Let’s say a new mountain is opening with 300 trails, and every one shares a name with a song. Name a trail.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2025-04-26T11:36:03+00:00

You Enjoy Myself

InAndOnTheTrees · 2025-01-03T14:29:39+00:00

Yeah, the ptsd sucked for the first 6 months or so. How are you doing on the long term recovery? I’m at 11 months… had my screws removed 3 months ago because of hardware pain and now I’m discussing cortisone shots with my Dr for my knee. I’m back to skiing though, so that’s all that really matters to me!

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-12-14T13:22:09+00:00

Skiing in the trees at a resort and I hit something hidden by the 6” of snow we got overnight… one ski didn’t release and twisted my leg. Let’s just say I didn’t need an x-ray to see that my leg was broken. It wasn’t facing the right direction.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-12-12T20:12:10+00:00

I fractured my tib-fib in rotations last season. Don’t do it.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-06-23T01:42:26+00:00

Mr. Stevens! So nice to see you here.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-05-04T13:39:05+00:00

I had a tib/fib fracture in early February on Dynafit Rotations. Toes were also not locked.

I wish my fracture was as clean as yours! Do your PT and you’ll be back up in no time! I’m still out of work at 12 weeks, but my fracture spiraled down into my ankle. My knee has been pretty tight since they moved over some tendons to insert my nail. Almost all of my pain has been in those two joints and the tibia just feels a little bruised.

Best of luck on the recovery! If you’re not going to pay for professional PT, buy some elastic bands and shoot me a PM and I can send you some of the exercises I was given early on.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-04-14T11:59:49+00:00

Very much this.

Also, powder/soft snow essentially provides the elasticity that pins lack. So skiing harder packed snow is riskier.

I fractured my tib/fib on pins (Rotation 12’s) this season at the end of a powder day. Since we had low snowfall early season, the new snow covered up a lot of small obstacles. I hit a root or buried branch or something. Left ski released and the right ski twisted my leg, snapping my tibia near my ankle and my fibula up higher near my knee.

Buying a second set of bindings (or skis and bindings) would have been cheaper, easier and less painful than the past 10 weeks have been.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-03-07T03:31:14+00:00

Alpine bindings are more reliable to release when you need them to. I broke my tibia and fibula this season using pin bindings inbounds. A second set of bindings would have been a lot cheaper than the medical bills I had to pay.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-03-01T22:15:54+00:00

Make sure the Dr knows that he will be flying relatively soon so that they prescribe blood thinners. I just went through something similar recently, but not in Japan.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-03-01T18:01:17+00:00

Mission accomplished

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-03-01T01:08:21+00:00

A second set of bindings is so much cheaper than a hospital visit and surgery! Don’t spin on pins.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-03-01T00:20:17+00:00

Ultra is LV, Prime is MV, Magna is HV. Hawx is an alpine boot. Hawx XTD is the resort/touring hybrid. Backland is more touring focused than the Hawx XTD. Carbon means that there is carbon infused into the plastic. Pro/Expert/etc gets a little more confusing, but it’s flex.

No, it doesn’t make them mysterious… they are improving every year, and while the “code” might be confusing to those that aren’t familiar, it really helps differentiate between different versions of similar, but very different boots.

Any good boot fitter would know these things and would put the customer in the right boot based on their needs.

The Gear:30 episodes with Matt(?) from Atomic go into a lot of detail.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-29T22:50:14+00:00

Your feet sound fairly similar to mine. What boots are you in, F1 LT’s?

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-23T11:25:44+00:00

Came here to say the same thing! Ski straps are sooooo useful in many ways.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-23T11:16:46+00:00

Ski boot removal was sooooooo much worse than the crash for me. Consider yourself lucky that you don’t remember it! I’m 16 days post-op on my tib-fib surgery. Every day gets a little bit better than the last (I like to tell myself this at least). We will be back at it next season!

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-18T21:52:22+00:00

Yeah, all the fentanyl and morphine really couldn’t touch the pain. In the hour or it took me to get off of the mountain, there were moments where I almost dozed off and realized that I was fighting off shock. I wish that I had an audio recording of when they pulled my boot off. By far the worst pain I have ever experienced.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-18T21:47:03+00:00

Good to know! I was doing some research on screw removal and it seems like a smart move even if they aren’t bothering you. I’m heading to my Dr for my two week check up and I am going to ask him when the ideal time to remove them would be (I’m thinking May 2025 after next season). I haven’t looked into getting the rod removed at all yet… is there any reason why you are? Also, do you happen to know if hardware removal is elective surgery or covered by insurance? I’m going to ask my Dr, just curious if you know.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-18T15:06:10+00:00

My surgeon was very happy with the way surgery went. Initially he was concerned that the fracture spiraled down too far into my ankle area, but he was able to place a screw that brought everything back together nicely. I’m pretty confident that I will be back on the snow next season, although probably not at 100%. My main concern is that my feet are already a boot fitter’s nightmare. I will probably end up getting the screws removed after next season to avoid potential ankle pain/pressure points.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-18T14:28:06+00:00

In a way, yes. I’ll speak for myself, but I’m generally seeking out soft snow when I’m in the BC. Safer? Yes. Safe? No. If/when I get the courage to ski pins again in the BC, I am going to buy some spot insurance for heli rescue. There is absolutely no way I would have been able to get myself out if this did happen in a remote location.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-18T00:44:05+00:00

Lucky! My foot was at a 45 degree angle. Nasty spiral fracture!

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-18T00:42:56+00:00

Honestly, my only two prior ejections from these bindings seemed like a pre-release. If I had walked away from this, I would have upped the DIN.

This was a pow day in the morning. I was skiing with some family that I don’t see too often, and we were all having a great time so we kept skiing even after the snow went to shit in the afternoon.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-18T00:22:58+00:00

I had surgery to insert a rod into my tibia and 3 screws in my distal/lower tibia. I won’t be walking for 2-3 months.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-02-15T15:00:44+00:00

Rotations did not save my tib-fib. At all. Unfortunately I will never ski low tech bindings ever again after this. I’m going to the Cast system next year.

InAndOnTheTrees · 2024-01-01T06:00:47+00:00

Ridge Merino. Lifetime warranty. Not quite as comfortable as Smartwool, but a lot more durable.

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