Equipment snowboarding

What are the equipment snowboarding touring

Planchados are by far the most numerous among regular snowboarders in France. They can easily be recognized on the climb by the board they are wearing... on your back! The equipment required for this practice is therefore quite common and easy to find. Small inventory:
What is a snowboard
It's handy for downhill. And it's so much better than skiing. The choice is so vast today that it is impossible not to find happiness. Most hikers usually use a freeride-oriented board: quite long (usually 10 to 20 cm less than the size of the snowboarder), nervous, with an elongated curve radius (8 to 10 meters) and a large and long spatula. In some cases the board will even be equipped with a little "pin-tail" or "tap" (narrower heel) to facilitate powder lift-up.

What's a pair of bindings?

It will mostly be a fairly rigid and responsive material, also typed freeride. A few hikers use plate attachments, which then require rigid shoes of the type used by ski hikers. However, the vast majority use conventional hull fasteners. Again, the choice is wide.
Buy your pair of bindings at the ski shop online .

How to choose a pair of shoes?

Once again, freeride equipment, which is quite rigid and responsive, will generally be preferred. It should be noted in passing that there are now snowboard boots adapted to the mountains and equipped with quite eye-catching soles. No illusion though: boots have less bite than rigid hiking shoes, so even with effective soles you'll have to put on your cleats much faster when the snow is a little hard, or the slope too steep.

What is a good snowboard backpack while hiking?

Very important, the backpack should be both comfortable and practical. At a minimum it must be fitted with good straps (at least two) to attach the board vertically. Make sure the fastener embraces the entire bag, so that the board is best glued to your back (no parasitic movements when you walk). If possible the bag should have a large enough pocket easily accessible even when the snowboard is attached, in order to access without worry everything you need (water, food, gloves, glasses, crampons, etc.) without the need to detach the Snowboard.

How important is a pair of telescopic sticks?

Important, the sticks will be of great help to you on the climb. They must obviously be telescopic in order to lodge in (or on) your bag on the descent. There are many models, more or less reliable, and with more or less strands, but all of which need to be regularly maintained to avoid galleys (tightening systems that get flu, for example).

Are pairs of snowshoes essential?

Modern snowshoes today are very efficient, light, solid, almost all-rounders. Tubular systems, which are ineffective in the mountains, will be avoided. It's best to take a pair of snowshoes suitable for difficult terrain: composite or plastic materials, equipped with a rigid fastening system, equipped with climb ingeling holds and effective claws, it will take you everywhere.

Or choose a pair of mini-skis!

Approach skis are an interesting alternative to snowshoes. Equipped with skins and a fastening system adapted to the boots, they have obvious advantages (slide on the climb, possibility to use the tracks of skiers without plowing them) but also disadvantages (price, weight, volume on the descent). To avoid some of these drawbacks (weight and volume in particular) some use rigid shoes, which allow the use of ultra-light hiking bindings.

With this, and of course equipped with the usual safety equipment (arva, shovel, probe, spikes, ice axe, etc.), you are ready! Unless you decide to be part of the other tribe...

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