quality vs quantity of snow?

[neck beard]

What is under the 4cm?

[old goat]

I'll take whatever snow in whatever quality and whatever quantity I can get.

[Trace Hardslab]

At first I thought, "I'll take the 20'000 footer with a skiff of new". Then I remembered to breath and actually read your post. I thought you were talking about one run. Whoops. Me fail reading comprehension. That, or I'm a dreamer.

But I still wanna ski the 20,000 vert run, dammit!

[Slaag Master]

Danny Kortchmar: "Blood on the highway."

Jackson: "Gotta take either more of it or less of it. I can't quite figure out which one."

David Lindley: ""Well, I'll tell you what it does take. It takes a clear mind. That's what it takes."

Jackson:"You mean it takes a clear mind to take it, or a clear mind not to take it?"

David Lindley: "It takes a clear mind to make it."

[icelanticskier]

quality. bouncy pow. british columbia spongecake is my fave. doesn't hafta be deep. mid boot is fine. kin stick yer feet right in it and feel no bottom and hear no sound. very similar consistency to what we get here in high nh. maritime climate, add some wind, and you got the recipe

rog

[jeffro83]

quality. bouncy pow. british columbia spongecake is my fave. doesn't hafta be deep. mid boot is fine. kin stick yer feet right in it and feel no bottom and hear no sound. very similar consistency to what we get here in high nh. maritime climate, add some wind, and you got the recipe

rog

it's true, i'm normally spoiled by BC interior snow. 10-15cm of fresh, colder, dry awesomeness is all i really need for a great day out. 30cm of coastal, wet stuff....too much of a downhill workout for this lazy bastard.

[coldfeet]

This shitty year I would settle for my local 800 feet of vert with a skiable base of, well anything really.

I'll go weep quietly in the corner now.

[icelanticskier]

it's true, i'm normally spoiled by BC interior snow. 10-15cm of fresh, colder, dry awesomeness is all i really need for a great day out. 30cm of coastal, wet stuff....too much of a downhill workout for this lazy bastard.

amen.

here's a pic of a bud getting his feet into some joyous nh high maritime spongecake last april. talk about jet turns. smooth bouncy goodness


rog

[Lindahl]

That stuff is super fun to ski fast on, but beats the shit out of my body on bigger hucks. Light dry powder thats working towards consolidation is my favorite. Almost as fast, but more forgiving.

[teamdirt]

would you rather ski 2,000 ft of 40cm deep snow or 20,000ft of 4cm deep snow?

Classic Rockies skier question. I know you prefer the 4cm otherwise you would have moved long ago. Im sure you know what I chose.

[Toadman]

What's on top of the 40cm?

[theshredder]

I'll take the 40 cm. And a lack of retards. As found near cities. And at resorts. And basically everywhere, including the internet, as it turns out....

[theshredder]

amen.

here's a pic of a bud getting his feet into some joyous nh high maritime spongecake last april. talk about jet turns. smooth bouncy goodness


rog

Based on that picture I'm pretty sure your bud missed at least one turn in there somewhere.

[userA]

i see nowhere steep enough to make a turn.
i'll take the 18" on 40* vert like today at ALPENTAL everytime, tomorrow too.
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[icelanticskier]

Based on that picture I'm pretty sure your bud missed at least one turn in there somewhere.

not a one.

rog

[time2clmb]

Wait, i'm confused Mntlion, I didn't think you even skied unless there was 10 on the ground, but then when there is 40cm, you ski the 8 on hill? Wait a sec, this is a trick question!

[mntlion]

just looking for other peoples POV

[ak_powder_monkey]

I reject the premise of this question.

I'd rather just ski whatever Ullr gives me and be stoked about it.

All things being equal totally depends on whats under it... 2 inches of new on tope of a few feet of consolidated snow can be hero snow.

[Angle Parking]

I'd rather just ski whatever Ullr gives me and be stoked about it.

This. All conditions have their up sides. Recent mega drought sucked, no doubt about it, but things firmed up nicely and stability was very high thus providing opportunities for some serious big line hunting. Ergo, even scarcity can be a positive.