Two way radios for skiing

[Ayles]

I need a set of three radios for skiing now that my son is all over the mountain. Where we ski cel phones barely work so figured this would be the way to go.

Reviews seem to be all over the map. Any using anything that fits the bill being somewhat water resistant and decent range?

[TimT]

We used Motorola Talkabouts? I think that what they are called..

Worked well, also used them trailering to the track pre-cel phone

[Skytrooper]

let me look. I believe I have 4 radios. If so they are yours...if you want them

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by Skytrooper

let me look. I believe I have 4 radios. If so they are yours...if you want them

That would be amazing and extremely generous!

[gregpark]

The 7 mile range work well to get through the trees and 18 channel because everyone has the same idea and the the airway is jammed

[vash]

If you can; Garmin Rino GPS - radio combos. Super powerful 5W(?) radios and paired with a great gps. You can see each other’s locations.

You can get about 3-4 miles in the mountains.

[unclebilly]

We have 4 Baofeng radios. 3 UV82s and a UV9R.

I like the 82s better have we have lapel speaker mikes for them. We ski at the second biggest hill in Alberta and there is no cell coverage. They work just fine.

Also we have the ski patrol channel programmed into all of our radios so we are ready for anything. I’m comfortable with my kids skiing on their own with their radios.

[LWJ]

Uncle Billy, standard antenna or something longer?

[unclebilly]

We have one with a different antenna, the others are standard. All work just fine.

Don’t have the antenna stick out of your chest pocket... 2 years ago, I fell into a tree well skiing glades and got the antenna up a nostril. Gave me one hell of a nose bleed.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

I fell into a tree well skiing glades and got the antenna up a nostril. Gave me one hell of a nose bleed.

Ye gods man! Canadian farmers be tough!

[rsrguy]

Just grabbed a set of outdoor techs blue tooth chips, supposedly it has a walkie feature but I haven't tried it yet..

[GH85Carrera]

I would think a pair of skis would work much better for skiing than a two way radio.

[rsrguy]

Well played

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by vash

If you can; Garmin Rino GPS - radio combos. Super powerful 5W(?) radios and paired with a great gps. You can see each other’s locations.

You can get about 3-4 miles in the mountains.

These do look cool, but I don't know about sending a 7yo out with a $500 radio

[vash]

Originally Posted by Ayles

These do look cool, but I don't know about sending a 7yo out with a $500 radio

point taken. ouch.

the system rocks tho. one year, i tipped over a deer and turned on my radio and told my brother. he hit, "goto brother" and followed the bread crumbs trail to help me carry that thing out.

i crashed my mtn bike and was taken out of the running to hike Machu Pichhu. my wife and i got the luxury option to take a train up there after several days of fine Peruvian Cuisine and some one on one guided tour trip. (i wore my knee brace). my brother and the rest of the group of friends did the hike. 4 days up or something. on the last day, we agreed to turn on our radios at a predetermined time. it was pretty cool seeing him on the ridge on my tiny map, and talking to the group. they were cursing our names since we were sipping coffee and eating pastries at the end point. hahha.. i bet we were 7 miles apart, but there was line of sight from the spine. super cool. other tourist in similar situations wanted to check out my radio. i have a super old unit. the charging thing sucks bad, but it has lasted 10 years of me and my goofy hunting style.

[unclebilly]

Seriously - this is what you need.

$22 each.

https://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-82-Two-Way-136-174MHz-400-520MHz/dp/B00E4KLY34/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=baofeng+uv-82&qid=1607387197&sprefix=baofeng+uv&sr=8-3

These are what we use. I also have 2 car harnesses and PTT setups for in the race car / on my kid’s kart for endurance racing and coaching.

[rusnak]

You guys get much range out of your radios?

I use Kenwood Pro-Talk UHF radios. We get maybe a mile range out of them in town.

[unclebilly]

These are 5W ham radios so good for 2-3 miles easily depending on topography. Further on the bald ass prairie...

[Arizona_928]

I have the uv5r....
Very very nice radios. Programmed noaa channels.
Seriously wouldn't get caught without a pair.

[Ayles]

I hadn’t ever heard of baofeng. Doing a little digging on them and seems like a decent radio.