alferg 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 you tele-heads might like this. http://www.mountainmurph.com/VIDEOS/SkiMovies0203/Bruneau2LQ.wmv Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Great stuff. Love the soundtrack too! Link to post Share on other sites
Snowhaus 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Thats great - untracked all day... I wonder if they used skins to climb up there?. Wouldn't like to clean them after if they did I want one of those puppies too. Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Cool footage! Love the dogs! I've actually done this before but on regular alpine gear. The Oregon Coast has some great sand dunes. One day after watching one of Warren Miller's films with a brief clip of dirt skiing, I figured it could be done on sand and thought it was worth a shot. Some friends and I went to a second hand store, bought some old skis and boots and then made the 4 hour trip to the coast for a camping/sand-skiing session. On the way, we picked up a case of silicone spray to help with the sliding. All in all, we had a blast. It was like skiing very heavy, wet powder. You were able to make turns just fine though and for the most part could keep things under control pretty easily. The dunes we were on were only a couple of hundred feet high, so we just hiked up to the top. We had 3 different ones around directly behind our campsite on the lake. One was a wide-open face while the other two had a bunch of european beach grass clumps growing on them. Great for skiing around and using as obstacles. The angle of repose for sand is around 32 degrees. Most dune slip faces are around this angle when the winds are prevalent from one direction in the area. Hard as hell to climb up in boots, but great for going down! We mostly skied on the lee-slopes to stay out of the wind, but made a few runs down the steeper faces. Snowhaus - they wouldn't need skins for the climbing. Looks like they were getting up via a ridge. Plenty of friction to hold them while going up. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 That just confirmed for me that I'm not meant to be a teleskier. So much busyness and things to do. You can see why alpine skiing became more popular. Nice vid though. Link to post Share on other sites
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