Snow Time wrote:
Pablo Escobar wrote:Oh yeh, I almost never ski with a backpack and would discourage every day resort skiers to avoid doing so.
I'm don't want to p*ss on your bonfire Pablo but I always carry a small day sack with a first aid kit (splints, space blanket etc), water and high energy snacks. If someone has an accident on the longer slopes it could be quite some time before the ski patrol are alerted and get there.
I wouldn't recommend it for beginners getting to grips with balance, but I certainly would for more experienced skiers.
Keeping in mind this is the ''Random Tips for Beginners'' thread, please take your comments for more experienced skiers to the ''Random Tips for More Experienced Skiers'' thread. Sounds like overkill IMO, the amount of time you are going to require a splint skiing around groomed runs etc is going to be ridiculously low. OTOH wise if you are going to be in a situation where you may be forced to administer treatments to yourself or a buddy a long way from help. It is just another thing for people to drop off lifts :lol:
