Message #17420

[Johnny2R]

I do find that unless you have a lot of deep heavy snow, I do better and prefer thinner midfats than wider ones. My first choice would be something in the 78-80mm range underfoot with a willingness to go up to the 85mm range. Since you say that you may be skiing more on piste than off, it does make sense to get a ski that has some decent manners on piste and that will carve nicely if driven properly. Again this points more to the 78-80mm ski rather than something wider.

Last March I hired some Head Monster 82s which I absolutely loved. They worked a treat in the chopped up soft snow and yet had, as you put it, 'decent manners on piste' - easy enough to get edge to edge and able to carve a nice turn. There was no deep powder to try them out in (best was about 6" of new wet snow), alas. That was a different resort though, and hiring from a Head specialist shop, so I'll just have to look for the nearest equivalent, I suspect.