I think people may be trying to suggest the best ski for the iced up 30* slopes @Lighturn mentions.Lighturn wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 4:49 pmThanks alot to all contributions!
Since I may have expressed myself not clear enough I try it in one sentence:
I am looking for the ski that will supply the most edge grip on hard packed frozen snow when used with Xplore bindigns and available Xplore leather boots.
I do not intend to kill myself in a sophisticated way using lightweight Telegear. Nor do intend to scatter down icy slopes on a regular basis and abuse the slender planks. As I wrote before: "I want the most suitable of all the not suitable skis for that job." In case I need it done every now and then. I know what the described setup is meant to accomplish and I know that I ask for the limits. I just want to have the most suitable ski when things get scetchy. Otherwise I would not even post in a specialists forum
Cheers
Lighturn
What he is asking is: Out of all the skis that are good for the touring he will NORMALLY do, which are the one(s) that would best handle the iced up 30* slopes he sometimes encounters.
I have no idea what that ski is. None will be great, since they will be better suited for more mellow conditions.
Personally, I think a narrower ski may be better. It will be easier to edge, and will be EFFECTIVELY more torsionally stiff (for edge hold), since, being narrower, there is less leverage in the ski’s width to make it twist.
So, @jyw5’s suugestion of the Otto, might be good?
I’m speaking more theoretically, than from firsthand experience, but my experience matchs what I said.
On an icy 30* slope, I would MUCH rather be on a narrower, stiffer, ski, than a wider, more “playful” ski.
And, I might be doing kick turns on the way down!