Posted on gen 8, 2023

OBLIGATION ARTVA, SHOVEL AND PROBE

NEW RULES ON SAFETY IN THE MOUNTAINS: ARTVA, SHOVEL AND PROBE OBLIGATION

On 1 January 2022, the Italian legislative decree of 28 February 2021 n. 40, which provides for new regulations on safety in winter sports and which in article 26 (Off-piste skiing, ski-mountaineering and hiking activities), paragraph 2, legislates: "Persons who practice ski-mountaineering or ski off-piste or excursion activities in particular snow-covered environments, also using snowshoes, where, due to the snow and meteorological conditions, there is a risk of avalanches, they must be equipped with special electronic signaling and search systems, shovel and snow probe, to guarantee a suitable emergency intervention.

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Posted on gen 8, 2023

TIPS FOR LEARNING THE SPLITBOARD

Many of the tips for Splitboarding are similar to those for ski mountaineering, the environment and the objectives are often the same, so you need to learn from those who have been doing it for much longer than us and adapt the ski mountaineering techniques to those of ascent with a splitboard . Downhill, in my opinion we are the ones who have a lot to teach them, but that's another story...

Furthermore, we must always keep in mind that in most cases, while ski mountaineers use narrow skis and Hard boots, we have a board which, even if divided in two, is decidedly wider and Soft boots which in some situations are not really a help !

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Posted on gen 13, 2023

THE PILL BASE CAMP 2023

The Pill Base Camp is divided into two villages, one Outdoor and one Indoor where the buyers of the stores can test and get to know all the products of the upcoming Winter 2024 season from over 80 brands in the Ski & Snowboard world.

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Posted on gen 14, 2023

HOW TO PLAN A BACKCOUNTRY TRIP

Plan well, Ride longer…

Proper planning and preparation of a tour minimizes the risks you run in the mountains and can prevent unpleasant situations and their possible outcomes. This blog is just a basic guideline of everything you need to consider while still sitting at home preparing for a tour that will take place in the following days.

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Posted on gen 18, 2023

CONTROLLO DEL GRUPPO

Usually people who go on a trip together know each other. Technical capabilities and mutual fitness are therefore transparent. This is an advantage for the management of tour time and the smooth running of the trip.
On the other hand, if group members are unfamiliar with each other, precise communication in advance of riding level and walking speed is required. For this reason, if you are the most experienced member and therefore the Tour Leader, you must be able to modify the parameters of the tour according to the physical fitness and driving skills of the weakest member of the group! If you are not the tour leader you must still have the ability to understand if whoever assumes the burden of managing the group is actually doing it!

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Posted on gen 18, 2023

VOILE SPARTAN VS. SPARTAN ASCENT SPLITBOARD

Given their similarity both in graphics and in shape, I am often asked if the only difference between the Voilè Spartan and Spartan Ascent splitboard is just the colour? The first answer I give is that the Spartan is a heavier, softer and cheaper version of the Spartan Ascent... That's the short answer but there's actually so much more to it!!!

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Posted on gen 26, 2023

MOUNT MONDOLE' - MY LITTLE EVEREST

I could not but inaugurate the Excursions, Travels and Curiosities section of this blog with what for me is the home trip, the one that made me take my first steps in the world of snowboard mountaineering, the one that weaned me and that every time gives always descents to remember... DESCENT already, because going up is nice but going down....

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