On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 6:59:19 PM UTC-6, lal_truckee wrote:
On 10/16/15 11:36 AM, comadrejo wrote:

If people want hardcore skiing, buy a beacon, an avy shovel and go to
Silverton, or better yet, ski mountaineer in the Tetons or the Canadian
Rockies..

Bad advice. A beacon without significant on-slope practice merely makes
one over-confident and leading the skier into excessively dangerous
conditions. It also makes one into a liability to his group rather than
an asset, in event of a slide.

*That* and there is plenty of "hardcore" inbounds skiing. And soft snow if you avoid areas that allow snowboards.