Hi,
In the battle between less gear vs the best solution, I believe I can argue that 3 pairs is a good quiver for me.
I am 6’5”, 178lbs, intermediate skier, no race experience or technique. Binding Release value ~7. I like a ‘surfy’ feel in softer snow. I also need a forgiving tail out west, because I regularly screw up , and end up in the backseat, so something that lets me recover and try again, is well essential.
Here are the uses I would like to cover:
For trips out west, I would take, at most 2 skis. At home, I could switch. In town, I can ski anything and make it down safely, there just isn’t the challenging terrain. Number 1 is most important to me, followed by number 2.
In the battle between less gear vs the best solution, I believe I can argue that 3 pairs is a good quiver for me.
I am 6’5”, 178lbs, intermediate skier, no race experience or technique. Binding Release value ~7. I like a ‘surfy’ feel in softer snow. I also need a forgiving tail out west, because I regularly screw up , and end up in the backseat, so something that lets me recover and try again, is well essential.
Here are the uses I would like to cover:
- All mountain Utah and Colorado: sensible speed, moguls, tight terrain, trees, chutes, moguls, bowls, moguls with a pivoty style, not zipper line! Ungroomed 80% of the time.
- Backcountry touring midwinter, doesn’t have to be superlight( less than ~2000g would be fine) needs to be wide and rockered for low angle, deep powder or crust.
- Duluth(home): short, shallow groomers, so something lively and fun in short turns.
- Lutsen, MN: mostly groomers, few trees with shallow snow. Often slush. Also very steep icy pitches. And some moguls. See above.
- Spring ski touring: Something light and less than 95mm wide, but also not to ‘tooth rattling’ on frozen stuff. Something with some edge grip, but mainly predictable and forgiving, because the snow will not always be those things.
For trips out west, I would take, at most 2 skis. At home, I could switch. In town, I can ski anything and make it down safely, there just isn’t the challenging terrain. Number 1 is most important to me, followed by number 2.