Replying to The touring one ski quiver?
Okay so most of us who are only a few seasons into our touring careers are obviously on less than ideal set-ups. maybe your skis are too short or too fat or your bindings alone weigh more that your buddys entire setup. either way, there comes a time to upgrade to a real-deal, lightweight set up. This is that year for me. But, I've realized i can only afford one one pair of skis (hardly).
SO, what does everyone think about one ski quivers for touring? Obviously i want to get out on those deep days and drop cliffs and slash pow, but that will likely be less than 10 days of my touring per season. otherwise, i will be waiting for the stable spring snowpack (lol colorado) to get after steep, sometimes creamy and sometimes icy as fuck turns.
tl;dr --- i wanna stay relatively lightweight, but have a ski that can be fun skiing a fresh foot of pow, and can handle skiing shitty refrozen ice couloir snow in may.... what do ya think?
I'm current looking at the surface analog(100 underfoot) and the salomon Q-105...will the 105 be a bit too wide for those steep icy couloirs?
any other suggestions for a one-ski-quiver for touring all season?
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