Why I voted "A better weekend I could not imagine!"

Saturday: Solitude
Sunday: Alta with snow falling
Monday: Solitude on a blue-bird powder day
Tuesday: Alta



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JohnL: bang.

7 Springs on Monday was quite nice. Not lots of snow but not many people either. The north side of the mountain was a bit icy but we had fun in spite of it all.

John ... were you in SLC this last weekend or are you refering to MLK weekends of the past?

Yup .. we were there ... flew in Wednesday night and out Thursday morning [new Soutwest non-stop flight is great]. We did PCR, Deer Valley, and Snow Basin (my favorite) .. we were going to head for Alta Tuesday/Wednesday but the snow scared us off. NEED powder lessons!! ... and some skis other than our ice-slicers. Bob [aka Shadow] has some 1080s so he was just fine, my kid and I are riding Volkl carvers, which just don't have enough waist do powder.

Sooo .. we are looking to expand into some sort of mid-fat. Any suggestions are truly welcome. Experience levels: I'm most comfortable on blue groomers but do the occasional black; my kid, on the other hand, does just fine on everything groomed except bumps and that's on her 'to do' list.. Any recommendations for demoing would be appreciated. We will head back west the 2nd week in March; current plans are Tahoe but might change to Utah; the sales at Cole's and Jans' start about that time so might be good opportunity to save some bucks on the right skis.

Check out the K-2 t-line lotta luv (119-78-105) or the K-2 t-line phat luv (128-95-78).

If you two ladies ski Vokls, odds are you'll diss K-2 skis (and the phat luv's hot pink color), but you ain't in ice land anymore. Generally speaking, softer skis are better in softer snow unless you are at the pro level. And the hotness factor triples for chicks (of all ages) who can rock on hot pink skis.

For a purely West Coast ski, I've bypassed the mid-fat category all together and now ski Salomon Pocket Rockets (122-90-115). I ski 90 percent ungroomed runs (including bumps), weigh 185 lbs, and am an advanced skier, but I'm comfortable skiing East Coast pow and crud on 65mm skis. Mid-fats are very nice off-piste, but 90+ skis really rock.

Demo the phat luv's. If you or your daughter can handle them on the groomed and bumps, buy them over the mid-fats. They'll make all the difference off-piste and your lives will never be the same.