Getting stuck in knee-deep powder

lean back, keep the tip up ollie and saw try to keep movin.

If you can manage to pack down the snow around you, I find it easier to get up from your toe edge. Being on your heel edge seems to make me sink in more

Get ready to sweat a lot when getting stuck in powder. Not to fun of an experience.

dont get stuck in the first place :D haha.
nah your supposed to unstrap and crawl out using your board to lead. or avoid those damn flats anyway !

Originally posted by jsin4050 If you're getting stuck go faster and if you can't go faster you're on the wrong run, simple as that.

I only typically have the problem when I've just bailed...going steeper=bailing more...

(No powder where I am atm anyway )

If you do find yourself deep down in the floaty-ground-


* DON'T PANIC- flailing and hollering are going to tire you out and you need all the energy you can muster, mister.

* Unless you are within a few feet of firm snow, which you could boardwalk or ollie to, unclip.

* Distribute your weight over as large an area as possible- if the snow is toooo deep, keep on your board like a surfboard, if its shallower, surrender your dignity and crawl out on all fours, with your weight spread over your forearms and legs beneath the knee.

* If in a sink hole or bowl, use your board edge as an ice axe and pull yourself up by the bindings.

Boom, walk out with the nonchalance of Bond and get you a martini.

If you get stuck, unclip yourself and walk out.

just keep jumping up and down trying to get out to waste your energy. then just lie there as people laugh at you.

Usually i take off my board and press all my weight on to it in order to stay up above the snow then once i get to a place where the mountain steepens then i strap back in by pulling myself back up on the board and going fast down the mountain keeping weight on my tail

Originally posted by juantostado i just unstrap, then climb on the board and ride it face-forward like a luge until i find a spot i can restrap.

lol nice, I do the exact same thing, though it can get a bit dangerous

speed is your friend.

Ride skis and straightline it down the run so you get up a decent speed - speed is your friend

i gather all the snow i can around me and push down, creating a sort of base to sit on.... unstrap, then hike it out... i hate it so now when i know im hitting pow, i keep my speed up, nose up, and ride it out, no matter how sketchy it gets

If you're riding off-piste or backcountry just make sure you know where your going if your in real deep powder. Sometimes the best powder runs are off-piste but if you get stuck it can be dangerous, exhausting, and really time consuming trying to get out. Its happened to me a few times including one time in France when we thought an unmarked run reconnected at the bottom but it went into a flat riverbed. We had to hike all the way back up hill through the woods in waist deep powder.

If your in knee deep powder you basically have to spread out your wait to get out or else you'll sink so deep you cant move. Try putting some weight on your board or crawl out.

god i remember my first time riding powder, didn't know that u needed to lean back so i was constantly falling
Commin from the flat praires of manitoba where our biggest hill is a 100 ft ditch it was amazing :)

When you get stuck its all worth riding in powder.

Haven't had the opportunity to ride in knee-deep powder yet, but maybe will get the chance this winter :).  Will keep all these tips in mind, and try not to get stuck in the first place.

don't bother wasting your energy trying to get up or dig out while strapped in.  Just unstrap, roll out, get back a few feet to your own track to strap back in if possible.  Or else just surf it sit it down to a steeper area before restrapping.

Stop riding Snocrummies flat ass runs on pow days!











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If you're still on a slope and not on flat ground. Do an ollie and lean a back a little. If it is flat ground or a trough, then unstrap and walk out, and as other people say hold a firm grip on your snowboard.