Figured as there isn't one started this year lol...
Its been an interesting early season and managed to get out just a few times, last being when the big dump of snow hit and going once just before the rain destroyed the lowers of Kimberly, Fernie and KH... and again at Pano when they opened the Summit a couple days later
I haven't been to Louise or Sunshine, but did hit up Castle a couple of times... same ole Castle, great snow but pretty much put on a Balaclava and glove/boot heaters to deal with the windchill.
Couple questions to throw out there...
1. I've only been to a couple US resorts... one being big-bear (garbage but hey its in So-cal) and Vail. If you were to spend time down in the US, where would it be? Jackson Hole, Tetons, Lake Tahoe, Sierras?
I'm kinda thinking of hitting up Sunvalley and Squaw...
2. A Proper one-Ski quiver? I have a couple year old set of Nordica NRGY 100s... then the enforcers came out. yada yada. Then I tried the Soul 7 HDs which I found pretty much amazing outside of speed and hardpack
what do you guys think are a good hard charging All Mountain?? I'm kinda leaning Volkl Mantra, K2 Mindbender or Salomon QSTs
My favorite ski's that I just wrecked last year were still my Bsquads. No rocker, all camber, barely sidecut and solid... pretty much barely besting my other favorite set of vintage ski's the Volkl Explosiv CMH
but I'm getting older... lol, so when I worse those Soul 7 HDs... 106 underfoot yet could carve and pivot easily in the piste... was very surprised. That said, younger me would say that side cut in powder is useless, and I want wide, stiff and camber with energy to compress and bounce with confidance.