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Alps this year
I think I can safely say that snow isn't a problem in the Alps this year,
certainly not in Flaine. I also /need/ some all-mountain skis and another week's off-piste training. I tried hiring a pair of older Scott Crusade skis for a day - surprisingly light and even carved a quite well on piste, albeit in near-perfect snow. I also later tried a pair of Dynastar Cham-87 skis: I was suspicious of the discreet "Rocker technology" logo, but they were fine in fluffy powder (and there was a lot of that around), on red-run bumps and scraped-hard red home runs, and they carved well, maybe better than the Scotts. Trouble is, I was finding my powder legs afer 3-4 years of mostly on-piste skiing using carving skis, and despite a week's off-piste traning several years ago, I'm not that experienced, so the subjective feel of the skis might have changed over the week and it's probably not a fair comparison. I really liked the Scotts - a revelation in powder after my own skis, but the Dynastars might be the better all-rounder. Doesn't it echo in here, now? -- Pip |
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