SNOWBOARD FIT TO BE SPLIT.Byline: - Bill Becher YOSEMITE HIGH COUNTRY - It looks like Courtney Scribner took a chain saw to her snowboard. It's split in two down the middle. Scribner wasn't mad at her snowboard - it came this way. Her Voile voile n. A light, plain-weave, sheer fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool used especially for making dresses and curtains. [French, from Old French veile, veil, from Latin Split Decision snowboard is designed to come apart so it can operate like a pair of skis for going uphill. Scribner attaches ``Tractor Skins'' to the split boards. The skins are made of cloth with a one-way nap that grips the snow for climbing. You ``earn your turns'' slogging uphill in the backcountry back·coun·try n. A sparsely inhabited rural region. . Scribner says the skins are wider than those on backcountry skis and really grab the snow on steep slopes. ``Like four-wheel drive,'' she says. At the top of the slope Scribner takes the skins off, locks the board halves together, rotates the bindings to snowboard mode and rides new lines in untracked snow. Voile is the French word for ``sail,'' and Scribner sails down slopes with breathtaking views of Mt. Dana and the Yosemite High Country. Scribner works at the Tioga Pass Tioga Pass (el. 9,943 ft. / 3,031 m.) is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. State Route 120 runs through it, and serves as the eastern entry point for Yosemite National Park. Mount Dana is to the east of the pass. Resort, a four-season rustic resort that in winter is a ski-in base for backcountry enthusiasts. The resort has seven cabins and a bunkhouse bunk·house n. A building providing sleeping quarters on a ranch or in a camp. . Three gourmet meals a day are included. Guests come to ski tour, snowshoe Snowshoe a recently recognized cat breed; it is a medium- to large-sized cat with blue eyes, and coat color similar to a sealpoint or bluepoint Siamese, but with a white nose, chin, and ventral midline, and white boots on all feet. and descend nearby mountains like Mt. Dana on telemark Telemark (tĕ`ləmärk), county (1995 pop. 163,143), 5,915 sq mi (15,320 sq km), SE Norway, bordering on the Skagerrak in the east. Skien (the capital), Porsgrunn, Kragerø, and Notodden are the chief towns. or randonee skis and snowboards. Although you can cross-country ski on the ungroomed Tioga Pass Road, those venturing into the backcountry for the first time should go with an experienced group or a guide, says resort owner Ron Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , who grew up in Chatsworth before moving to the mountains. MORE INFO Split Decision boards (including hardware and skins) start at $665. You need to mount your own snowboard boot binding. The company offers a kit for $147 with instructions if you want to split your own board. Cut it the long way. Voil Mountain Equipment's Web site is at www.voile-usa.com. E-mail voile(at)voile-usa.com or call (801) 973-8622 for more information. Visit www.tiogapassresort.com or call (209) 372-4471 for more information about Tioga Pass Resort. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Courtney Scribner's snowboard splits in two pieces for uphill climbs, then reattaches for downhill rides. Bill Becher/Special to the Daily News |
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