Salt Lake City Area - Dec 2006

zook · Dec 20, 2006, 1:56 PM

Brighton is a really nice place. We had our skiing course over there last year and it was great. Also, you can upgrade your day lift ticket to night skiing for only $5. I haven't been to Solitude yet, we are planning to hit it in March, together with Snowbasin and few other resorts. Just a few more months....

I'm glad you enjoyed your trip

2knees · Dec 20, 2006, 2:48 PM

nice report. makes me insanely jealous even if i have no powder skills.

Do you ski the bros on regular east coast "crap" also?

koreshot · Dec 20, 2006, 3:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 2knees

nice report. makes me insanely jealous even if i have no powder skills.

Do you ski the bros on regular east coast "crap" also?

Yes, I will probably be using the Bros everywhere.

The Bros are very versatile for their size. They are pretty floaty... if you watched the video, in the second segment, I am hopping a little 5 footer into waist deep snow and they didn't dive at all. Yet they are very snappy and light feeling in tracked out snow and hard snow. My first day on them was in early december in K-mart and they were respectable on hard EC snow. They don't like to carve anything other than SuperG turns, but if you are willing to make the tails skid a bit, they will make any shape turn if you work them into it.
Straight line stability in any kind of snow is superb.

2knees · Dec 20, 2006, 3:23 PM

want to watch the video but webshots is blocked at work for me. I'll try it at home but havent had luck watching vids on my pc lately. maybe santa wife will bring me a new one for xmas. or better yet, a pair of bros.

nice pics though, looks like you guys hit it right.

roark · Dec 20, 2006, 3:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 2knees

nice report. makes me insanely jealous even if i have no powder skills.

Do you ski the bros on regular east coast "crap" also?

koreshot did just fine on em on the bumps on lower east fall & highline @ K. Kicked my butt in fact.

2knees · Dec 20, 2006, 9:17 PM

video worked for me. nicely done. No sink at all in those bros and some damn fine skiing on your part. well played.

koreshot · Dec 20, 2006, 9:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 2knees

video worked for me. nicely done. No sink at all in those bros and some damn fine skiing on your part. well played.

Thx. I think the only time i felt there was some sink in them is when I was skiing the waist deep really light Utah pow. The reason for this is most likely the sick camber, my weigt and lack of pow skills. But how often do I ski waist deep utah pow? Maybe at some point I will buy a separate pair for those rare once a year powder days.

Marc · Dec 28, 2006, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by koreshot

Thx. I think the only time i felt there was some sink in them is when I was skiing the waist deep really light Utah pow. The reason for this is most likely the sick camber, my weigt and lack of pow skills. But how often do I ski waist deep utah pow? Maybe at some point I will buy a separate pair for those rare once a year powder days.

Damn, how'd I miss this one!?

Looks like the trip was awesome, I really need to get out there. Thinking about a SLC trip later in March... we'll see.

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Dec 20, 2006, 1:56 PM	#11 (permalink)
zook Brighton, Utah Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 150	Brighton is a really nice place. We had our skiing course over there last year and it was great. Also, you can upgrade your day lift ticket to night skiing for only $5. I haven't been to Solitude yet, we are planning to hit it in March, together with Snowbasin and few other resorts. Just a few more months.... I'm glad you enjoyed your trip

Dec 20, 2006, 2:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
2knees Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,133	nice report. makes me insanely jealous even if i have no powder skills. Do you ski the bros on regular east coast "crap" also?

Dec 20, 2006, 3:23 PM	#14 (permalink)
2knees Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,133	want to watch the video but webshots is blocked at work for me. I'll try it at home but havent had luck watching vids on my pc lately. maybe santa wife will bring me a new one for xmas. or better yet, a pair of bros. nice pics though, looks like you guys hit it right.

Dec 20, 2006, 9:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
2knees Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,133	video worked for me. nicely done. No sink at all in those bros and some damn fine skiing on your part. well played.