I want a ski. I am not sure it exists. But I think it might.

[Dwight]

Not skis, but you could use this.

 

[markojp]

My thoughts... 6" of eastern snow and western snow are so completely different, I mean they even swirl the other direction when falling to earth. For western snow, you'll need two toboggans and a snowmobile.... or a horse. Seriously though, there'd be no difference. 6" is 6" .... NNN BC

 

[James]

I guess he's not talking about the Northwest??

 

[Monique]

I guess he's not talking about the Northwest??

Can what the NW typically gets actually be called "powder"? Isn't it called Sierra Cement for a reason?

 

[markojp]

Maybe cascade cement. But 6" of fluff or even glop on anything with some sort of base can be skated on. The fluff will be easier, but people have been doing it on xc gear for decades. I was serious about an XCD set up. Pole choice would be important too. Need something to help push off of...

 

[Jilly]

I'd imagine these boats do pretty well...http://www.lib-tech.com/skis/megapow/

Is that the one they call the Small Ass Snowboard?

 

[Josh Matta]

my 4frnt renegades skate powder pretty easily

 

[Lauren]

Is that the one they call the Small Ass Snowboard?

Ha! I forgot about that one, it was the the NAS...Narrow Ass Snowboards.

 

[Ken_R]

my 4frnt renegades skate powder pretty easily

Looks like a superb ski.

 

[cantunamunch]

I'd imagine these boats do pretty well...http://www.lib-tech.com/skis/megapow/

You convinced me. Me getty.

 

[crgildart]

Good luck pushing off with your poles..

 

[cantunamunch]

Good luck pushing off with your poles..

You forget I have 6" baskets on them

 

[James]

So Magnatraction is still around?

LibTech is not Liberty

Movement is not Moment

Very annoying brand names.
Then there's

Marmot is not Mammut

 

[Lauren]

So Magnatraction is still around?

Yup, but it’s mostly owned by the snowboard industry. I believe the Rossignol Jeremy Jones snowboard was the original. When Jones broke off and started his own company the technology went with him (but Rossignol still kept rights to use it). Somehow Mervin (LibTech/Gnu/Roxy) got ahold of it, not sure how that one happened.

It’s a lot more useful in snowboards where you don’t have the same edge hold as with skis (1 edge vs 2...or 2 vs 4, depending on how you look at it).

 

[ted]

Maybe cascade cement. But 6" of fluff or even glop on anything with some sort of base can be skated on. The fluff will be easier, but people have been doing it on xc gear for decades. I was serious about an XCD set up. Pole choice would be important too. Need something to help push off of...

Thanks for that vid, made my day.
Impressive SNS BC skiing!

 

[Wendy]

To pick a non-random example, say there is 6" of new-fallen, unplowed snow on Okemo Mountain Road.

Give me a pair of 188cm Q115 with good wax and I can skate that.

I skate powder on my skate skis.

 

[James]

To pick a non-random example, say there is 6" of new-fallen, unplowed snow on Okemo Mountain Road.

Give me a pair of 188cm Q115 with good wax and I can skate that.

Going down could be interesting.
There's only one turn that would be tough. The right to stay on lower mt road instead of straight to Village Run. Prob will be fine as the flat before and the pow will slow you. Thousand steps through the turn though!

Going up? With 115mm:188's? Well, with anything, only a crazy ski mo person does that.

 

[cantunamunch]

I skate powder on my skate skis.

All skis are skate skis if you use them right No poles, little toe edge set down, double push all the way wheeeeeeeee!

 

[LiquidFeet]

Going down could be interesting.
There's only one turn that would be tough. The right to stay on lower mt road instead of straight to Village Run. Prob will be fine as the flat before and the pow will slow you. Thousand steps through the turn though!

Going up? With 115mm:188's? Well, with anything, only a crazy ski mo person does that.

@James, you OK?

 

[cantunamunch]

Prob will be fine as the flat before and the pow will slow you.

That's rather the point of this thread - a pair of skis that won't be slow skating on the flat in the uncut pow.

Thousand steps through the turn though!

Why? Each skate stride is a ski turn.