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Big mountain ez

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NateFick
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rails are scary, powder is soft
Aug 23 2023 6:20PM
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eheath
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rocks and trees are not soft
Aug 23 2023 6:30PM
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hi_vis360
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Scariest thing for me about bc skiing is how far you are from the hospital. If you get fucked up on a street spot you can just call an ambulance
Aug 23 2023 7:07PM
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OregonDead
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hi_vis360Scariest thing for me about bc skiing is how far you are from the hospital. If you get fucked up on a street spot you can just call an ambulance


for real. ambulances are much better equipped for the street than the bc.
still probably not as convenient as having a park staffed with rescue professionals and an on site clinic
Aug 23 2023 7:58PM
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profa_212
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hi_vis360Scariest thing for me about bc skiing is how far you are from the hospital. If you get fucked up on a street spot you can just call an ambulance


The exact reason i may or may not keep some oxy in my bc bag.....snap an arm 5-8 miles deep you're gunna want something to get back out.


Also a PSA
It also can fuck up treatment and pain meds given once in care. Know exactly how much you took and what of. Even then they probs won't give you anything due to liability. But I'd rather be in pain in a hospital bed than a couple miles deep in the snow with no other way out.
Aug 23 2023 8:01PM
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armchair_skier
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Big mountain skiing isn’t a real thing

I ski on the BIG mountain guys! shut up goofy get yo ass back to the 4 seasons pronto
Aug 23 2023 8:39PM
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keagan.karstens
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I cant stand kids who claim they can do all these tricks but learned them in 2 feet of pow and can’t do a single one of them on a park jump
Aug 24 2023 9:56AM
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j.roc
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east coast hard core real stuff is scary, rails are ez
Aug 24 2023 12:09PM
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skierman
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People who have died skiing urban = 0


People who have died skiing backcountry = 12,389
Aug 24 2023 1:43PM
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SofaKingSick
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rails aren't scary you pussy
Aug 24 2023 2:46PM
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Kyguyy
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Just do 5050s so you don’t have to slide sideways
Aug 24 2023 9:37PM
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ajbski
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Big mountain doesn’t have to mean BC.

you have cliffs, cornices and even glaciers and raps in the alps. Heck, last year people died in a in bounds avy at whis.

I wouldn’t normally call tree runs big mountain, but usually that’s where the nice powder is. When it’s nuking you don’t have much contrast in the alpinez.

I would be ashamed to be seen in a park on a pow day.
Aug 24 2023 10:14PM
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skiP.E.I.
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skiermanPeople who have died skiing urban = 0


People who have died skiing backcountry = 12,389


A guy died skiing urban in Halifax years ago. Now you can get a ticket if you're skiing or snowboarding without a helmet anywhere in Nova Scotia.
Aug 25 2023 12:39PM
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IsaacNW82
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both are about as scary or as mild as you make them
Aug 25 2023 2:22PM
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Farmville420
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Rails, even street, are wayyyyy less gnarly than BC shit tbh
Aug 25 2023 8:46PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Rails scare me, powder is soft. Rocks may be hard but you can usually avoid landing on them if you go fast. Park scares me because I never grew up skiing it, and my one day to hit big jumps at the bird was taken because we had half an inch of snow over ice meaning there was no consistent speed for jumps and it was total guesswork as to how fast you needed to go to make it over the knuckle.
Aug 26 2023 12:36PM
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ThaLorax
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Ok then


Edit: idk how to embed anymore 😆
https://youtu.be/9jvSat6t73g?si=LERZTwB5q3eKun4l

**This post was edited on Aug 27th 2023 at 9:33:47pm
Aug 27 2023 9:33PM
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switchlip2
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ThaLoraxOk then


Edit: idk how to embed anymore 😆
https://youtu.be/9jvSat6t73g?si=LERZTwB5q3eKun4l

**This post was edited on Aug 27th 2023 at 9:33:47pm


They got a lot of snow to roll down
Aug 28 2023 1:02PM
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WunhungL0
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little mountain life for the win
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Aug 28 2023 2:54PM
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thewayshego3s
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I personally think the term, "big mountain," is pretty whack. Why not just call it skiing? When I think of big mountain, I think of Sammy C ripping actual "big mountain" lines in AK and BC. Not some college bro ripping a left three (no grab, of course) off hot dogger at Alta.
Aug 28 2023 6:46PM
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SteezyYeeter
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please explain diff between big mountain and freeride? is freeride the real 'big mountain', basically what the average skier can access. cause big mountain should be like.. really big mountains, not accessible by lift.
Aug 28 2023 6:59PM
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ajbski
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SteezyYeeterplease explain diff between big mountain and freeride? is freeride the real 'big mountain', basically what the average skier can access. cause big mountain should be like.. really big mountains, not accessible by lift.


The terms are pretty interchangeable. I think it depends on context really. Also I think snowboarders took freeskiing and started calling it freeride to suit themselves. But then freeskiing became freestyle and later ifsa merged with fwt. Now big mountain is freeride and not freeskiing. Idk it’s all sorta fluid.

I would say the emphasis with freeride is tricks creativity flow style drops slashes on natural terrain

the emphasis with big mountain is technical, steep, navigating through around and over hazards.

free ride is done on big mountain, but big mtn is necessarily freeride. Neither have to be back country, but usually are.

clear as mud.
Aug 28 2023 9:52PM
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b0ss
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Idk I’m pretty indifferent between street and bc.
odds of getting caught smoking crack are at all time lows in both biomes.
Aug 28 2023 11:59PM
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EvanMeyer
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b0ssIdk I’m pretty indifferent between street and bc.
odds of getting caught smoking crack are at all time lows in both biomes.


Smoking crack helps you get to your objective faster in the backcountry though
Aug 29 2023 12:26AM
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SteezyYeeter
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ajbskiThe terms are pretty interchangeable. I think it depends on context really. Also I think snowboarders took freeskiing and started calling it freeride to suit themselves. But then freeskiing became freestyle and later ifsa merged with fwt. Now big mountain is freeride and not freeskiing. Idk it’s all sorta fluid.

I would say the emphasis with freeride is tricks creativity flow style drops slashes on natural terrain

the emphasis with big mountain is technical, steep, navigating through around and over hazards.

free ride is done on big mountain, but big mtn is necessarily freeride. Neither have to be back country, but usually are.

clear as mud.


haha yeah i didn't expect there to be any clear definition but this helps thanks
Aug 29 2023 10:21AM
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