Steep and Deep: The Snow Skiing/Boarding Thread

[TripletDaddy]

Sure foots with salomon quest max. Love the foot beds.

[Lost Student]

Sure foots with salomon quest max. Love the foot beds.

Was it you that got Intuition liners at the start of the season? Did I miss your review or ?

[hostile]

[venkman]

Great day at Brighton.

[hostile]

Great day at Brighton.

Same for Snowbird. We had our 2 youngest on the tram and in the Cirque today. It was the first time for both and they loved it. Also my 13y old can now out-ski me

[venkman]

Same for Snowbird. We had our 2 youngest on the tram and in the Cirque today. It was the first time for both and they loved it. Also my 13y old can now out-ski me

I expect to be in that position in a few years. My 7 year old is fearless, barreling down the hill, hitting jumps, going through trees. I try to get him to slow down...good thing mom isn't around. She'd kill me. But it's hard to contain the kid.

Also, I'm really missing Snowbird, but this is a Brighton year as they are the only resort (I think) that let's 7 year olds ski free. I think it's six for the others, if at all. This morning I was thinking "I could really go for a little Mineral Basin."

[hostile]

I expect to be in that position in a few years. My 7 year old is fearless, barreling down the hill, hitting jumps, going through trees. I try to get him to slow down...good thing mom isn't around. She'd kill me. But it's hard to contain the kid.

Also, I'm really missing Snowbird, but this is a Brighton year as they are the only resort (I think) that let's 7 year olds ski free. I think it's six for the others, if at all. This morning I was thinking "I could really go for a little Mineral Basin."

Well, Mineral Basin never opened today so you didn't miss anything

[RC Vikings]

I went up to Targhee yesterday and after one run I could tell my knee wasn't ready. They had nine inches of new snow and it was broken powder all over the mountain and my knee just wasn't strong enough yet to tackle it. I will try again the first of April and hope for a mountain full of freshly groomed runs.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

According to the newspaper we have a 60 foot base!

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[venkman]

Well, Mineral Basin never opened today so you didn't miss anything

Thanks, I feel better already!

[Goatnapper'96]

I went up to Targhee yesterday and after one run I could tell my knee wasn't ready. They had nine inches of new snow and it was broken powder all over the mountain and my knee just wasn't strong enough yet to tackle it. I will try again the first of April and hope for a mountain full of freshly groomed runs.

How was the powder up there? I was at Pomerelle on Friday and the snow was like stuff in California. This last storm dropped very high "moisture" content snow. Great for farmers and fasting mormons but sucky for skiers. It was disappointing enough that I am opting out of my planned trip to Brundage this Friday at the boys state tourney. However, if Targhee is still good I am considering spending a day or two up there during my kids' spring break later this month.

[RC Vikings]

How was the powder up there? I was at Pomerelle on Friday and the snow was like stuff in California. This last storm dropped very high "moisture" content snow. Great for farmers and fasting mormons but sucky for skiers. It was disappointing enough that I am opting out of my planned trip to Brundage this Friday at the boys state tourney. However, if Targhee is still good I am considering spending a day or two up there during my kids' spring break later this month.

It was heavy for Targhee but probably still better than anywhere else in the country. It was that broken up powder that you need to attack and I just didn't have the strength in the new knee. They have a ton of snow up there so skiing should be great into the middle of April.

[dabrockster]

The family went to one of the few skiing places here in Ohio (Mad River Mountain/teeny-tiny hill). It was the first time my son had ever skied. He is on a hockey team and skates really well so he took to it really quickly. I had never skied before (Only snowboarded) so I took this as a chance to learn how to ski. It was lots of fun.. Now, the mountain sucked and it was like skiing on ice pellets etc. but it served its purpose. Great family outing for all!!


My daughter got skies on for the 1st time as well, but didn't like over time, but when she saw his big brother having fun then she wanted to get back out there..


Nothing like Utah etc., but there isn't many options here...

[BrutusBuckeye]

Great day at Brighton yesterday. They had about 8 inches of new snow and it snowed most of the day. As with most weekdays, there weren't a ton of people up there, so my brother and I were able to have a good number of runs before it felt like the good snow was getting tracked out.

I decided to demo a pair of skis yesterday. The shop guy recommended some Liberty Double Helix and they didn't disappoint. My current skis are about 90mm under foot and the demos were 120mm, so a pretty significant jump. They were a lot of fun and floated very nicely in the deeper snow. I've been wanting to buy a new pair of skis and was thinking I shouldn't go above about 110mm under foot, but now I'm thinking up to 120mm. Does anyone have a recommendation of a fatter ski that would be a good buy for an all-around ski? A few models I've been looking at are the 4FRNT YLE, Line Sir Francis Bacon (or maybe Mr. Pollard's Opus), Faction 3.Zero, K2 Shreditor (112 or 120) and Moment Deathwish. I'd love to hear what others recommend.

Also, I downloaded a pretty cool app on my phone. It's called Ski Tracks and it runs in the background as you ski. For those of you who are familiar with Strava, it is basically this, but geared for skiing. It tracks vertical feet, elevation, speed, time, number of runs and mileage. It's 0.99, but well worth it.

[TripletDaddy]

Great day at Brighton yesterday. They had about 8 inches of new snow and it snowed most of the day. As with most weekdays, there weren't a ton of people up there, so my brother and I were able to have a good number of runs before it felt like the good snow was getting tracked out.

I decided to demo a pair of skis yesterday. The shop guy recommended some Liberty Double Helix and they didn't disappoint. My current skis are about 90mm under foot and the demos were 120mm, so a pretty significant jump. They were a lot of fun and floated very nicely in the deeper snow. I've been wanting to buy a new pair of skis and was thinking I shouldn't go above about 110mm under foot, but now I'm thinking up to 120mm. Does anyone have a recommendation of a fatter ski that would be a good buy for an all-around ski? A few models I've been looking at are the 4FRNT YLE, Line Sir Francis Bacon (or maybe Mr. Pollard's Opus), Faction 3.Zero, K2 Shreditor (112 or 120) and Moment Deathwish. I'd love to hear what others recommend.

Also, I downloaded a pretty cool app on my phone. It's called Ski Tracks and it runs in the background as you ski. For those of you who are familiar with Strava, it is basically this, but geared for skiing. It tracks vertical feet, elevation, speed, time, number of runs and mileage. It's 0.99, but well worth it.

This is my first season with fatter boards. I went with the Bacons. Absolutely love them. They are around 108 underfoot, so you definitely get the sense of the jump up from a traditional all mountain ski, but they arent so fat that you are stumbling over yourself on groomers. I also considered the Volkl Mantras and the Rossi Soul 7s. I have a friend who went with the Soul 7s and he loves those. I think you cant go wrong with any of the 3 i mentioned.