The original idea behind making a ski as fat as 110mm underfoot wasn’t to open previously unskiable terrain to world-class athletes but to allow those without such skills to be able to navigate less forbidding pitches when the snow was knee deep. Our Finesse Favorites...
It wouldn’t be unfair to lump all skis over 100mm at the waist into a giant bucket labeled, “Powder,” and leave it at that. Obviously, the fatter the ski the better the flotation, so pick a ski based on how high you want to ride on new snow and you’re good to go. We...
The original idea behind making a ski as fat as 110mm underfoot wasn’t to open previously unskiable terrain to world-class athletes, but to allow those without such skills to be able to navigate less forbidding pitches when the snow is knee deep. Our Finesse Favorites...
The defining difference between our Power Picks and Finesse Favorites can be summed up succinctly: how fast are you willing to go before you can easily steer out of the fall line? If you tend to ride the brakes and the gas at the same time, you’ve overshot your...
The women’s Big Mountain genre has bedeviled us since we began covering these super-fat models as a separate category five seasons ago. Part of the problem is that skis this wide require some semblance of new snow to be given a fair evaluation, limiting their appeal...
