Episodes
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On Episode 120 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Episode 120 features Dean Hill, owner and coach at Aspen Pro Cycling.
Originally from Australia, Hill began his competitive career there as a BMX racer. Once exposed to the grind and endorphins of road cycling, cross country, and endurance mountain biking, he was hooked. Ultimately, Hill settled in the Roaring Fork Valley and began fixating on the skimo scene.
What you'll find in this episode, and in Hill's advice, is a relative calmness when it comes to performing your best. There's talk of improving sport-specific economy by focusing on technique and taking a lengthy break— for up to three weeks—to refresh and reboot between your sport-specific seasons. Hill calls it the full well-being reset.
As the snow falls in Colorado, it's time to scrape the skis and begin thinking about being the best version of yourself as you huff and puff uphill. It turns out, Hill might be able to help you out with that.
On Episode 120 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
The Turboless Sprinter Van. The transition from BMX to mountain bike racing. Finding a place for technique in cycling and skimo. Gear failures. Nutrition and a no-nonsense race-fueling plan. Getting caught up in doing a PR in training. Dream races. Steephill running as a means for fitness. Take a lengthy break between your sports season. Full well-being reset. Gradual return to high-stress activities. Improve economy while skimo-ing.Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2024-2025 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding— it's all uphill from here.
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On Episode 119 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Episode 119 features Auden Schendler, the author of the forthcoming book, Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul. If you reside in the Roaring Fork Valley, you are likely familiar with Schendler, the Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Ski Company. He is also well-known as a practical advocate for creating positive outcome solutions.
He is keenly interested in developing sensible business strategies that positive evolve communities. People...get ready to step up, get involved, and work towards broad initiatives that affect the greater whole. Be warned; you might want to run for elected office after listening to the episode.
For those coming to the pod for the backcountry skiing—you'll hear about that, too. Schindler weaves some tales about touring on too-long tele-planks and his exodus from New Jersey to Colorado.
Manasseh Franklin sits in for Randy as the guest host with Doug.
You can learn more about Schendler at gettinggreendone.com.
On Episode 119 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
Getting Involved for Positive Change. Gear Swap Gear. Skiing and Environmentalism. Fossil Fuel Industry & Control. Ski Towns and Community Initiatives. Aspen Ski Company and Green Policy. Suing Exxon Mobil. Getting Involved. Backcountry Wisdom.Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2024-2025 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com.
Comments: [email protected].
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Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding— it's all uphill from here.
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On Episode 118 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Episode 118 features CCBC Carbondale store manager Nick Penzel and his take on the dad scene. To be clear, Nick is not a dad; he has one, and he has a specific take on dads in the front and backcountry. Trigger warning: dads, come with an open mind as Nick has some more revolutions around the sun until he too understands dad-realm.
Another key factor is that Randy is a new dad. As a new dad, he's maybe feeling less spry than normal and looking for some good medicine—what he refers to as his dad-mod, not exactly a dad-bod. There's no leaving Doug out of the episode's commentary. What is true is that Doug is wiggling into a small Dynafit-branded Speed Jean. We can only imagine what these are: Part skimo outfit aprés attire? A cotton-Lycra blend? Doug is not a dad and isn't that slow, but he knows many dads who crush.
We digress. Back to Nick. As a store manager, Nick gets to eye and fondle gear daily. You'll get his take on the gear for dads and non-dads alike in episode 118.
On Episode 118 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
Randy's epic: Driving through the night from TX. to CO. and acclimatizing. Group rides and shuttles—Doug finds clarity. The quick-hit Mexico volcano trip. The dad mod for the dad bod. Boot suggestions. Going Dynafit head to toe. Is it plausible? Going off the shelves, ATK bindings. Branding CCBC.Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2024-2025 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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On Episode 117 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
The time machine reveals it all started in the 50s when the Humanic Company began producing ski boots. Over time, a speedy snow leopard became an iconic symbol for an iconic brand: Dynafit. As part of the first trans-oceanic podcast, Doug reports from Germany, where he's been visiting the new Dynafit Speed Factory. Speed. It comes from somewhere.
Along with the joys of heading out on a just-to-far mountain bike ride, Doug provides insight into how the brand we associate with light and fast may evolve. Join us for the ride.
On Episode 117 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
A mountain bike ride to and fro—Kitzbühel edition. It's 5P somewhere—the merits of a German lager. The birth of CCBC. Dynafit—How a brand evolves. Speeding up at the Speed Factory.Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2024-2025 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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On Episode 116 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
It is time to not only raise the levels but also to get granular about the bike quiver. You decide if Doug throws shade at the gravel scene or is verbally fine-tuning his bike quiver to optimize what a gravel-road-mountain bike can be. And if clip-on time trial bars might save a few watts and seconds, maybe it is time to consider that gear add-on.
