Help! Building a PNW quiver

www.bluehouseskis.com is having a sale this friday night at midnight, and their skis are 50% off, i plan to get a pair of maestros as my pow day ski, and it shows it as the same weight as my gotamas. which seem not too heavy, and I've seen people tour in. for 375$ you get a rockered ski, with flat camber under foot, and something that's not THAT gigantic under foot. They claim it's got a bit of stiffness under foot for managing the firm stuff. Although much the problem with MW's is that you'll have a large area to place a climbing skin, but with BD's new split skins may not be as big of a problem... Just commit to heavy and start doing squats.

And I think it has a notch in the tail for skins which so many manufacturers seem to ignore.

Mine don't, but they are part of last years batch.

At 6'1" ~170-180 lbs + pack and intermediate (among the TAY crowd) skill, I've found the 177 El Hombres - purple 07? model (full disclosure - I got the skis for free in a G3 contest) to be fine companions in the winter snows around here. They're 135/105/125?, with a ~30 m sidecut. In anything but extremely firm conditions, I'm able to drive them happily with Comforts and lightweight boots. In deep snow, they're more efficient at the up than my slightly lighter 84 mm waisted 184 Kongurs.  Descending on breakable crust is far easier with wider skis; I'm convinced that 6" of new atop trap crust is where fat skis shine the brightest. They rip corn just fine too. At 177, they're plenty stable at speed for the fastest I tend to want to go; I've not found a speed limit. I tend to spend a lot of time pansying about in trees, so I've found the shorter skis useful.

I seem to be partial to longer sidecuts in skis, but if turnier sounds better, many of the offerings from Voile might weightlessly float your boat.

Very funny stuff!
I'll muddy the waters - This sounds like an excellent time and you sound like a prime prospect to take up Telemark...at least the way I do it.   :
(No offense to my many better skilled mentors.)

I am extremely flattered by your suggestion. Alas my timidity is matched only by my lack of balance and coordination. I often question whether, strictly speaking, I am connected to my feet.

Perhaps in another lifetime . Or, when I have kids who will need to be publicly humiliated. Whichever comes first.

www.bluehouseskis.com is having a sale this friday night at midnight, and their skis are 50% off, i plan to get a pair of maestros as my pow day ski, and it shows it as the same weight as my gotamas. which seem not too heavy, and I've seen people tour in. for 375$ you get a rockered ski, with flat camber under foot, and something that's not THAT gigantic under foot. They claim it's got a bit of stiffness under foot for managing the firm stuff. Although much the problem with MW's is that you'll have a large area to place a climbing skin, but with BD's new split skins may not be as big of a problem... Just commit to heavy and start doing squats.

Thanks! Great tip on the Bluehouse sale. I'm just not super excited about a true twin, as my ski tails often get jammed into the snow as part of my finely honed Dynafiddle process (Baltoro can back me up on this).

You couldn't be more right on the squats recommendation. Lord knows I could use them.

Resort - 70 to 80mm underfoot,   All mtn - 90mm,  Big mtn - up to 105mm.   Pow (only)  105 +.   $  Best deal - search the prior 2 seasons.   sidenote - Rocker in your 'quiver' is a Powder ski.  And quiver, & rocker - is synonymous with surfing.     small waves - longboard,   medium waves - performance short board,    waves double overhead - CA gun,   large to huge waves,   Hawaiian gun, or 'tow-in board', and very large cajones !!
  ** if you get a rocker ski, you'll need a doctor's note for missing class.
                                                   RM,  ex-surfer, ski-bum -  Reno, NV

Thanks a bunch for the advice. I aspire one day to be cool enough to grasp your metaphor (which may be a felony, come to think of it), but alas my mom (whom Baltoro apparently wants to push in front of a train) made the mistake of showing me the National Geographic Great White Shark special at a too tender age. So surfing never quite made the activity list. Nor, really, did bathing.