Making Jumps in pow pow

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Yo,

I live on the east coast and havent had a chance to ski out west yet. My roomate, my brother, and I are heading out to Jackson Hole over christmas break. I'd like to try and build some jumps at the top of tiny cliffs and stuff but I've heard the snow out there is so light, making it hard if not impossible to build a jump.. Have you guys been successful in building jumps in really light, dry snow? How so? And, sorry if this is a stupid question, but as you all know, we dont get powder in PA. :(

-Jason

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you need to get under the light stuff and down to the harder stuff, then just cut out cubes like an igloo. everyone just trys to pile up lose snow and pack it down, and believe me it does not work.im from ut so i know light snow.

 
i saw some snowboarders build a frame with trekking poles and snowboards to pack snow into...

they salted it and left...

i waited a while...

like an hour or two and poached it.

just dig really deep like said above and pack the shit out of it.

it takes a while but their jump was ill...

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yea, dig a snow pit (which you should do anyway, to check if there is a chance of avalanches).....and jsut take that snow and use it to build the jump. you can also use some salt (not table salt) and throw it down, the next day your jump will be perfect.

usually if we're building jumps int he b.c. we like to build it up the first day and let it settle, that way someone doesn't take out your god damn jump the first day and you have to keep rebuilding it. however if you can get the conditions right it should be fine for huckin. and what's this about small cliffs? huck the bigg guys in the powder. everything is jsut a huge pillow.

Scope out your landing first, there could be branches and shit hidden with a couple inches of snow on top, you'll land on it and have a stick poking in your ass.

alos if possible try to find a cliff with a pillow line on the side....nothing is sicker than having a pillow line down AND a nice huckable cliff.

welcome to the real snow my man

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wow, very descriptive and VERY VERY helpful! Thanks guys. What kind of salt is it..? The salt they use to 'salT

-Jason

[www.theonlywarehouse.com]
 
ahhh sorry, the kind of salt they use to salt the roads when they are icy?

-Jason

[www.theonlywarehouse.com]
 
ya like deicing salt works super well to harden shit up....its what they use on most park jumps etc or rails to get them firm

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dig up the sticky stuff and if that doesnt work be sure to bring some water with you cause then you just wet down the areas you want to use

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i really dont feel like typing everything again, maybe ill be nice and try to find the last one about this stuff.

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there ya go, check it out, 'backcountry kicker tips'

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weezerskier: i dont smoke but the kids who do are really good

Park Life Clothing
 
thanks, i searched 'backcountry jumps' prior to the post but couldnt find anything. Thanks.

-Jason

[www.theonlywarehouse.com]
 
the best thing to do is to pull off alot of branches from the trees around you ( big leafy ones) and stack them up so they're in the basic shape of a kicker. then you just pile and pack the snow on and shape it till its good. if you dont have trees there you can use anything else that does the same basic thing.

 
^Yeah, the easiest way to do it without salt is to use tree branches and stuff to hold it together. The only problem is that it will need to be rebuilt every couple of jumps. not too bad...

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no bring like a camel back with you... you can get ones that can carry like 12 litres of water and when you need to put water on it you just spray it

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no, acctually you dont need to do any of that shit. We built a jump easly when there was like a foot of pow. Just pile and pack it down hard. Just watch out when hitting cus the pow underneath tends to compact alot at first. But as to why you would go to jackson and build a jump when there is powder to be had and sick terrain park is beyond me.

Hung
 
or you can make little blocks... or big snow balls like in a snow man and then you just put them all together and crush them and then shape them

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