha nice....
Dec 16 2010 4:47PM
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skithesprings
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especially when its your first run in untracked snow and you waste an hour of pow skiing. i literally have nightmares where this happens. i swear its one of my biggest fears in life
Dec 16 2010 4:59PM
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J-Evs
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lost a ski for about a half hour dropping a cliff with only like two feet of snow
Dec 16 2010 5:02PM
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pow_pow2
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Don't worry Alta-Bird will put out a box of them on the counter on a POW day!  Remember before you go though because they'll dick you on cost for those babies up there!  Pow straps save lives!  Had a buddy buy a brand new pair of 4Frnt EHP's and lost the bitch his second day out...never did find it!
Dec 16 2010 5:03PM
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ben_jammin
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agreed
Dec 16 2010 5:06PM
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joshua
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OP if you are worried about loosing your skis get some bright/reflective ribbon, and tie a 10ft strand to each ski, bunch up the slack in your pants. That way if a ski gets buried you can still find it. Leashes are a bad idea.
Dec 16 2010 5:07PM
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zerospinskier
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The worst is having it happen at on the very first run of an epic pow day. You are franticly looking your your ski, and everyone is skiing by taking all the insane pow. It's a true nightmare.
Dec 16 2010 6:53PM
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Brock.
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leashes = stitches
Dec 16 2010 7:02PM
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Mtougas
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crank your din
Dec 16 2010 7:12PM
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McFellon
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use a pole or ski to scrape away snow- usually works
Dec 16 2010 9:43PM
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low_fidelity
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my pal had to leave his ski once. it was sad
Dec 16 2010 9:52PM
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yellav
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ribbons
Dec 16 2010 9:54PM
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gr4
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theres a guy that skis alta a bunch that has a metal detector and he posts his # up and for like $10 he'll come find your ski.
Dec 16 2010 9:56PM
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belden...
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You take off the other ski and slice horizontally to the mountain. Although this is a bad idea one time i dropped my second ski and it actually took the same path as the other and i ran down and ended up finding both of them.
Dec 16 2010 10:05PM
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*Dos*Planker*
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or even natural snow
Dec 16 2010 10:19PM
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SKIU4EA
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and if this doesn't work, you can always wait until spring.
Dec 16 2010 10:28PM
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CarverJShaw
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just use your poles to find it. like an avalanche beacon but for your skis!
Dec 16 2010 10:31PM
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rozboon
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If you still have a ski then slice the snow until you hit it. Although sometimes they end up in the weirdest places. My friend took a swandive in Niseko and we found his ski 45 minutes later about 20ft down the hill, 10ft out to one side, facing uphill. They just take off like a submarine.
If you lose both skis it's a nightmare. The saying 'no friends on a powder day' becomes very true as all your mates ski their 3rd and 4th (and the rest) laps, laughing at you as they go past.
As people have said, take like 10ft of ribbon, attach it to each ski then either safety-pin it to your pants cuff or tie it to a boot buckle. If you just tuck it into your pants then sometimes it can pop out and not really unravel, but you don't need to worry about it like a leash since it's just ribbon and if you take a huge digger then it will tear and you won't have a pair of windmilling skis chasing you down the hill.
Dec 16 2010 10:33PM
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bkap
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yeah dope idea....
Dec 16 2010 10:52PM
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Drail
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I have a friend that lost a brand new pair of EHP's as well. He lost one of his EHP's at the beginning of the season 3 years ago. Last year he lost another ski in the same area. This summer after a few different attempts over the summers, he finally found both lost skis.


