Comments on: About http://www.splitguide.com/blog Greg Johnson's Blog Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gj http://www.splitguide.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-2574 Gj Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:56:07 +0000 http://www.splitguide.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-2574 Hey Corey, I'm in Japan and traveling to Kyrgyzstan and won't be at the pass during that time. Bummer. Ease into the terrain, use what you know, choose objectives you and your crew are comfortable wish, and you'll be all good. Yee Haw, Gj Hey Corey,
I’m in Japan and traveling to Kyrgyzstan and won’t be at the pass during that time. Bummer. Ease into the terrain, use what you know, choose objectives you and your crew are comfortable wish, and you’ll be all good.

Yee Haw,

Gj

]]> By: Corey Woodford http://www.splitguide.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Corey Woodford Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:17:21 +0000 http://www.splitguide.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-2573 Hey Greg, I was wondering if your going to Revy/Rogers area from Jan 30th - Feb 2nd? I was looking for a guide and was wondering what your rates were. I have my Professional Level 1 Avy course from CAC and did do a wilderness first aid course with slipstream back in 08. The only real problem, is I am currently at Sea Level on the east coast. Please let me know your availibility for these dates and your rates. Cheers Corey Hey Greg,

I was wondering if your going to Revy/Rogers area from Jan 30th – Feb 2nd?

I was looking for a guide and was wondering what your rates were. I have my Professional Level 1 Avy course from CAC and did do a wilderness first aid course with slipstream back in 08.

The only real problem, is I am currently at Sea Level on the east coast.

Please let me know your availibility for these dates and your rates.

Cheers

Corey

]]> By: Brett http://www.splitguide.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Brett Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:34:56 +0000 http://www.splitguide.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-868 Thanks Greg. Ideally tail guiding is where I would like to get started rather than patrolling/avi tech but I may be stuck in Kelowna next season until I can complete my obligations here and then make a move closer to some cat operations. It's not all bad though, I still need some courses under my belt and need to finish off a couple of the longer tours for the experience portion of the requirements so I can still work on those from here and keep my job for the time being. I've made some really good connections with a couple of cat operations so I just have to query them about a snowboarder in their midst. In terms of setups that is good to hear, I've been pretty apprehensive to get a pair of hardboots but I think that you are right that different applications require different hardware. Just afraid that I'll lose a little bit of snowboard soul more than anything...ha... Thanks again for your input and I hope your having a great season. I'm headed down to the Mt. Baker Splitfest this weekend so I can't complain...cheers! Thanks Greg. Ideally tail guiding is where I would like to get started rather than patrolling/avi tech but I may be stuck in Kelowna next season until I can complete my obligations here and then make a move closer to some cat operations. It’s not all bad though, I still need some courses under my belt and need to finish off a couple of the longer tours for the experience portion of the requirements so I can still work on those from here and keep my job for the time being.

I’ve made some really good connections with a couple of cat operations so I just have to query them about a snowboarder in their midst. In terms of setups that is good to hear, I’ve been pretty apprehensive to get a pair of hardboots but I think that you are right that different applications require different hardware. Just afraid that I’ll lose a little bit of snowboard soul more than anything…ha…

Thanks again for your input and I hope your having a great season. I’m headed down to the Mt. Baker Splitfest this weekend so I can’t complain…cheers!

]]> By: Gj http://www.splitguide.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Gj Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:41:17 +0000 http://www.splitguide.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-858 Hi Brett, Good on you for wanting to get into the avalanche / guiding path. Its an excellent way of living life. If you are looking to gain some experience from ski patrolling, recognize that it may take a few years to get significant avalanche control experience. I would not focus on have any specific conversations about how to use a split, etc for ski cutting or other control work. You'll learn the subtleties and limitations along the way. Tail guiding at a cat-ski op is also a viable way of getting your foot in the door to the guiding world. There are lots of them out there. For the splits, I use hard boot and soft boot binding set ups. It just depends on what I'm doing out there. I also use a couple different regular boards for the mechanized stuff. Employment challenges are not really a huge issue. Some companies are not okay with people on snowboards, others don't mind at all. You end up working for the guys that get it. Best, Gj Hi Brett,

Good on you for wanting to get into the avalanche / guiding path. Its an excellent way of living life. If you are looking to gain some experience from ski patrolling, recognize that it may take a few years to get significant avalanche control experience. I would not focus on have any specific conversations about how to use a split, etc for ski cutting or other control work. You’ll learn the subtleties and limitations along the way.
Tail guiding at a cat-ski op is also a viable way of getting your foot in the door to the guiding world. There are lots of them out there.
For the splits, I use hard boot and soft boot binding set ups. It just depends on what I’m doing out there. I also use a couple different regular boards for the mechanized stuff.
Employment challenges are not really a huge issue. Some companies are not okay with people on snowboards, others don’t mind at all. You end up working for the guys that get it.
Best,
Gj

]]> By: Brett http://www.splitguide.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Brett Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:52:19 +0000 http://www.splitguide.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-856 Hi Greg, I was up at the splitfest this year so I met you really briefly but I was just wondering what challenges you have faced in getting certified as a splitboard guide? I just completed my CAA Level 1 and am planning to do WFA this spring and then following that up with one of the three guide training programs. I guess that I'm wondering about employment and any challenges you faced? For instance, to work at a resort as an avi tech they aren't all that excited about snowboarders ski cutting slopes. Do you think that I could convince them that I were proficient enough in split-ski mode that would suffice? That being said, do you ride hard or soft boots? And if soft, have you ever sorted out a way to lock in your heels for split-ski mode? Anyways, lots of questions for you so if you have any advice whatsoever it would be totally appreciated. Thanks for your time... Hi Greg,

I was up at the splitfest this year so I met you really briefly but I was just wondering what challenges you have faced in getting certified as a splitboard guide? I just completed my CAA Level 1 and am planning to do WFA this spring and then following that up with one of the three guide training programs. I guess that I’m wondering about employment and any challenges you faced? For instance, to work at a resort as an avi tech they aren’t all that excited about snowboarders ski cutting slopes. Do you think that I could convince them that I were proficient enough in split-ski mode that would suffice? That being said, do you ride hard or soft boots? And if soft, have you ever sorted out a way to lock in your heels for split-ski mode? Anyways, lots of questions for you so if you have any advice whatsoever it would be totally appreciated. Thanks for your time…

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