Doug and Randy also explore the mertis of a highly structured training plan. The conclusion is to be kind on yourself, know your prioritities, and maybe consider dialing back the training, if not the levels.
On Episode 116 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
Priming with coffee—why am I awake all night? Road bikes, gravel bikes, and mountain bikes...clip-on time trial bars? Leadville 100 120 Travel and pads for sport. Germany and E-bikes. Training tips for bike racing. Training tips for busy people—all training for something else. Am I an inferior being? No you are not.Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2024-2025 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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On Episode 115 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Our guest is Lou Dawson. Over decades, Dawson has become many things in the backcountry community: historian, gear nerd, pacesetter, and visionary. The first person to ski all of Colorado's 14ers, Dawson's backcountry forays are legendary.
Avalanche Dreams—A Memoir of Climbing and Life is Dawson's take on a life of mountains and family. He traces an adventurous throughline extending from Texas to the Roaring Fork Valley that ultimately finds a balance between adventure and creating community.
We discuss Dawson's rich life on the podcast. Join us for this excellent listen. If you want to read Dawson's memoir, you can find more information on his website linked here.
On Episode 115 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
Roaring Fork Valley musings. Discussing the memoir and the art of transformation. The force that is Lisa Dawson. Death and the mountains, death and life. The pull of Highland Peak. Wooden skis and 12 pounds/foot.Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2024-2025 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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Doug and Randy are back from a long summer of not vacation to spread the stoke for bikes, gear, and the upcoming season.
Breck Epic Salomon Shift Upcoming SeasonThanks for listening and joining us for the 2023-2024 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com.
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This is a quick PSA that spring is the most dangerous time of year to let your guard down in avalanche terrain. Listeners, please stay safe out there. Then, we get into the gear previews for the upcoming season!
Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2023-2024 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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Doug sits down with Nathan Fry and Pantelis "Jerry" Geralis to talk about their experience in the Edelweiss raid, a military training event for mountain warfare. The gauntlet is thrown leading up to the 2024 Elk Mountain Grand Traverse race where Nathan and Jerry will text their need for lycra and speed to drop the rucksacks and come out to Colorado.
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Doug and friends Elliott Bates and coach Danny Blake from Dynamic Performance System are here to discuss training and mental tactics leading up to the PDG 2024. The Patrouille des Glaciers is a through-the-night ski race started in the 1940s by the Swiss military, testing ski skills, endurance and the ability to travel efficiently through technical mountains. The stoke is real! Lets get ready for a great season.
Patrouille des GlaciersCheck out https://dynamicperformance.systems/ for more training tips.
Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2023-2024 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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Doug and Randy are back from a long summer of not vacation to spread the stoke for bikes, gear, and the upcoming season.
Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2023-2024 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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In Episode 109 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
The wheelhouse of Totally Deep expands in this episode when Doug and Randy interview Mark Grotjahn, a noted American artist who also happens to backcountry ski. Or, maybe, for TDP purposes, we have a backcountry skier who happens to be an artist. No matter, Grothjahn brings a unique and welcome perspective to the ski scene that embodies his broad vision of seeing the world. Gagosian.com writes about his art, "Grotjahn combines gesture and geometry with abstraction and figuration in visually dynamic paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. Each of his series reflects a range of art-historical influences and unfolds in almost obsessive permutations."
You can learn more about Grotjahn and his art here.
But the story doesn't end there. Grotjahn, a powder snow lover, also has a soft spot for DPS skis. More on that in a bit.
Recently, Grtotjahn opened an exhibit titled Backcountry. "In Backcountry, he continues to draw inspiration from rural landscapes and his ski touring and fly-fishing adventures in the backcountry of western Colorado," writes Gagosian.com. Along with the exhibit, Cripple Creek Backcountry, Grotjahn, and DPS released a limited edition series of skis featuring Grotjahn's art on the topsheets: the new ski is known as the Mark Grotjahn DPS 50 Kitchens Ski.
This also marks the release of a new DPS powder ski, the Kaizen 112.
