Let's see your 16-17 quiver!

[lilcliffy]

The price they paid for the alpine skis is a significant money-saver.

Though, I now have enough pairs of Eons and Epochs for my kids...but not shorter than 165cm...

I wonder how much those alpine skis weigh that he bought...

Anyway, now that Maeve will be three this winter- it is no longer children that would stop us from going on a backcountry ski trip. 4 years ago, my wife and I decided to focus a lot of our "free" time on growing our little homestead, so that we could grow a large percentage of our own food.

It is no longer children that prevent us from doing multi-day trips in the mountains- it is chickens, pigs, sheep, and cattle.

Getting away as a family for a few days in the summer is doable- unless I am milking- but almost impossible in the winter.

Where we live enables us to backcountry ski, hike, mtn bike, camp, fish and hunt- right from our doorstep.

I would love to do a family backcountry ski trip to the mountains, but it would require someone to look after our homestead- fire, water, and livestock.

[rongon]

I don't have a photo, but my quiver has grown quite a bit over the last ten years or so. It's a bit of a weird one.

Big downhill skis = Dynastar Cham 97 High Mountain (2014 model) 172 cm, AXL bindings
Little downhill skis = Dynastar Legend 3800 (2005 model) 172 cm, Voile Hardwire bindings (orange)
Fat XCD skis = Voile Vector BC 170 cm (2014), Voile Switchback X2 bindings (black)
Fat XCD skis = Fischer S-Bound 125 175 cm (2015 model) no bindings yet
Big XCD skis = Madshus Annum 175 cm (2012), Voile Switchback bindings (red)
Medium XCD skis = Fischer Rebound 179 cm (2007), Voile HD Mountaineer bindings
Skinny skis that say "XCD" on their topsheets = Karhu Pegasus 185 cm, Salomon SNS-XA bindings
XC I-beams = Asnes white military surplus skis 190 cm, Karhu 3-Pin bindings

Boots:
Crispi CXP
Crispi CXT
Garmont Excursion
Asolo Extreme
Salomon BCX (SNS-XA)

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[MikeK]

I don't have a photo, but my quiver has grown quite a bit over the last ten years or so. It's a bit of a weird one.

Big downhill skis = Dynastar Cham 97 High Mountain (2014 model) 172 cm, AXL bindings
Little downhill skis = Dynastar Legend 3800 (2005 model) 172 cm, Voile Hardwire bindings (orange)
Fat XCD skis = Voile Vector BC 170 cm (2014), Voile Switchback X2 bindings (black)
Fat XCD skis = Fischer S-Bound 125 175 cm (2015 model) no bindings yet
Big XCD skis = Madshus Annum 175 cm (2012), Voile Switchback bindings (red)
Medium XCD skis = Fischer Rebound 179 cm (2007), Voile HD Mountaineer bindings
Skinny skis that say "XCD" on their topsheets = Karhu Pegasus 185 cm, Salomon SNS-XA bindings
XC I-beams = Asnes white military surplus skis 190 cm, Karhu 3-Pin bindings

Boots:
Crispi CXP
Crispi CXT
Garmont Excursion
Asolo Extreme
Salomon BCX (SNS-XA)

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Seems like a good spread to me. What's your thoughts on the Rebounds? What do you typically ski with those?

[Ant01ne]

Head Rev 90 170 with BD O2 for the resort
K2 Coomback 181 with BD O1 and G3 momix skins for powder purposes
Scarpa T1

Fischer Superlite Crown for the cardio workout

[anrothar]

Current, in desperate need of pruning, quiver. From skinny to less skinny:


Fischer skate skis

Atomic Team Classic skis

Atomic ATC 'Walking' skis(fishscaled touring xc skis, no metal edges. I use them for low snow dog walking rock skis)

Asnes Mountain Race 48(go fast/far touring ski on firm conditions)

Madshus Pellestova(former go fast/far touring ski on firm conditions, undecided on fate)(205- gouged and beat up rock skis, and 210)

Old Fischer e99, the 65mm tip ones, with tip protector(these are likely to be purged, locally)

Asnes Gamme 54(planned go fast/far touring skis for mixed conditions)(haven't skied these yet)

Atomic Sierra (My well traveled singletrack(mtb trails) ski)(similar to Rossi BC70, but with the old Fischer sintered fishscaled base.)

