Do you like slush?

[thetrailboss]

I'll take that for you any day!

 

[Geoff]

I love skiing mush. I basically suffer through winter to get to spring skiing. If it weren't for spring skiing, I'd probably skip the Northeast completely and do my skiing in the west, Europe,and South America.

 

[jaywbigred]

What wax do you guys recommend? I liked DMC's suggestion of something quick and in your pocket that you can apply on the go.

 

[wa-loaf]

It's usually only a problem near the base and on flats. So bring it on.

And my 4 hrs would be 10 - 2 if I had to pick. Skip the frozen cord or mashed in the morning and avoid the worst of the wet in the afternoon.

 

[dmc]

What wax do you guys recommend? I liked DMC's suggestion of something quick and in your pocket that you can apply on the go.

whatever wax you choose... It's going to take a beating due to the rough snow...

 

[severine]

Keep a stick of wax on you..
If the snow gets grabby... Just take the wax and draw criss cross marks on your base... It helps to keep the snow from creating suction on your base...

Thanks for the tip!

I may not like it, but it is better than rocks and grass.

Absolutely agree!

Aside from warm wax, fat skis are your friend in slush.

Meant to test that out... haven't had a chance yet this season...

The inconsistency is problematic for me. I still recall the day I went to Mt. Snow 2 years ago and while the upper area was about perfect, there were streams and extreme slush on the lower portion, not just the base area. Makes me worry too much about my knee. I actually prefer hardpack to slush. It's more predictable.

 

[drjeff]

What wax do you guys recommend? I liked DMC's suggestion of something quick and in your pocket that you can apply on the go.

Toko makes a liquid rub on moderate fluoro wax that I use, and keep in my gear bag essentially just for wet spring snow.

I start with a good, solid base coat of an iron on high fluoro universal wax, and then usually around lunchtime (if i'm still skiing and not just drinking beers ) i'll apply a quick coat of the liquid wax

 

[snowmonster]

What wax do you guys recommend? I liked DMC's suggestion of something quick and in your pocket that you can apply on the go.

For iron on wax, I use the yellow CH Swix wax. For rub-ons, I use a bar of Swix F4 Universal glidewax. Draw X's on the bottom and rub in with the cork attached to the package. Some wax is better than no wax. When you feel that suction effect on the flats, break out the wax!

 

[Terry]

Fat skis definately work good in the spring slush! They let you ride over it instead of through it. I love spring skiing and slush snow. This weekend should be sweet!

 

[Euler]

I love slush, I'm still floored by how many people tell me they don't like powder, dont like slush, don't like "ice"...when the hell do these people get to ski ?!

 

[Geoff]

What wax do you guys recommend? I liked DMC's suggestion of something quick and in your pocket that you can apply on the go.

Old school silver. Just scribble it on. You just want it to break the suction. Any wax applied that way will help if you hit glue.

 

[mister moose]

Old school silver. Just scribble it on. You just want it to break the suction. Any wax applied that way will help if you hit glue.

Yep. If anybody wants to see a relic from the 60's I still have a piece of TOKO silver I carry in my spring jacket pocket.


E Aho Laula

 

[riverc0il]

I am amazed that I am in the minority on this one, but I think slush is one of the worst snow conditions possible excepting perhaps ice only. Even bumps can get too slushy to be much fun. I remember a few springs ago skiing the Snowfields on a blistering hot day... when things get too slushy the turns just were not fun when there was no resistance underfoot.... just wet snow peeling away as you slide it off. Meh. Corn is awesome, past prime corn is still good, and even wet corn is okay but it is time to go home when it gets slushy.

 

[Edd]

Love it.

 

[jaja111]

I absolutely love cutting quick successive turns in slush. I'd almost..... only almost, say I prefer spring slush to any condition other than deeper powder especially with fat skis (or one ski ). It is the best to end a season with an 80 degree day, bright sunshine, havin a few beers outside, and slushing in a pair of shorts and a tshirt.

This Saturday should be that day. (Honestly I've been in shorts the past three weekends. Anything over 40 degrees warrants shorts.)

 

[Glenn]

What wax do you guys recommend? I liked DMC's suggestion of something quick and in your pocket that you can apply on the go.

I use Toko...mainly because it's what my former local shop used to carry. I bought the red for regular season, yellow for the warm. We'll probably ski the skis as is tomorrow. Mainly because we won't get up to VT until later tonight. Tomorrow evening, I'll try and give them a good coat of warm weather yellow.

 

[gmcunni]

I am amazed that I am in the minority on this one, but I think slush is one of the worst snow conditions possible excepting perhaps ice only.

i suspect it has to do with people having their own interpretation of slush.

i like really wet corn but slush (what i think of at the bottom of a hill late in a warm day) sucks

 

[Geoff]

I am amazed that I am in the minority on this one, but I think slush is one of the worst snow conditions possible excepting perhaps ice only. Even bumps can get too slushy to be much fun. I remember a few springs ago skiing the Snowfields on a blistering hot day... when things get too slushy the turns just were not fun when there was no resistance underfoot.... just wet snow peeling away as you slide it off. Meh. Corn is awesome, past prime corn is still good, and even wet corn is okay but it is time to go home when it gets slushy.

I'm not. You ski places that are almost exclusively natural snow surface. Just like in the west, when it gets too soft, it's a lousy surface that rots from underneath.

Manmade snow doesn't do that. You get much bigger corn snow crystals and and impervious base underneath so there is always a bottom.

One of the best days of my life was at Squaw in May 11 years ago. I was up on Granite Chief in 70 degree weather skiing the steep bumps on the nose to far skier's right of the lift. When you stopped, the corn mush was oozing down the line I'd just skied like lava. It made an "ssssssssss" noise as it moved. The Outer Limits poach in April can be like that, too.

 

[kingslug]

Aside from warm wax, fat skis are your friend in slush.

Thats the ticket...much easier!!!

 

[Greg]

Even bumps can get too slushy to be much fun.

Definitely can't agree on this one. I think bumps are best as slushy as possible. Slush explosions in the mouth rule! Usually, a few passes through a line results in corn troughs which is where I usually end up. Some guys are good at straight line skipping on the mushy tops. I'm not one of them...