XCD/Resorts

[anrothar]

And after you go to AMH, you could stroll across the street to Play It Again(or to Hoarding Marmot across from REI) and maybe find some suitable skis on the cheap.

[lowangle al]

Last I checked AMH didn't bring in any new Tele boots. They aren't promoting heavy Tele anymore, I doubt they are even bringing in bindings.

At one time it was all Leather boots and skinny skis at Alyeska. The trick to resort skiing on light gear is find good snow(usually on the sides of the easier slopes) and ski within your limits. With all of that vertical available it's easy to bite off more than you can chew so to speak.

[GLB]

Thanks guys. Looking for a set of skins for the Epochs as well. Down my way the Summit lake area is a good place to ski.

[martin2007]

If I understand you, you'd like something versatile that will work well in BC skiing and resorts. I'd recommend avoiding fish-scale bases if you're thinking of resort skiing. They'll slow you down considerably on the low angle sections and will be (painfully) slow compared to waxable downhill-oriented skis. If you tend to encounter mostly hardpack on the resort slopes I'd recommend skinny 90's-era alpine skis, slalom-type skis of the period. I really enjoy my old Rossi Jr.'s with Voilé 3-pin and cables which I "overpower" with Garmont Synergies. Fun as hell and shamefully cheap. More fun: buy barely-used 90's-2000's alpine skis, remove the alpine bindings, drill holes as needed, put on Voile-cables or whatever else pleases you, and discover the personality of old-school stuff. That said, my go-to skis for powder at resorts (Colorado) are Salomon Q-90's with Vices, but on groomers and tired old snow, I still prefer dancing around on light old stuff.