awf170 says:
i don't know the science behind it, but basically it melts and freezes the
snow in a matter of minutes. it hardens the snow and helps you slide
faster. softer? absolutely not. it helps avoid the sticky feel to the snow as
you ride down. they use MANY bags of salt on Mt. Hood during the
summer camps for this purpose. i've heard that the water in the streams
is not pretty around here. salting halfpipe walls and jumps helps them
from getting to chewed up and rutted. i used a couple bags of salt to hit a
jump in the bc this spring actually. i figured, just a couple of small bags
shouldn't hurt. if it weren't for the salt we would've never been able to hit
the jump. it does wonders. although i've never heard of salting entire
runs before like at Mammoth.
i don't know the science behind it, but basically it melts and freezes the
snow in a matter of minutes. it hardens the snow and helps you slide
faster. softer? absolutely not. it helps avoid the sticky feel to the snow as
you ride down. they use MANY bags of salt on Mt. Hood during the
summer camps for this purpose. i've heard that the water in the streams
is not pretty around here. salting halfpipe walls and jumps helps them
from getting to chewed up and rutted. i used a couple bags of salt to hit a
jump in the bc this spring actually. i figured, just a couple of small bags
shouldn't hurt. if it weren't for the salt we would've never been able to hit
the jump. it does wonders. although i've never heard of salting entire
runs before like at Mammoth.