Why Backcountry Ski Guides Don’t Use Ski Pole Straps

Interesting 4-mins primer … fed with video and graphics … from Canadian cat-skiing operation Big Red Cats. The narrator is the co-founder of the enterprise, at Red Mountain: Kieren Gaul, an Australian ex-financier and one-time member of the Australian national ski team. The arguments for keeping hands outside straps, when off the piste, have long been voiced … but rarely so compellingly.