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Seeking quiver advice--volcano/ long tour ski

  • brownc9
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8 years 11 months ago #228894 by brownc9
I have a pair of 184cm MTN 95's with skins for sale... Would make a great ski for volcano season and long winter tours.

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8 years 11 months ago #229009 by Calvin
I work at a ski shop and each employee came up with their "dream quiver". The Blizzard 0G 95 was in everyone's top 3 for the "volcano/traverse" slot in the quiver. I would highly recommend them.

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8 years 11 months ago #229010 by haggis
As I'm a boarder and only wanted one pair of skis I bought the dynafit Dhaulagiri with Fritschi Vitec 12 bindings.  99 underfoot which should suffice for most conditions and are nice and light but still pretty stable.  I'm a crap skier but they got good reviews. Should be really good on the volcanoes too.

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8 years 11 months ago #229011 by kamtron
Something around 88 underfoot with mostly camber and slight tip rocker has worked well for me

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8 years 11 months ago #229014 by Good2Go
I've got the Mythics, which for me replaced two arrows in my former quiver (Dynafit Cho Oyu and DPS Wailer 99 hybrids). The Chos were super light and skied great in corn, but they were not damp at all on ice or chunks, skied pow terribly and were not confidence inspiring in terms of durability. The Wailer 99s were just too heavy for their intended purpose and skied really short (too much rocker on both ends IMO). Mythics aren't that light compared to some other options, but they really hold an edge on ice, are relatively damp and they ski pow really well for their size. Not a particularly demanding ski either. Softish tip, easy initiation, solid edge hold, great glide out of the box, etc. Pretty happy with the choice. They're also on sale for 35% off right now at Backcountry.

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8 years 11 months ago #229015 by jakedouglas
Replied by jakedouglas on topic Re: Seeking quiver advice--volcano/ long tour ski
I totally disagree about the Cho Oyus skiing powder terribly. I'm continually surprised at how good they are and since this winter use them for way more powder days than anything else. I also have some 115 waist skis and now really only use them when we're talking knee deep skin tracks.

To each their own ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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