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Heading to Big White for Thurs-Sat, can't decide what skis to take

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ljackstar
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Ok, I realise this is a true first world problem, but I'm flying to Kelowna on Wednesday and I don't know which skis to take. I'm there for 3 days, and realisticaly can only take 2 of my 3. So my choices are:

ON3P Billy Goats - For Pow

Elan Ripsticks 96 - For Hardpack/all mountain

Fischer Guru - For Park

If I take the billy goats and it doesn't snow (it's not in the forecast) then I'm stuck riding park/hard pack for 3 days. If I take the other two, then on the chance it does snow I would have to use the Ripsticks which are only 96 underfoot.
Jan 9 2017 12:56PM
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SofaKingSick
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i currently just use 96 waist skis for everything from rail rat days to pow days SO i am biased i suppose but i think the obvious answer is you take the 96s as a good compromise
Jan 9 2017 1:18PM
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-WZ-
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Bigwhites my home hill and it definitely gets tracked out pretty quick. If you can only bring one ski id say +1 for the ripsticks but if you can take 2 skis go billy goats and gurus. Right now theres not a ton of pow left but the parks pretty solid
Jan 9 2017 4:58PM
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ljackstar
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-WZ-Bigwhites my home hill and it definitely gets tracked out pretty quick. If you can only bring one ski id say +1 for the ripsticks but if you can take 2 skis go billy goats and gurus. Right now theres not a ton of pow left but the parks pretty solid


Ok thanks. I can bring 2 pairs and I'm definitely bringing park skis I'm just deciding right now if I should bring my billy goats on the off chance I can find pow, or the rip sticks if it's going to be bumps and hard packed.
Jan 9 2017 5:37PM
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californiagrown
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If the weather says there isn't snow in the forecast, what's your question here? Hoping against all reason and weather models that a 2' dump comes out of nowhere?
Jan 9 2017 8:20PM
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ljackstar
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californiagrownIf the weather says there isn't snow in the forecast, what's your question here? Hoping against all reason and weather models that a 2' dump comes out of nowhere?


Yes...

I mean, if it has happened the other way around, why can't it happen this way?
Jan 9 2017 10:34PM
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californiagrown
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ljackstarYes...

I mean, if it has happened the other way around, why can't it happen this way?


How deep of a day do you need, for Billy goats to be much preferred over the 96 waisted skis?
Jan 9 2017 11:55PM
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Hugh_Conway_jr
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ljackstarYes...

I mean, if it has happened the other way around, why can't it happen this way?


I have confidence in the current weather model. Snow won't start to hit the interior until late sunday.
Jan 10 2017 2:12AM
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Hugh_Conway_jr
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I would take the ripsticks.
Jan 10 2017 2:12AM
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