Woodserson wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:36 pm
How come you didn't go for a 112?
Well, it's a balance, isn't it? I did consider 112s (and gave some thought to Åsnes Rabbs), though I haven't seen any for sale in real life.
Most of my skiing is uphill on gentle climbs in deep powder. But I also climb up to huts on established trails packed by a dozen or two skiers ahead of me. And sometimes I'm in snowmobile or cat tracks. People complain some about the performance of the 98s on broken trails and machine tracks and they really don't like the 112s. I thought the 88s were nice and I didn't want to give up the good tracking entirely
And I ski in leather boots these days, so I'm concerned that people don't feel comfortable using the edges with the width of the 112s without hard plastic boots when the powder is covering harder consolidated snow. If I were in T2s, I'd feel better about the extra width on downhills.
On the other hand, the 112s have the same maximum length as the 98s, so they offer more surface area (my spreadsheet says 11% more surface area) and probably float better in powder both on the way up and down. They're about 1/2 pound heavier
What do you think? Are you leaning to 112s?
Also, excited for your pics this winter! If you're gonna hog all the pow you might as well post pics and just deepen the envy!
I'm excited, too.