The Further Adventures of the Powspatiplus

Got another day on them and have a better idea of what I'm dealing with

The conditions: 3-5 inches of breakable raincrust which turned into chopped crud, which then turned into heavy wet mank after sitting in the rain for a couple of hours. Some softer bumps thrown in.

Still love the skis, they absolutely KILL it in the crust, making super-G style turns down what would be really tricky snow conditions on skinny skis will put a smile on anyones face even if it is pouring rain. After the raincrust got broken up they still were fun in the softer crud and they are even quick enough to survive an occasional run through the bumps, I wouldn't try them in really deep dug out zipperlines, but for the occasional bump field that you may have to navigate they'll be OK. I got really bored and decided to take them for a short skin from KBL to the Canyon Quad, and while I wouldn't make them my first choice for an ADK supertour, they should be fine as a close in BC/Lift Served BC rig as long as there isn't a lot of skinning on flats (Alpine boots+Freerides=yucky). Interestingly enough, I found that a lot of the dampness through the mank at high speed was gone, I attribute it to the rocker on the ski taking away some of the tip. Towards the end of the day I was getting really bounced at high speeds through the skied off piles. If I took the speed down from ludicrous to insane and tried to absorb some of the shocks they skied much better. I did not notice any of this at the beginning of the day so I'm going to chock it up to the snow being wetter and heavier and me getting tried from having to work the ski in EC conditions all day.

Still haven't gotten them into the conditions that I want (Pow and EC trees) but I'm becoming more and more convinced that this isn't as one dimensional a ski as I though it was going to be.