Headlamp Skiing

[BillyGoteMan]

So it's dumping where I am and there's a medium sized hill outside my dorm. I was thinking of hiking it with my rock skis and doing a little headlamp nighttime sesh. Anyone done this before, how well does it work?

 

[skier_boy26]

I did it coming down hood this summer. Its not bad. You cant really go too fast, but hey, its worth it.

 

[Lickmy9]

if you know the mountain well it is sweet, but if you dont it would just be dumb. or even better ski with two of those 1 million candle power lights in each hand that would be nice and bright.

 

[skiP.E.I.]

I do taht regularly on campus but they ahve so many damn lights here you don't need a headlamp

 

[Valind]

Do it!!! Thats awesome! We did that in snowmaking. I would say go for it

 

[SLee]

anyone got any good recommendations for headlamps? i don't have one and im thinking abt getting one so i can sesh the rails in ma backyard

 

[a_pla5tic_bag]

i think you're better off buying a light on a stand.

 

[closeyetfar11]

Bad idea if you're skiing anywhere besides a wide open trail, or something of that nature.
This is why: a headlamp only illuminates a certain area in front of you, lets just say a 4 ft diameter circle. If a tree-branch, rock, stump, piece of down timber, turkey, or terrorist is outside of that circle of light, you won't see it at all; without looking directly at it, and run the risk of skiing into/clotheslining yourself on the obstacle.

tl;dr- go by full moon :]

 

[123ski]

I think that if you are in an area that a terrorist might be within 5 feet of you but outside of that 4 foot light radius then you probably shouldn't have a headlamp on at all.

 

[jibco]

moonlight skiing is the best!