On Episode 109 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
Racecourse setting. The DPS/Grotjahn creation. Skinning vs Sorels: skinning wins. The emotional progression while ascending. Creating Backcountry. Topsheet designs: monochromes with DPS. Backcountry passion and the quiver.Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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In Episode 108 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Cody Townsend cements himself into the ski mountaineering lore (only you can define ski mountaineering) as his quest to ski The Fifty continues. This season, Tonswend has released videos documenting more classics, including a three-part Bugs to Rogers Traverse and a smattering of lines, including the Skyladder and a return to The Spinx in Alaska.
Cody also chats about the season at hand and his progress with the project, and as it comes down to spicier and logistically more complex lines, how the Fifty Project could extend several years out.
Then there's the gear. Doug and Cody discuss the evolution of Salomon's touring boot lineup and the release of the new QST Echo 106 ski, a more touring-oriented QST.
On Episode 108 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
What does an astronaut have to do wth skiing What exactly is a freeride ski? Realtime documenting of The Fifty. Capturing lines we dream of. Partnering up and the learning. Developing the touring boot line. The new QST Echo 106. The future of The Fifty.Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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In Episode 107 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Episode 107 features Blase Reardon, the Director of the Flathead Avalanche Center in Northwest Montana. Reardon has deep experience in the avalanche forecasting realm, having worked at the Sawtooth Avalanche Center and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Dialing up the TDP time machine, Reardon first appeared on the podcast in 2015, where they discussed such things as the STFU skintrack. You can find that episode here.
A highlight of episode 107 isn't a breakdown of the snow science but a real-deal unpacking of our complex decision-making processes in the backcountry. The season, not unlike many others, has been rife with unstable snowpacks in some regions and the uneasy quest to find safe, stable, and carefree skiing. With this in mind, Doug and Blase discuss their time together in Carbondale as Doug's local crew tries to stack the deck in their favor knowing that it is still house rules in avalanche terrain.
On Episode 107 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
1. The Snowy Torrents.
2. Open season - skiing anything in good snow.
3. A relative bump in the number of backcountry skiers.
4. Othering in the backcountry.
5. Young and brash.
6. The Wrecking Crew.
7. Blase asks the question: when did Doug get religion?
8. Classic biases in the backcountry.
Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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In Episode 106 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Episode 106 features Jeremy Jones, a longtime boundary pusher in the snowboard scene. Jones' involvement in the sport takes many paths; business owner, steep riding pioneer, and political activist as the founder of POW (Protect Our Winters). After decades of experience, Jones finally put his thoughts to paper — he recently published his first book, The Art of Shralpinism — Lessons From The Mountains. Think of the book as part memoir, part manual for best practices in the mountains, part art book, and an ode to finding joy by making turns. Page after page, Jones exudes the glass-half-full ethos. And that's what you hear on Episode 106.
On Episode 106 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
1. The CCC Trail at Mt. Mansfield
2. What are the mountains giving us?
3. The blue ice challenge.
4. Experience is something you get after you need it.
5. A zero-mistake sport.
6. "Getting your pitches in" - in the backcountry.
Have a listen and get ready for the impending vert and lovely descents. Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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In Episode 105 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Episode 105 features an interview with Brian Rodine of the Friends of CAIC. Rodine is the organization's marketing and events director and trailhead program manager. According to their website, "The Friends of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center is a 501(c)3 organization that was created to support the CAIC, while contributing to avalanche awareness and education throughout Colorado. Since 2014 we have invested just over $2.4 million into avalanche safety. This money has funded Know Before You Go, developed avalanche safety videos and signage, created outreach for new and existing users, built new web and mobile applications, and supported the CAIC’s forecast operations."
Rodine speaks to the TDP crew face-to-face, which might not seem like such a big deal. But as we exit from our masked-up world, it is.
On Episode 105 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
1) Discussing the day's skiing.
2) Raising funds for the CAIC.
3) Building culture from the CAIC website to the trailhead.
4) Raising avalanche awareness.
Have a listen and get ready for the impending vert and lovely descents. Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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In Episode 104 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Episode 104 features an interview with OpenSnow's Joel Gratz. Often touted as a meteorological wunderkind, Gratz, like the rest of us, like sliding on snow. OpenSnow's website and app allow those seeking powder snow and forecasts to know where, when, and how deep. Gratz discusses how the site and models assisting with the forecasts have changed over the years.
On Episode 104 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
1) The impending storm.
2) The on-piste off-piste dilemma.
3) Forecasting accurately for a specific locaton.
4) The La Niña triple dip.
5) No public heat maps for backcountry spots.
6) Exloring new locations based on forecasts.