Old Asnes Combat 210(haven't skied or mounted them yet)

Madshus Eon 205(currently my soft conditions go far touring skis, but might be replaced by Asnes Combats)(wax and no wax)

Fischer S-Bound 98(my deep snow play ski)

[MikeK]

Asnes Gamme 54(planned go fast/far touring skis for mixed conditions)(haven't skied these yet)

Any thoughts on the camber and flex of these? I actually really want a pair, but they are damn expensive and an old pair of woodies, or any similar skinny-ish XC wax ski could fill my void.

Old Asnes Combat 210(haven't skied or mounted them yet)

Madshus Eon 205(currently my soft conditions go far touring skis, but might be replaced by Asnes Combats)(wax and no wax)

Obviously opinions will vary, but the Combat skis could never replace an Eon for me. It's just a far better flexing ski. I'd be willing to be the Combats will be faster in a straight line in ideal conditions, but throw any type of maneuverability in there and the more modern ski is much more well rounded.

[StormyMonday]

190 Karhu 10th Mtn (older fake wood grain tops) with Mountaineers for my leathers
185 Tua Mito with 3pcable for resort (if I ever go to one)
179 Outtabounds with Mountaineers for thickets behind my house
170 Alpina X Terrain with 3pcable for New England trees

[satsuma]

Only those that I have boots for:

Fischer Vista Crown 189 59-50-54 / SNS Profil new (for me) edgeless track ski
Madshus Northcape 200 60-50-55 (older version of Voss) SNS Profil not sure if I am going to use these for anything-- my old skis
Alpina Discovery 68-60-65 NNN-BC primary ski
BD Polar Star 200 72-54-62 NNN-BC (old single camber telemark ski ) (haven't used these yet, maybe for practicing turns this year )

Satsuma

[MikeK]

BD Polar Star 200 72-54-62 NNN-BC (old single camber telemark ski ) (haven't used these yet, maybe for practicing turns this year )

Those might be fun. What boots are you using for NNN-BC?

[anrothar]

Asnes Gamme 54(planned go fast/far touring skis for mixed conditions)(haven't skied these yet)

Any thoughts on the camber and flex of these? I actually really want a pair, but they are damn expensive and an old pair of woodies, or any similar skinny-ish XC wax ski could fill my void.

In hand, just giving them a squeeze test, they're remarkably similar to my gf's Glittertinds. Noticeable difference is that they have a longer wax pocket once the first camber is compressed out of them. They're gorgeous skis, and I have no doubt I'll love how they ski, but had I known that going in, I probably would have just bought waxable Glittertinds for myself locally. Especially with how disappointed I was in the lack of glide with the nylon skinlock, though I still think they'll get faster with some miles on them and like them better than the BD option. As it is now, I'll be carrying Madshus' Intelligrip skin for difficult waxing conditions and saving the skinlock for steeper/longer climbs.

Old Asnes Combat 210(haven't skied or mounted them yet)

Madshus Eon 205(currently my soft conditions go far touring skis, but might be replaced by Asnes Combats)(wax and no wax)

Obviously opinions will vary, but the Combat skis could never replace an Eon for me. It's just a far better flexing ski. I'd be willing to be the Combats will be faster in a straight line in ideal conditions, but throw any type of maneuverability in there and the more modern ski is much more well rounded.

I'll be interested to see how similarly I feel about that. My main focus is and always has been distance, so the faster straight line speed and slightly more float(?) might give the Combats a significant edge for me.