Get a splitboard!

By Joel K Ranked #541 - Backcountry Snowboarding March 9, 2010

A few years ago I snowshoed a day in the backcountry with skiers. It was such a slog I vowed never to repeat the outing. Well, I repeated the outing this year and bought a Mojo 161 the next week, truly vowing not to snowshoe again.

I've been out 5 times with the Mojo so far and have bagged three different peaks with mostly powder conditions - the board handles very nicely in deep powder, way better than my Custom.

Don't look back, get a splitty...the experience is awesome and I'm usually ready at transitions before my skiing partners (mostly because I'm on a mission to be fast).

Be careful of the topsheets when you are skinning! If you cross skis at all you will likely damage the very sensitive sheet. I'm not sure this is entirely avoidable - I have a few decent scrapes on the sheet - but caution and practice should prevail as the skis are wide and following a real ski track makes the fat splitty planks want to push in toward each other.

I also second the comment regarding the straps on Burton bindings: they will fall out given a chance during transitions or in ski mode. For this reason I always connect the straps when I step out of the bindings, especially if I have to boot pack with the skis attached to my pack.

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