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Tips for Beginners, in 5 words or less!
- indosponger
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Some 5-word-talking-points:
*gear
*time management
*skill assessment
*safety
*safety courses
Give me your best tip(s) for beginners in 5 words or less!
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Don't skin in the avalanche track.
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# Baker ski area for skinning
# Learn to ski before BC.
#Skins off before descending.
#Stalk Silas.
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Older guys get first tracks
Because old guys have less life left, so they take the greatest avy danger?
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Bingo! What fun, like haiku for beginners. Good to hear from the Scotsman again!Find a good partner. Learn.
Beware when highs jump 10*F.
Avoid lee slopes after windstorms.
Allow extra time for wildsnow.
Stormy days get late early.
Live to ski another day.
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Skis, boots, poles, brains, guts.
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Always ski with people who are younger than you.
Always ski with people who are better than you.
Words of wisdom that I heard a few years ago.
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Look good doing it.
Be safe.
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Embrace the know.
Surround yourself with fun, safe, competent people.
Cherish the tremendous gift of the mountains.
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Short strides grip.
Pull yourself up, not push.
Thermos, puffy jacket , enjoy view.
Getting home most important goal.
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- Onward.
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Steep skin tracks slip.
Short strides grip.
This is fabulous skinning advice.
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My motto for almost 50 years, courtesy of the old gang at Bellevue Ski School where we skied 9am-10pm every weekend rain or shine.
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It pays to be avid.
My motto for almost 50 years, courtesy of the old gang at Bellevue Ski School where we skied 9am-10pm every weekend rain or shine.
Right on brother, the Husky Winter Sports ski school was out there under my watch rain and shine from 1988 until 1997.
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