needless to say, he was stoked.
Dec 16 2010 11:01PM
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Karma_Police
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or learn how to ski
Dec 16 2010 11:36PM
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c4t_l0ver
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i love spending time on powder days looking for my skis. so fun !!last weekend i was nice enough to help my friend search for his skis ( afterbangs in knee deep fluffys ) for half an hour.
Dec 17 2010 12:02AM
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Meases_Pieces
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also make sure your din is at a good level so they dont fall off for little things. they shouldnt fall off when you hit rails ever. you get mre hurt havig a ski come off then having it not come off (more injuries occur in my opinion). so if you DIN is higher you can avoid having to look for your skis altogether
Dec 17 2010 12:46AM
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BootySpunk.
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Enjoy your blown knees.
Dec 17 2010 2:03AM
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Karma_Police
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Enjoy landing and having your ski pop off. There is a reason look turntables are so popular, not because they are orange.....................
Dec 17 2010 2:55AM
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carbon.pulse
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Having them to high and having them too low are both as bad as each other. If they are at the correct setting for your size/weight then they wont pop off on rails and will pop off before your knees blow out.
Dec 17 2010 3:08AM
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BootySpunk.
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Well I am glad I have a pair of FKS 120s and FKS 155s than. There is a difference between having your skis fall off just because and having your skis fall off to save your knee. You shouldn't have your din at 12 if you are skiing park and weigh like 100lbs just because you are "good at skiing". Everyone makes mistakes but I guess ignorance is bliss so like I said before enjoy your blown knee from that instant where you get bad at skiing and fall with your skis at a din of 12.
Dec 17 2010 10:40AM
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Powdered_Donuts
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Lol word1
Dec 17 2010 11:19AM
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TheHuggyBear
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lost my pole in a foot of snow the other day...only a foot and it was a bitch
Dec 17 2010 11:25AM
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rickroller
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the snow takes it and you never get it back
Dec 17 2010 11:43AM
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titsLOL
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High din really is the answer if you're a strong skier and have good bindings.
Dec 17 2010 12:14PM
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dereklongenbach
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i always thought about just using some sort of leashes but i dont know how they would attach to the ski
Dec 17 2010 12:51PM
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BootySpunk.
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I would rather look for my ski for 15min than have my ski be attached to my leg when I am tomahawking through some pow. Getting hit in the head, chest, legs or arms with a pair of skis does not seems fun especially if you have decently sharp edges.
Dec 17 2010 12:54PM
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Canuker
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lucky for who ever ends up finding them.

Dec 17 2010 12:57PM
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InvalidConflict
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K I have a funny story about this. About two years ago my demo"d a pair of hellbents and did about a 10ft drop ended up losing it in sick 3 1/2 ft pow day and had to buy the one ski. Never did end up finding it lol
Dec 17 2010 5:32PM
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R.Fahey
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He's right. 
someone should put Recco reflectors in skis.  Then Patrol can charge $25 to find it.  It would be such a good fundraiser for National Ski Patrol. 
Dec 17 2010 5:45PM
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californiagrown
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wrong...what happens when some poor fucker, wearing recco, gets buried in an inbounds slide in the same area as your lost ski? you don't want to do that for the same reason that i will never tour with someone who puts a beacon on there dog: fuck dogs save my ass!


and honestly up your dins a little bit cause everyone charges harder in pow. dont worry its pow, your legs dont get contorted like they would in hardpack. even when you are tomahawking you can somewhat control how your legs will land/hit ie. loose/bent/stiff etc.


and i am fully aware that recco are mainly corpse finders, but in europe they have saved people...not so much in the USA
Dec 17 2010 8:45PM
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chicken
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You dig, remember it can slide beneath untouched pow, a long ways often.

if not you might have to wait for summer, I'm not even kidding.
Dec 17 2010 9:10PM
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chicken
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obviously probe with your pole too.
Dec 17 2010 9:11PM
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WVskiing
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you are not supposed to do that because if there is an avalanche, they will dig up the ski while you die
Dec 17 2010 9:32PM
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vailsux.com
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Dec 18 2010 12:09AM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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I tie bright pink shoelaces to my skis, and stuff the excess up my pants if it's a super deep day.  I'd be sketched as fuck about leashes.  Leashes + edges = fillet of skier.
Dec 18 2010 12:46AM
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basedjase
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Just this tuesday i lost a ski in like 5 feet of powder. i just jam my pole into the snow a ton of times until i hit something. that just dig it out. pice of cake.
Dec 18 2010 1:00AM
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SHampson
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A good method is just thrusting your ski poles in the ground then move them around in the snow until they connect with the ski.
Dec 18 2010 1:06AM
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