Poster: A snowHead
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Just posting this here in the hopes of an answer. BB thread seems to have gone a bit off piste itself so here's the cut and paste from the question I posted there ..
Were it to happen, what is the crack/cost of off piste at a BB? I'm hoping that there will be good rates but who knows?
I'd need to hire the avi gear and I assume the guides aren't free.
My skis are ok for the job (90mm line prophets) though I could be tempted to try some proper fatties!
I'm only just exporing off piste: I've always gone between pistes or found tracks in the trees and I've done one guided morning in Argentiere. I like skiing Glencoe too which has lots of great nooks and crannys. So I'm reasonably competent if quite inexperienced in proper all day stuff.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There are fourteen currently booked up for off piste so I expect something will happen. Especially as Admin is on of those signed up.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Cheers. I'm one of those that've signed up for it but I just got to wondering what the cost will be for hiring the appropriate gear. For instance what's it cost on previous do's?
Is it proper full on stuff or lift fed and just taking alternative routes. Slack country style.
I imagine that the guide/s work out pretty cheap with the group being a decent size.
Just the general crack really...
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Don't know about on the BB but at the 2 OP + eosb bashes an extra guided day is about £80ish in previous years. Numbers help price but group size is limited (6?) so only so far. Dont know about kit hire costs but at EosB people have borrowed from other s who weren't using theirs on that day.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Usually the guide can lend you an avalanche beacon, though it sometimes helps to ask in advance.
Yes, £80 sounds about right. Normally they don't like groups of more than 6 (on very steep slopes even fewer), though it can sometimes be one or two more.
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@snowball, yeah the one time I did a morning, the guide provided the kit. I hadn't thought it through but it makes obvious sense that they'd only want small groups.
@Markymark29, That's tragically funny. Darwin award in the making!
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