Have a listen and get ready for the impending vert and lovely descents. Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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In Episode 103 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Episode 103 goes deep into gear-talk as Cripple Creek Backcountry's head of customer service, Tyler Vaughan, joins Randy and Doug to discuss their gear picks for the season.
On Episode 103 of the Totally Deep Podcast:
1) Small talk about leaf peeping and early-season snow.
2) Race category and resort uphilling picks.
3) Brakes for a skimo (race) setup.
4) The ski mountaineering category discussion.
5) The all-mountain category and can an all-mountain setup meets all your needs?
6) Picking a ski for the type of skiing you gravitate to the most.
7) The quiver spot that is the powder and freeride category.
Have a listen and get ready for the impending vert and lovely descents. Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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In Episode 102 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from folks who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast.
Doug calls September 15th the defacto start to pre-season training for backcountry skiing. Some call it dryland training. Some call it mountain biking. And some call it a "better late than never." If you are someone in need of a gentle nudge to get the motor revved and the soft tissue primed for your winter objectives, Zahan Billimoria spends some time on the pod discussing his perspective on training the whole body for mountain pursuits.
Billimoria comes to Totally Deep from the hills of Jackson, Wyoming, where he runs Samsara, an online and brick-and-mortar training service for mountain athletes. In a not-so-past life, Z was a standout mountain/ski guide for Exum. You can learn more about his experience as a guide and navigating dicey terrain in the mountains. Here are two good options; the first, a Totally Deep episode featuring Zahan, and the second, a Patagonia/TGR film.
TOTALLY DEEP Episode 82 featuring Zahan. Solving for Z: A Calculus of Risk.Have a listen and get ready for the impending vert and lovely descents. Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
And remember: be safe out there.
On Episode 102 of Totally Deep Podcast:
1) The Triple Dip and a winter of potential.
2) Training local.
3) Prepping for the uphill and descending on skis.
4) Evolving as a skier through training.
5) Thoughts on aerobic endurance.
6) Movement-oriented exercises and their place in athlete IQ.
7) Forming training habits and making time; squeezing the juice out of the lemon.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
Comments: [email protected].
Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450
Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
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Benedikt "Bene" Böhm, the CEO of Dynafit is a force of nature. Pushing into his mid-40s, the husband and father of three epitomizes life balance not by teetering near the fulcrum but by living near the extreme ends of the see-saw. He logs upwards of 30,000' of weekly vert, steers an international mountain products brand, and believes in full-value parenting.
To do as Böhm does, which is aspirational, might require a reassessment and a full-time live-in assistant to infill the calendar — there's seemingly no downtime. His 24-hour cycle is more like a 48-72 hour jam-packed time expanse for lesser motivated mortals. Perhaps the only explanation for his stoke and inexhaustibility rests on the cusps of special relativity, where time slows as one approaches the speed of light. There's some exaggeration here, but you get the point; Böhm gets stuff done.
Under Böhm's leadership, Dynafit has seen its global reach expand and entrance into the more general mountain endurance markets, like trail and mountain running, and solidify its place in the ski touring segment. In the mountains, he has climbed and skied 8000m peaks in the high Himalayas, single push traversed across the Alps, scorched the skimo scene as part of the German national ski mo team, and generally helped define the modern concept of moving efficiently through the mountains. Although we overuse the term "light and fast" here at WildSnow, Böhm embodies that style.
Suppose you're in the German Alps outside Munich on a patrouille im morgengrauen (German for dawn patrol according to Google Translate) and a Lycra-clad speedster cloaked head to toe in Dynafit steamrolls by. In that case, you may have caught a glimpse of Böhm's pre-work routine. If you zero in for the chase, get ready for some L5.
Böhm should help usher in the 2022-2023 season of Totally Deep; we are close to shorter days and frozen precipitation. If you need the motivation to get fit, make plans, and be your best self, this podcast is a self-help get-off-your-bum nudge.
For some video inspiration, the Interwebs become a gold mine if you want to learn more about Böhm and his exploits. Here are a few cherry-picked ski documentaries.
2019 Speed Trans-Alp
Sea to Summit in Iran
Ski touring speed record on Dhaulagiri 7 summit under 8 hours
Thanks for listening and joining us for the 2022-2023 season.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
And remember: be safe out there.
On Episode 101 of Totally Deep Podcast:
1) Randy and Doug start thinking snow and progress beyond the run-walk.
2) Böhm's single-day pursuits are jam-packed.
3) Embracing the 3AM wake-up call.
4) Giving back to the community.
5) The Dynafit progression: from skis to boots.
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Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, it's all uphill from here.
More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com or wildsnow.com.
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