Scoring a burley couloir with deep powder can be a rare treat for some
and that you’ll remember until your old and grey. Here are a few
pointers so you don’t fall on your first turn and rag-doll all the way
down the couloir like a gaper.
1 First and foremost always scope
your chosen couloir thoroughly. Find a good vantage point and check
that it has a safe exit point and the entrance isn’t to difficult to
access.
2 When your scoping the couloir have a good look for
features you’ll recognize while riding down. Take special care to look
for hazards like cliff bands, cornices, ice, rocks and anything else
what will wreak you.
3 When you’re happy that you’ve had a good
look at the couloir and locked as much info as possible into your
grubby little brain, it’s time to get to the top.
4 If you can
and it feels safe to do so, have a good look from the top of the
couloir. It will look very different to how it looked from the bottom,
but hopefully you can spot a good line. Visualize yourself riding the
couloir, this will really help.
5 Find a safe zone to click into
your bindings a way from any hazerds. This should also give you at
least moment to check the line and take a few last minute deep breaths.
6
Take care when starting of from the top of the couloir, get yourself
into place where you can see as far down the couloir as possible.
7
hopefully you’re in a wider part of the chute now and ripping into some
big turns in the deep powder. Always try and control your speed and
keep alert for any hazards you didn’t spot. It’s very often there will
be hidden rocks under the snowpack, especially early season – best bet
is not to turn on your edges to hard, if you turn on your edges a bit
softer it will stop you from snagging, should you hit any thing.
8 Now all you have to do is get up at dawn to beat every other rider racing to score the fresh.
and that you’ll remember until your old and grey. Here are a few
pointers so you don’t fall on your first turn and rag-doll all the way
down the couloir like a gaper.
1 First and foremost always scope
your chosen couloir thoroughly. Find a good vantage point and check
that it has a safe exit point and the entrance isn’t to difficult to
access.
2 When your scoping the couloir have a good look for
features you’ll recognize while riding down. Take special care to look
for hazards like cliff bands, cornices, ice, rocks and anything else
what will wreak you.
3 When you’re happy that you’ve had a good
look at the couloir and locked as much info as possible into your
grubby little brain, it’s time to get to the top.
4 If you can
and it feels safe to do so, have a good look from the top of the
couloir. It will look very different to how it looked from the bottom,
but hopefully you can spot a good line. Visualize yourself riding the
couloir, this will really help.
5 Find a safe zone to click into
your bindings a way from any hazerds. This should also give you at
least moment to check the line and take a few last minute deep breaths.
6
Take care when starting of from the top of the couloir, get yourself
into place where you can see as far down the couloir as possible.
7
hopefully you’re in a wider part of the chute now and ripping into some
big turns in the deep powder. Always try and control your speed and
keep alert for any hazards you didn’t spot. It’s very often there will
be hidden rocks under the snowpack, especially early season – best bet
is not to turn on your edges to hard, if you turn on your edges a bit
softer it will stop you from snagging, should you hit any thing.
8 Now all you have to do is get up at dawn to beat every other rider racing to score the fresh.
