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Snow shoes over split board?

42K views 50 replies 13 participants last post by  linvillegorge 
#1 ·
So ive never done any back country riding before, its something I would love to experience given that I have just moved out to NM from MI. I plan on taking all the necessary avalanche courses and going out with a guide my first few times.

That being said, while I understand that Split boards give you a major advantage in terms of getting up the mountain faster, they are crazy expensive from what I can see, would it not be far more cost effective to just get a nice pair of snowshoes that can easily strap to my backpack instead? Im under the impression that a splitters main purpose is to keep you on top of the pow and moving quickly? Do people snow shoe instead?

Thanks for helping a mountain noob.
 
#30 ·
Surprising, I have an SL-R 158 that I can float in pow pretty easily, I do have to put more weight on the back leg, I think that's going to be the case with any twinnish board. That's why I went with the Summit over the heritage. I don't ride switch or try many spins or tricks when I'm wearing a pack. Plus, pintails are a ton of fun in the trees (I rode a regular cambered mullet for a while on cat trips)
 
#33 ·
Ky, when you are actually riding it's a snowboard, so you don't need to know have to downhill ski. However you do need to know how to skin, which is basically walking with ski's on. You would also need to know how to maneuver the ski's on their edges, incase you are going up a really steep slope and have to side-step or you are on glacial terrain.

These things are easy enough to learn with a little practice. If you are a good snowboarder, picking up downhill skiing is actually really easy. I tried skiing for the first time last year and was going down black diamonds at the end of the first day. While the sports are completely different, many elements are the same for example, like understanding snow conditions, knowing how your edges respond, committing to your turns etc...
 
#41 ·
It actually looks like they are. It makes sense for what you have to do in order to monoski. Having both legs locked together is vital.

Monoskiing though really is the apex of gaperdom. Telemarking is close up there, but not anywhere near monoskiing.
 
#49 ·
In this day and age I don't really see a place for teleskiing or monoskiing. Both seem to encumber themselves needlessly. Monoski combines the worst aspects of skiing and snowboarding whereas the only advantage teleskiing had was rendered obsolete by Touring bindings for alpine skis. They will be activities relegated to ski blade status soon.
 
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