Question: Just bored, or a little crazy??

[volklgirl]

Lately I've been searching out the ugliest snow conditions I can find.....powder, chowder, crud, chud, mank, sugar, dust-on-crust, slop, glop, corn, cream corn, even ice and death cookies.

Given the right tool, I happily try it all. I can even ski most of it successfully, although not always with any style or finess. Granted, I wouldn't choose to ski ice on my Karmas, or slop and glop on my SLs, but having a quiver has given my options besides the standard groomers.

Anyone else challenging themselves in this way? Am I just bored, or am I truly weird/crazy???

 

[Jilly]

I think you're a Ski Diva with a quiver!! Sounds like a good plan to me. I had both skis out of the weekend. The Conquer's were great in the conditions we had. My old Z's were too. Different feel to each ski.

Because we had stupid friend who can't ski, I didn't get to push the Conquer's in some steep terrain. Maybe next time!

 

[MaryLou]

It's possible with just a one quiver (okay...what is the term for that?). I ski on one pair, every day. Right now it's Volkl AC30. Great ski for the mix of conditions we see here. I am so one with these things, no adjustment or wasted time on figuring them out.

Anyway, I think it's boredom. Corduroy and groomers get boring after awhile. I love it after a couple hours into the day, when it starts bumping up on the sides. Trees, generally love them, except when my kids suck me into places too small for my skis. I love love love spring time crud. Okay...death cookies, may pass those by, but I did get a good dose a couple weekends ago, good workout and still better than the center of the trail.

The one thing I do not seek is ice, yet I ski it alot and am a master lol. Maybe that's why I love volkl's, have never lost an edge - they are so solid and I can trust them 100% (bindings are perfect, never any early/late/non-releases).

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Totally with ya, vg! I've used 3 different pairs of skis in the last 3 days -- and had a blast doing it! (one pair was DH's Fischer Watea 78's - fun!) Had a nice range of conditions over that period of time, including some (amazingly quickly tracked-out) freshies, so it was a great opportunity to evaluate different performance characteristics in tracked-up-to-ice-beneath kinds of conditions. Got a good feel for the differences in turning radii (did I spell that right?)(not a math person here ) -- had a ton of fun. Big question: what to click into for Day 4 (in a row...getting tired....)??

 

[Kimmyt]

Ha I never would have thought powder and some of those other conditions would be considered ugly!

So the answer is I guess yes. Given a choice between a perfectly groomed run and almost anything but straight out ice, I'll choose the anything because it's just more fun. A few runs of cordoruy are nice, but it can get a bit old.

K.

 

[michpc]

MaryLou, thanks for helping justify my Tierra purchase...oddly I can't wait to try the Volkls on some ice! (although I would of course prefer NOT ice).

I do enjoy a variety of conditions, but I'm not quite advance yet to get too bored. I will say this though: I totally prefer narrow windy New England "style" trails to big wide open groomers (as long as they haven't been completely scraped off by lower ability level boarders, that is!)

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Ha I never would have thought powder and some of those other conditions would be considered ugly!

Depends on what's BENEATH the powder Can be some pretty solid stuff in New England, lurking just beneath all the pretty freshies. Not to mention what lurks between the moguls

 

[Pequenita]

Actively seeking death cookies is a definite sign of boredom.

 

[abc]

Anyone else challenging themselves in this way? Am I just bored, or am I truly weird/crazy???

I used to.

And I can tell you you're just bored. But what do I know? I'm probably a little crazy myself!

I mean, you have to make those 400' verticals last a whole day without getting dizzy going in circles...

Or, take up snowboarding!

 

[frenchgirl]

I am not challenging myself that way since going on a blue is a challenge for me :ROTF:, but it does sound like you are bored. You are ready for a harder mountain! Hope to be you in a few years!

 

[skihub]

Weird/crazy I think!! :p Seriously, sounds like you are challenging your abilities which is great! I get a little bored on hills that I ski frequently. My kids take me on some side trips through the woods, which keeps it interesting.

 

[cinnabon]

Ha I never would have thought powder and some of those other conditions would be considered ugly!

So the answer is I guess yes. Given a choice between a perfectly groomed run and almost anything but straight out ice, I'll choose the anything because it's just more fun. A few runs of cordoruy are nice, but it can get a bit old.

K.

Well she is talking about Michigan powder! But in my case, I am really not very used to powder, so yes, that's the challenge! Plus the untracked powder only lasts for 5 minutes or so, then it's cut up powder piles!

I can relate the boredom - but I am having a different experience out here. At Killington I was fairly content on the groomers all day, because if you don't do "ice bumps" there isn't much choice! I would challenge myself by going on the steeper groomers, and finally I took up snowboarding to just to find a new challenge.

But here I quickly grow bored on the groomers so I have been forcing myself to venture off piste as much as possible. The thing about the West is that when there isn't any fresh powder, the snow on the non- groomers gets strange. Yesterday it was sort of crusty, wind-packed and uneven bumps...

So I can relate to "choosing" the less pleasant conditions... and it is more satisfying when you do it well.

 

[Jenny]

My bet's on bored - our hills aren't enough for you!

(Also, you seemed perfectly normal the couple of times we've met.)

 

[volklgirl]

(Also, you seemed perfectly normal the couple of times we've met.)

:ROTF:
Great, now I gotta clean Pepsi out of my keyboard again! Thanks for that.

 

[Jenny]

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