Will you be skiing powder this week?

[JD]

I feel that for resort skiing on POW days, 90mm is about perfect in the waist, with 100mm being about max for having any fun once stuff get's chopped up. I rockeed the Stockli StormRider in a 171 and felt it was a great shape for all around pow chasing, 121-91-116 I think. I also apend alot of time on some customizes Axiomes, more like a 125-110-115ish in a 164ish, mounted about toe on center and loved them for tight trees in good deep snow. And they would hook up on soft cord, even in leathers. But hard snow.....fergetabouwdit. But now we're way off topic......Skiing pow this w/e.....hopefully yes, here at the Northfield hill.

 

[Terry]

Yes!

 

[tequiladoug]

Come on! You don't take sick days when you're actually sick!

I know (1st time in 5plus years I used a sick day for being sick, well unless you count the 5 days I was in the hospital w/a lacerated liver)

 

[Hawkshot99]

no

 

[danny p]

for those of you who answered yes, where are you going?

 

[SIKSKIER]

On my most recent trip catskiing in British Columbia,2 of my friends bought the new Pontoon reverse camber skis.These things look really bizaar with,as was stated before,the ski already in the flexed position.The tips are very wide,the waist is a little less and the tail is very narrow.The idea is the tails will sink and the tips will float to the top.They really do work but these skis are for really deep snow only.In my 40 years of skiing I have never seen what a lot of skiers called true bottomless powder in the east.True bottomless is not being able to get up after a fall by putting a pole to support yourself.There is no bottom to support the pole.I would not even own these skis if I did not ski out west in BC.The one time these guys did not like the skis was when we got onto cat tracks.Very squirrely.We had one day with only 12-15 inches of pow and they said the skis were just ok.Having said that they were very happy to ski these creatures in the bottomless backcountry of the Monashee Mts.

 

[severine]

The width thing is getting out of control...

Bigger is better. Feeling inadequate? ;-)

Nah, wider is better.

Is that your personal preference?

Asks the guy with a giant wiener as his avatar... :roll:

You guys crack me up!

smooth and easy trumps hard and rough.....

You don't like it rough?

In answer to the original question, NO. Knee still hurts. Life sucks. Maybe next week.

 

[davidhowland14]

already did:

Powder at the Crotch II

 

[MarkC]

Yup but not in till the weekend.

 

[kingslug]

Depends on if any is left at Heavenly. They just got 3 feet but it will be a week old when I get there, no more in the coming forecast. But I think I'll be able to find interesting terrain in the 4800 they have.

 

[gmcunni]

A simple yes or no will do... :lol:

YES, if it lasts until Saturday.

 

[Geoff]

Yep. I'm in Boulder working. I'm blowing off tomorrow. They got a foot last night in the mountains.

 

[snoseek]

Yep. I'm in Boulder working. I'm blowing off tomorrow. They got a foot last night in the mountains.

Loveland right now is insane. Ridge opened for the first time today since the nice little 27 in. storm blew in. easily over 3 feet in spots off chair 9. Wind should resurface it tonight, still very deep at the end of the day. Locally eldora picked up a foot I think.

 

[awf170]

On my most recent trip catskiing in British Columbia,2 of my friends bought the new Pontoon reverse camber skis.These things look really bizaar with,as was stated before,the ski already in the flexed position.The tips are very wide,the waist is a little less and the tail is very narrow.The idea is the tails will sink and the tips will float to the top.They really do work but these skis are for really deep snow only.In my 40 years of skiing I have never seen what a lot of skiers called true bottomless powder in the east.True bottomless is not being able to get up after a fall by putting a pole to support yourself.There is no bottom to support the pole.I would not even own these skis if I did not ski out west in BC.The one time these guys did not like the skis was when we got onto cat tracks.Very squirrely.We had one day with only 12-15 inches of pow and they said the skis were just ok.Having said that they were very happy to ski these creatures in the bottomless backcountry of the Monashee Mts.

One of the major reasons for a super fat reverse camber/ reverse sidecut is to make 6-12 inches of snow feel bottomless. Instead of hitting icy bumps every turn you will float right over.

Anyway I'll give a review of them on Friday if anyone is interested. My guess is that Thursday will too tracked out for them though. Tomorrow will be the day.

 

[reefer]

Yes, Magic tomorrow!

 

[bigbog]

....with a little additional!!;-)

YES
...with use of skilifts...questionable...:lol:.

 

[Buckeye Skier 1330]

Next week if anything is left. Belleayre, Monday and Tuesday, Huntah Wednesday, Windham Thursday, who knows Friday. We've been waiting for this week for quite some time.

 

[riverc0il]

Why add a poll and stifle these intriguing debates between the powder princesses and mogul nuts?

Why be one or the other? Why not ski the entire mountain and ski all the conditions on the hill? Certainly have your preferences but it is all good. I find nothing intriguing about these tiresome debates. The second the knee jerk "my preference is better than your preference" starts flying around, it is already rather old. Though I think your characterization of "powder snobs head into the woods frantically looking for untracked lines" is a bit much. Don't knock it until you tried it? There is certainly a reason folks are looking for that killer untracked line. Come Spring, I will be ripping the bumps and loving em' with ya'. And before I was a die hard powder hound, I was a die hard bumper that wondered what all the fuss was about with the woods. S'all good, experiences are addicting, some folks just have different experiences than others. True mountaineering, pioneering first descents, and hucking 100 foot cliffs is the end all and be all for some skiers. Those are the experiences that they found addicting and hooked them something fierce. Not my cup of tea, but maybe it would be if I had those experiences. S'all good.

Oh yea..... yes.

 

[ALLSKIING]

YES

 

[JD]

Fatties do make more outta less, but I didn't really wanna get into it. There's always gonna be that guy still on gear from 10 years ago saying everything new is a fad (and ripping it). fact is fat is where it's at if you like skiing pow....AND the bottomless snow of which you speak exsists in NE more then you think, you just haven't gotten far enough away from the lift to find it on a rugular basis....IMhumbleO.