On Aug 31, 5:53*pm, lal_truckee wrote:
On 8/31/10 3:52 AM, Evojeesus wrote:
CLIP

Skiing powder in the forest is mad fun but nothing
beats the big lines on big mountains. I've seen boarders lose maybe
1500 feet of vertical in about five turns down a steepish glacier. Has
anyone skied Alta in less than 10 turns?-D

I have to ask: WHY!?!?!

Not my thing either! However, I can see how coming down a huge face
with gigantic turns can kick ass.

Why would anyone want to give up the floating three dimensional dance of
bottomless powder to merely make big turns and go fast? If fast is the
goal bring out DH race skis and ski a prepared course - nothing like
220cm skis at 75mph+ for the feel of speed.

Well people say going really fast in deep powder is fun too even
though I think it kind of wastes the terrain.