would you rather: break trail or follow a track

Would you rather... break trail through deep snow and be the only one out there, or  follow someone else's track and have the work done for you but see some other people/tracks on your slope?

Taking turns breaking trail with your touring partner is not a valid answer.

Is "move smoothly along existing track, whether broken by others or plowed by WSDOT, then break track toward something new" a valid answer?

break trail. no question i would almost always choose to break trail and get to be the only group around.

With modern rockered tip skis and tech bindings, I'd rather break trail, set a good track on the best route, and not have to tread in someone else's poorly laid track, too narrow track, or iced out track.

breaking trail is a way better experience,  but if a track is there I guess i usually use it

breaking trail is a way better experience,  but if a track is there I guess i usually use it

More or less ditto, except I can't help myself but to get out and break if the track I'm following gets particularly boneheaded, unless it is an ultra-deep and heavy sort of day. Especially if we think we might do a second lap, or I have more than one or maybe two people behind me.

Answer also depends somewhat on the area and nature of the turnable slopes. I.e. if there is a wide ridge full of great tree skiing where every party can find their own quiet lines, I find myself enjoying a reasonably well-placed uptrack more and more as time goes by!