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Boot Pack
Other
wise known as: trail
“Following
Cal’s boot pack sucks, each step is like three feet
from the next.”
A boot back is the path that is created by someone post
holing and breaking trail through moderately deep snow.
Typically someone will create a boot pack when they are
off hiking out of bounds or back up to a jump.
When someone makes a boot pack up a steep section they will
kick in with each step so it is almost like a set of stairs.
It is common courtesy and also a hell of a lot easier, to
follow their steps exactly. This keeps the boot pack in the
best possible condition and easiest to follow. When people
step out of the boot pack or make their own it is easier
to for each step to become less defined and become jumbled
together, which typically ends in a sketchy, slippery hike.
It is also common courtesy to take turns breaking trail
when hiking up because it is typically very exhausting.
Did
we miss something? Do you have any suggestions for others?
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