NWSkiGirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I love my Volkl Aura 100 waist skis for the groomers, moguls, crud, soft snow, and skiing in general. But I think they are too heavy for deep powder, as they are two sheets of metal. While I think it's obvious I should get a lighter powder ski, I'm wondering what everyone thinks about the type of ski that's needed for heavy PNW powder. I was skiing tracked out deep heavy powder the other day and my skis seemed heavy and unwieldy. You would think they would be great since they are so heavy and can cut through the thick snow. I would think a lighter ski would toss me around in heavy powder, so maybe I'm wrong and I'm just not very good at skiing in the deep heavy snow.
It's hard to demo skis on powder days because we don't get a lot of them in Seattle. Although it's snowmageddon for us right now!
It's hard to demo skis on powder days because we don't get a lot of them in Seattle. Although it's snowmageddon for us right now!