About SkinTrack.com
Welcome to SkinTrack,
The main goal of SkinTrack is to share and provide useful information to backcountry skiers, ski mountaineers and other outdoor enthusiasts in ways such as:
- help beginners to become more efficient and more skilled in their activities
- offer an honest advice about backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering gear
- share various tips and tricks
- introduce others to the beauty of backcountry skiing
- provide reports and results from ski mountaineering racing scene
- give opportunity to ask about or comment on the posted topics
- and more
SkinTrack.com is somewhat of a hybrid website in that it strives to be as professional with its information as possible yet to have a blog like feel that doesn’t make it The New York Times.
Background
The expertise and knowledge provided on SkinTrack comes from personal experience of the contributors. As the main author I, Stano Faban, would like to introduce myself more, therefore you are confident in the information when reading SkinTrack articles.
As anyone, I am still learning and improving my skills and knowledge but I like to share what I have learned so far.
I started skiing when I was about four-years old and started backcountry skiing when I was twelve. All this was back in Europe where ski mountaineering has a strong tradition also as a competitive sport.
Through my teenage years I competed in various summer sports (mainly triathlons) while ski mountaineering and cross-country skiing in the winter.
After moving to Canada I was instantly amazed by the vastness and the wilderness of the outdoors. Backcountry skiing quickly became my number one passion. Free of pressure of competitions in the summer I could explore the winter outdoors much deeper. Ski traverses, great powder days and steep skiing were only a natural progression.
Currently, I am devoting most of my free time to backcountry skiing and outdoor activities.
One of my biggest passions is the virtue of athletic training which results in my involvement in ski mountaineering racing scene in Canada.
To contact me please email me at “info(put the at sign here)skintrack.com”.
Have great turns and enjoy SkinTrack,
Stano
Here is a quick list of my adventures and goals I value the most:
- member of the Canadian Ski Mountaineering National Team
- 3rd place at the Canadian Ski Mountaineering National Championships 2009
- top 5 placings at various ski mountaineering competitions
- organizer of Mountain Storm – ski mountaineering race
- multi-day ski traverses and adventures:
- Bostock Creek to Revelstoke – Selkirk Mountains
- Misty Icefield traverse – Coast Mountains
- Bugaboos to Rogers Pass – Selkirk Mountains
(unfinished business, skied out after 6 days, going back one day) - couple of other 2-4 day mini-traverses
- steep skiing in Coast Mountains
- Speedy “Complete” Spearhead Traverse 2009 (April 6th, 2009)
vertical: 4230m, length: about 50km
In 8h 11min from Whistler Village to Horstman Gl, to Blackcomb Gl, the Spreahead Traverse to Singing Pass, over Oboe and Flute, behind Piccolo to Whistler Pk, back to Village via Whistler Bowl. - Speedy “Classic” Spearhead Traverse 2006 (April, 2006)
vertical: about 2000m, length: about 25km
In 3h 35min the classic traverse – from Blackcomb Gl to Singing Pass. - Avalanche Professional Level 1 certification
- Certified International Judge for Ski Mountaineering Competitions
- Former member of Slovak and British Columbia triathlon teams
