Has anyone here skied the Eagle Crest sidecountry? I’ll be skiing there presidents weekend, and have heard that you need beacon shovel probe to leave the gates. Can anybody confirm this, and is there anything else to know here? I have all the gear and AIARE 1, but the friends I’m going with...
I'm looking for an edit that's a few years old that I originally saw on here. The music was Little Black Submarines by The Black Keys. It started with the guy getting seriously injured in a FWQ on the King at Crystal. The rest of the skiing took place the following season. Anyone know where I...
I just wrapped up an email thread with Armada customer service where they denied another warranty claim of mine. This time it was because I couldn't find the receipt (~3 years old, very reasonable to not have it anymore IMO). I have a Balfour jacket that I bought in the 2018-19 season that just...
Earlier this year, I wrote up a description of how I fixed a blown sidewall on a pair of Armada Declivity Xs. I got a lot of positive feedback, and the general consensus from the NS community was that I should do the same with my next gear fix, so here it is (although much less involved than the...
In December 2019, at the end of my third day on a brand new pair of skis, I returned home to find that the sidewall was fully shattered underfoot (image below). I hadn't had any landings that felt like they were onto rocks, but I had a decent-sized core shot directly underfoot, so I probably...