I’m curious how many of you make every effort you can to help your buddies when they are stuck on the hill. I’m asking because last year I rode passed several guys stuck in a chute somewhere while all their buddies sat at the bottom and watched. My buddies will hike as far as they need to to help me out when I’m in trouble and I do the same for them.
Helping out your stuck buddies
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then you and your buddies all die in the avy, smart!
we don't hillclimb much so we don't really have to worry about that but i will help my riding partners get unstuck if it is a worthy one. if they are trying to take a tough line through trees or such i will help them no questions asked. it is when you get the idiot in your group that just can't figure it out and parks up hill or stops in a dumb place. i will let them suffer for a while until i am done playing.
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yardfarmer
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one man/sled at a time on steep avy prone hill sides. all other stucks we help each other unless it gets to a rediculous amount for the same guy getting stuck....., then might let him suffer a bit.
in a chute? NO WAY! That's about as smart as highmarking over a somebody stuck on a hill.
Better get some Avy training
Better get some Avy training
tree riding ya, always help em get unstuck
stuck on flat ground, no probs I'll get you out.
stuck in chutes? no!
I stay at the bottom (not in a runout) and keep an eye on them...if they get in an avy I watch them all the way down best I can and make mental notes of where they are, then I would find them with the beacon then probe and dig em out.
stuck on flat ground, no probs I'll get you out.
stuck in chutes? no!
I stay at the bottom (not in a runout) and keep an eye on them...if they get in an avy I watch them all the way down best I can and make mental notes of where they are, then I would find them with the beacon then probe and dig em out.
I help anybody I see stuck. Don't ride chutes yet, so that doesn't apply to me.
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mtn_rider08
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i help people that i don't even know get unstuck. kinda irritating though when you help them dig out for 20 mins. and then their buddy comes over to see if everything is OK, after he is already unstuck.
i try to help my buddies out unless they allready got help, i've rode with guys that you get stuck and they sit 30ft away and watch you dig, kinda sucks. and yeah steep hill/chute, your on your own.
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get one of these and you can get yourself out of about anything...it is mandatory equipment to ride with my group.....http://highliftjack.com/
get one of these and you can get yourself out of about anything...it is mandatory equipment to ride with my group.....http://highliftjack.com/
I usually access how stupid someone was 1st.
If it's the wife, i'm on it right now!!!!
If it's the wife, i'm on it right now!!!!
no no no.. those are for cheaters.. how are you going to decide who buys beers at the end of the day if we don't have a stuck count!
$300 with shipping is a little rich for my blood. Great idea though!
On flat land I'll help you all day long, on the mountain your on your own. One person on the hill at a time.
Generally the steeper the hill, the easier it is to dig out by yourself. I will always help if I can. Stuck on the flats, I am always there. I would rather see someone try something cool and help out when things don't go as planned. Always makes for a good beer drinking story later. Makes for good photo ops too! Sometimes it is not safe and other times I have hiked quite far with my saw and shovel to when someone was all skiwampus on a stump or the like.
Karl
Karl
Last year was my first in the mountains and I got stuck a lot and my buddies always were right there helping dig me out, but everyday I got stuck less and less, was down to 1 my last day so I did learn But I did get quite annoyed when I was stuck on a pretty steep hill and a a$$hole came whizing by about 5 feet from me when i'm trying to get my sled out
But I did get quite annoyed when I was stuck on a pretty steep hill and a a$$hole came whizing by about 5 feet from me when i'm trying to get my sled out 
. Just a some of many from last season.
I help when or where I can.
Have helped random (out of group) people a few times too on occasion. Specially if they look like they are solo.
Have helped random (out of group) people a few times too on occasion. Specially if they look like they are solo.
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SilverGriz
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X2...never help on a steep climb.
I'll usually try to help anyone regardless if they are in my group. We were all there once and many guys have helped me so I try to pay it forward now.
Always help out the buddies that are stuck, one buddy got stuck about 8 times in a row just being dumb helped out the most I could but was so hung over I was probably more in the way than I was helping........ LOL!!!!! Rolled my sled about 6 times trying to stop and help a buddy out on a hill once........... bad idea number one, then finally got my sled stopped and left it on its top, bad Idea number 2, then hiked up the hill about 50 yards, bad idea number 3, then got him unstuck and then he helped me get unstuck........ this was all on a very bad hill that could have broke, luckily it did not and I learned alot that day as far as avy's go, just don't play around like that when there's a hill involved.......... luckily the avy danger was very low that time of year but none the less if was very stupid to even take that sort of chance......... but we all try to help out each other when we are stuck.
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