The What's and How's of Ski Touring with the SlowSkinners

The SlowSkinners are back to talk about two important things in the world of Backcountry Skiing - what to pack and how to write up your observations. 

Further Faster and SlowSkinners continue to team up to help spread knowledge and experience around ski touring, with a different format this year...

We'll start with a 'what's in the pack' - no influencer spin based on the sponsor's product here! Trail bosses BarLana (technically Bart and Lana) and Bob will lay out their 'people' (think chalk outlines in a whodunit), showing what layers actually work - from a sneaky side country stash to a full backcountry 'bob day' out (yes, they're a thing), to overseas touring. 
We'll also open our packs to show the kit we've found to be safe, useful, and as light as possible for our conditions. This is designed to be a 'touch, pause, engage' (is that still even a rugby reference?) exercise - chat and question away, share your thoughts too!

Then a 'how to write up obs' (observations). It's uber helpful to know what happened when, as we scheme our missions. Avalanche Advisory is a valuable resource for getting a forecast and is a great first place to start. We Skinners, go out where forecasters often don't, so we can add to their data sets by adding our obs - of snow conditions and observed avalanches (hopefully past!). We can upload our own, plus view old ones to start building up a comprehensive picture of what we might expect as we head out. Bart and Lana will present a brief 'how to', then we'll break into groups and have a go.

As usual, we'll be raising funds! This time the worthy recipient is Alpine Rescue Canterbury and we're stoked to help support them.

No snow yet to get slidy with... but should be close or just sneaking in, by the date of this session - so get your stoke up, check your gear, sharpen your scheming skills and let's be social!

Here are the deets so you can come along: 

When: Friday, 26th June. 6.15 pm for a 6.30 pm start.

Where: Further Faster, 57A Buchan St, Sydenham

Tickets: $20 pre-sale. $25 on the door (unless sold out prior).