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  1. SkiEssentials

    Sponsored 2021 Dynastar M-Free 108 Review

  2. K

    Is this the rustler 11 the right ski for me?

    Hello all, I'm new to the forum and glad to be here! I need some help buying my first pair of skis (I was growing up until now, so I've been renting/borrowing). I live in Seattle but I'm going to college in Rhode Island, so I'll be using these skis when I'm home on break during January. I...
  3. bmlvail

    For Sale Powder magazine collection for Sale!

    Time to let go of my 191 issues of Powder magazine including the first 4 published from the early 1970's. Full set may go to auction on eBay. The early editions are very rare and valuable! Ideally I would like to sell the whole set. If interested PM me for details.
  4. dbostedo

    OFFICIAL 2020 Jackson Hole Gathering Information

    2020 National Gathering at Jackson Hole, WY, February 23 - February 29 NOTE : This is a living post and will be changed as new information becomes available (last updated 2/21/2020) The PugSki National Gathering for the 2019-2020 season will be held at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, from...
  5. C

    Random thought on skiing powder

    Well, there's powder, and then there's powder. And of course--there's powder. I'm talking here primarily about the denser stuff, deep, that pushes back on you. Not wet, not sticky, not crusted--just dense. So, how does our interaction with that kind of snow differ from our usual interaction...
  6. P

    Blizzard Rustler 11 - 188 or 192?

    Hi! I'am a quite good skier (36 years old, 6'2 , 172lbs) from austria and look for a good floating but also playfull/poppy ski for powder and little bit shorter turns in trees. My preferens: 55% trees at midium speed (shorter and midium turns), 30% faster speed and bigger turns in open powder...
  7. dbostedo

    When is powder TOO deep?

    Just read an article on Powder (http://www.powder.com/stories/features/scenes-biggest-winter-generation/), and it contained this anecdote about Mammoth last year: After 104 inches in five days, the upper mountain opened on January 24 under blue skies.... I got in the gondy line early and... was...
  8. Tricia

    Weems' - Secrets of the Steep - Powder Mag

    Powder Magazine is publishing some of their heritage articles for their 45th Anniversary. In this issue, they're re-publishing our own @Weems Westfeldt 's Secrets of the Steep - Tricks to break your psyche barrier. Some of us have had the good fortune of getting some first hand instruction...
  9. Tricia

    Width to Weight Ratio

    I had a discussion with a guy in the shop about powder skis and told him that I was skiing the Santa Ana's for my powder ski and feel that its idea for nimbleness at my size. I was thinking, what is the ideal width for someone a certain size? Does it have to do more with technique and terrain...
  10. Chicajill

    need opinions - which one?

    Hi, I have the MAX Pass this year. I'm planning my next ski trip for the first week or two of Feb. before the crazy Prez holiday stuff. I'm guessing it will be for 7 or 8 days. I had my heart set on Big Sky as I skied it last season for the first time but for only three days. But now Mt...
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