What should you carry when you ski in the woods alone?

[freeski]

The picture above the Atomic Nomads is not finished. I call it buying legal weed in Maine.

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[cdskier]

I never ever ski with a phone. Way too much weight.

I'm now picturing you having this as your cell phone...
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[freeski]

It's not a man cave. It's a den.

Concord, NH

[freeski]

I'm now picturing you having this as your cell phone...
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Go ahead make my day : /

[Abominable]

Actually one of my jackets had a whistle built onto the zipper. Carrying a whistle when you’re off trail seems wise.


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This right here. I'm not sure if I ever posted this here but meant to... I was skiing out west, alone but following some people, kind of sidecountry, kind of stupid but calculated risk... but I miscalculated, zigged when they had zagged and found myself on an open, sketchy (AV) face and just straighlined it.

Now I'm at the bottom, day getting long, snowmobiled in the distance, looking down a long power line route that was too flat to ski and to deep to walk.... In the end I hiked around and back out, very thirsty and kicking myself for my stupidity.

Since then a little flat plastic whistle is permanently in my ski jacket. Even just a place like Slide Brook or woods at Magic... something goes wrong I think a whistle is the minimum, just something so you don't scream yourself hoarse and it's an obvious distress signal (as opposed to just shouting in the woods).

You never know......

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[BenedictGomez]

I'm now picturing you having this as your cell phone...

I did the same thing.

[bdfreetuna]

I think this is applicable in this situation as well.

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[skifree]

roll of tp for tuna

[bdfreetuna]

roll of tp for tuna

Even moreso with these probiotic vitamins I started taking. Very little warning, great for weight loss though.

[Cornhead]

Weed and a lighter.

Actually one of my jackets had a whistle built onto the zipper. Carrying a whistle when you’re off trail seems wise.
I have something like this my brother gave me. I thought it would be good to bring to Colorado in case I fell in a tree well. It hurts your ears if blown indoors. You'd be glad you had it if you needed to attract attention.



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