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XCD because they seem to match up the best to our terrain. Lite tele seems like overkill or cheating but can't say I haven't thought seriously about some Vectors or something similar.

Sounds like you are looking to ski similar terrain to what we have here in Minnesota among the bluffs and valleys of the Mississippi River Valley. With a half way decent snow year and storms out of the right direction powder can really pile up in special places, midwest backcountry skiing is not an ...

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