All set for ski touring or SAR. I’m finding that placing headlamp in position for easy stowage of goggles is not easy. Experimentation is ongoing. Once you play around with this stuff you see what Dynafit was trying to do with their 1,000 lumin Daymaker helmet, sporting built-in headlamp (available on European websites, apparently).
Apologies in advance for the endless headlamp posts. Perhaps I’m making up for lost time? No more reason than increased SAR involvement (mandatory helmet) as well as frequent night skiing on icy hills. In both cases, headlamp mounting is the bugbear (I want it securely mounted yet quickly removable). A kind reader here suggested the powerful Scotch All-Weather hook-loop (generically known as “velcro”). I’m happy to report this stuff indeed provides something resembling an atomic bond. Just remember to clean surfaces with rubbing alcohol before application. Wait 24 hours then test attachment strength at home. Ninety-nine percent you’ll be good to go.
For this build I used my favorite lamp, Coast FL70.
After cleaning with rubbing alcohol, placement of the hook-loop was trivial. Some sort of headband might still work, with finagling, as the Scotch partially blocks the headband slots.
Scotch on the hat. This Salomon MTN Lab helmet is the closest thing I could get to SAR color.
I doubled up for more range in headlamp mount position.
The stuff. I’ve field tested a few times now. Expensive but effective.
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
