Is it bad form to snowshoe on a skin track?

[Foggy_Goggles]

The only person that has the right to be pissed at someone snowshoeing or boot packing in the skin track is the person that laid the skin track.

Bullshit, don't be an asshole. See PhUnks comment and mine in the linked thread. You won't make a lot of friend in the Wasatch, Rodgers, Kootenay, the Teton etc. Why is it so difficult to understand that you need to suffer so other don't. Stop being such a selfish bitch.

[Snow Ranger]

Originally posted by Foggy_Goggles
Bullshit, don't be an asshole. See PhUnks comment and mine in the linked thread. You won't make a lot of friend in the Wasatch, Rodgers, Kootenay, the Teton etc. Why is it so difficult to understand that you need to suffer so other don't. Stop being such a selfish bitch.

First off I am not about to go out and try to piss off all my fellow bc riders. I'm not the one potholing the skin track. If I am on a skin track and start to sink I will step to the side and put in a snowshoe track. I was just thinking that everyone besides the person that put in the skin track and maybe that track started as a snowshoe track, is benefiting from some else’s effort. And maybe the only person that can be pissed is the person that suffered first. Just kinda throwin around some thoughts for discussion.

[Stanley]

Ten to one says that the early bird who put the track in had a big grin on his face and never considered it suffering. People who set tracks get there early for a reason. So rewarding to slice through a fresh blanket of snow, knowing that no one is ahead of you, always a move ahead of the masses, and going home about the time that the track wreckers show up.

[Telephil]

The only person that has the right to be pissed at someone snowshoeing or boot packing in the skin track is the person that laid the skin track.

Got to agree with Foggy on this one. Best idea is to stay off the track, makes everyone happier in the end, at least all the skinners. If you're snowshoeing, just buy a split board, it's better.

[p.blz]

If a skin track is close to the limit of gradient, it can be rendered useless by snowshoes or postholing.

If this sort of thing drives you crazy, you'll likely spend a fair amount of your BC time being pissed off.

So you have to ask yourself "Do I BC ski because i like to get pissed off or do I BC ski because i like to BC ski"

[Telephil]

If a skin track is close to the limit of gradient, it can be rendered useless by snowshoes or postholing.

If this sort of thing drives you crazy, you'll likely spend a fair amount of your BC time being pissed off.

So you have to ask yourself "Do I BC ski because i like to get pissed off or do I BC ski because i like to BC ski"

Personally, I ski BC because I like to ski BC. The great thing about it in the wasatch is...once you get further away from the crowds, bootpack or snowshoes in the skin track happen less and less, however....I do get pissed when I have to deal with it, no matter where it is, but it's really not all that often.

[bcrider]

Ten to one says that the early bird who put the track in had a big grin on his face and never considered it suffering. People who set tracks get there early for a reason. So rewarding to slice through a fresh blanket of snow, knowing that no one is ahead of you, always a move ahead of the masses, and going home about the time that the track wreckers show up.

Well said.

[bcrider]

just buy a split board, it's better.

ding, ding, ding!

We have a winner. Get the right tool for the job and this isn’t an issue...for anyone.

[cololi]

I try to take the high road and not worry about it. It does suck, especially if there is a good incline. One thing that I have noticed in the Wasatch is that there are certain places where no one bootpacks or snowshoes, so it is irrelavant. If I'm going up Cardiff, I expect to see postholing in the skin track, so it is a bonus when it is posthole free.