Delirium Dive

Noobs lol

Legend27easy double black skiers out east

Had us in the first half, not gonna lie

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I shot a class 45 once, never lost a man

If you die out in the Canadian Rockies: your face will be posted all over national news.

At least you will get your 15 mins of fame either way

TRVP_ANGELHad us in the first half, not gonna lie

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freestyler540If you die out in the Canadian Rockies: your face will be posted all over national news.

I'll just send it then if mY fAcE wIlL bE oN NaTiOnAl nEwS

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Don't listen to the haters. If you can ski double blacks on the beast coast, you don't need no pussy ass avy gear.

Tell patrol at the gate to stuff it in your worst bahsten accent, they'll get the hint that you mean fuckin' business and will probably apologize because avy gear's only required for type II skiers or less


EDIT: aside from being a dick, before you make the trip take an avvy course, rent/buy the gear beforehand and practice with beacons. Avalanches are no joke and you owe it to your buddy to know how to use your gear in the worst case scenarios.

I have no experience with DD but non-mitigated avvy terrain in bounds isn't my cup of tea. Plenty of 'double blacks' out west that are blasted/cut by ski patrol that'll make you shit your pants compared to the east coast

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Just stay in the flatlands

Renting gear doesn't do shit if you don't know what to do with it, don't become a statistic. It's all fun and games until you or your buddy (or both) are under 10 feet of snow suffocating. I'd recommend you go take an Avy 1 or equivalent and ski some more mellow backcountry objectives that are less involved in terms of terrain management, then go back to do this when you have more skill.

I can ride any trail on the EC pretty confidently....

I pooped my pants a lil on the first double black I hit in Colorado

Honestly rent it out, there are relatively easy ways down the dive

JWillySkeezRenting gear doesn't do shit if you don't know what to do with it, don't become a statistic. It's all fun and games until you or your buddy (or both) are under 10 feet of snow suffocating. I'd recommend you go take an Avy 1 or equivalent and ski some more mellow backcountry objectives that are less involved in terms of terrain management, then go back to do this when you have more skill.

I agree
Dont be an idiot
Dont risk it you know
Also if any one quotes this and calls me a pussy, u do it without any acy training before and then post how well it goes

I've been working and living in Lake Louise for 3 years and I'm an avid back country skier with training and a decent amount of experience. Delirium Dive really isn't all it's knocked up to be. It's no different to a lot of inbound terrain at lake and kicking horse. Only difference is it gets less tracked due to the whole needing a transceiver thing. But even then noobs rent transceivers all the time and rip pizzas down delirium. Basically it's not recommended to go without experience but if your going to do it delirium dive is the safest and most easily accessible place to go out of bounds, not because of the terrain type but mostly due to the traffic that goes through there and if conditions are too dangerous patrol won't open it, so they take all of the guess work out of it. If your going without experience don't pick the gnarliest line stay high where possible and avoid sending cliffs and terrain traps. Also talk to patrol to see what's been going on in the area and what route down they recommend. Also go on a clear day so you can see where your going. Ride down one at a time in sections making sure you are in view of each other at all times and stop in areas that are out of the way of any potential avy paths. and don't drop above other skiers/boarders in case you do release an avalanche. Like I said if your gonna do it do it there. I've seen people get caught in more small avalanches on seemingly friendly boot packs at lake louise and kicking horse then I've seen on delirium dive. So onto my next note, when riding in the Rockies there are lots of inbound boot packs too, pretty fun areas with posted avi caution signs, I'm not saying don't do them. It's a good time but if your riding those areas after a storm take the same amount of precaution you would in delirium. I've had a noob snake a chute on upper north cornice that always slides the first few tracks down and buddy didn't know how to handle the sluff and got buried up to his neck and i had to go pull him out. So it can happen anywhere, your not likely to be buried as usually it's just little sluffalanches, but it can happen.

The dive is not backcountry skiing. It has heavy avalanche control and is patrolled. You will be fine renting gear. It's no sketchier than other steep inbound terrain. Yeah stuff could and has slid, but it most likely wont.