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Powder or Piste?

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I have been using this forum for aprox 4 months now. It seems we have a varied difference in abilities and styles of skiers. Was just wandering what everybody prefered. I myself have never skied off piste so would have to say piste by default really but how about the rest of you......
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If every other day is a powder day then I'm happy (and so are my legs)
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Does it have to be either/or? I want it all! In my (limited) experience I have had equally joyous moments both on and off piste.
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ohh, that's a hard one - like saying sex or skiing, v difficult to answer. If there's powder then I'll go off-piste, but if there were powder every single day not sure how I'd split it.
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Piste with a bit of Powder on it.
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Frosty the Snowman,
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Piste with a bit of Powder on it.


You would have to be careful not to ski into that fence you seem to be sat on though Very Happy Very Happy
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Powder, all day, every day. Oh and spring snow, and bumps, and hard snow, and Dendix for the summer ! Laughing
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ski, are you sure - I skied 5 consecutive days of powder this January - shin to thigh deep and my legs were so tired I was aching for some open piste blasting by day 5. I admit we don't take prisoners on our trips, up the first lift and home only when they shut / it gets dark. Skullie VIZ

Its the mix for me that flicks my switch as rob@rar.org.uk says
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I'm with Frosty the Snowman, Piste with say about 6 to 12 inches of fresh powder over the top, perfect ! snowHead
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You would have to be careful not to ski into that fence you seem to be sat on though
The week I learned to ski at Sauze D'Oulx I skied into a fence in resort centre and had to retrieve a ski from the front grill of a Renault 5 parked on the other side
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Frosty the Snowman, D G Orf, you mean hero snow?

I would go for light fluffy powder every time, but it's only recently that I've started to get the hang of it.
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Powder, powder,powder,powder,powder, powder, powder, powder, powder, powder,powder, powder.
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Dave J, So whats your answer then?!! Laughing
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POWDER! Laughing
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it has to be POWder for me! Very Happy
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Fluffy powder, preferably untracked (may mean getting up early) on or off piste. snowHead
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Powder
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Pure powder, though I'd of course have to get my legs in a bit better shape Smile Though every so often a wide open field of fresh courduroy (sp?) is nice for laying out high speed, large radius carves.
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Piste - always, I dont like trying to find my skis in powder
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ponder wrote:
Pure powder, though I'd of course have to get my legs in a bit better shape Smile Though every so often a wide open field of fresh courduroy (sp?) is nice for laying out high speed, large radius carves.


That's my take on it too.
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I'm unfortunately with Frosty sat firmly on the fence! Sad I would love to say "POWDER" but I need more lessens before that is going to happen! Have tried the deep off piste at the side of the pistes but one of my attempts resulted in my skis stopping abrubtly whilst I carried on forward resulting in me flatout, unable to move and eating snow! Embarassed
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IncogSkiSno, I am brilliant in deep powder, providing no deviation from the straight line is required. snowHead .
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Hero snow for me too. Hell, I suddenly went from Plough Man (not ploughman's) to Parallel Genius due to hero snow.
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Slaloming around trees in armpit deep powder, threading your way through waist-high bumps or weaving your way between bottomless crevasses and hopping off the odd cliff along the way - the only point of pistes is joining all this stuff up, and what is more boring and tedious than corduroy? I of course ski all this stuff absolutely perfectly - in the pub and my dreams Very Happy . Such a shame about reality! Crying or Very sad

(Drop the extremity level though about 70-90% - and then I am being serious)
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Powder.

Piste is fun. Hard pack is fun. Even crud and slush can be fun.

But when there's powder, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

Piste skiing is fun. Powder skiing is an altered state of conciousness (on the one day a year I get it right)
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Powder skiing is an altered state of conciousness

This powder skiing; does it involve a rolled up twenty and a mirror.

Could it be that we are getting a little carried away here?
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Frosty the Snowman, no, powder skiing *IS* a higher state of being.

If I was fit enough, I would want to ski powder all the time. Since I'm not, and because I get fun railroading pistes, then I like to switch between the two while my legs recover.
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ginger winger wrote:
I have been using this forum for aprox 4 months now. It seems we have a varied difference in abilities and styles of skiers. Was just wandering what everybody prefered. I myself have never skied off piste so would have to say piste by default really but how about the rest of you......
The above quote asks a different question to the topic title, namely "Powder or Piste". The initial post asks about off piste compared to on piste. There are a whole host of wonderful snow types off piste in addition to powder. There are also some less wonderful snow types.

I like to ski off piste and one goal is to move snow types from my personal "less wonderful" category into the "wonderful" category. Breakable-crust and really-thick-porridge-like-snow are current member of my "less wonderful" category. I have forgotten the other members.

On piste skiing has several purposes. Accessing the off-piste. Practicing technique. Social skiing with less able friends. Finding a restaurant for lunch. (In no particular order)
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Adrian wrote:
...Breakable-crust and really-thick-porridge-like-snow are current member of my "less wonderful" category. I have forgotten the other members.....

Can't imagine they'll ever be in my favourites.
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Frosty the Snowman wrote:
Could it be that we are getting a little carried away here?


No. Cool ...a shallow powder run is like skiing in a dream; so creamy smooth you wonder where the ground went... then you find a steep and go into a slow-motion freefall that seems to last forever and you wonder if the ground under the snow *ever* existed at all... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, oh I'm sorry where was I? I think I need to, um, oh excuse me...
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Martin Nicholas, oh yes !
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J2Dave, Thats fine, you are obviously not carried away rolling eyes
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J2Dave, tissue time?
But almost as nice is fat, steep, wide red, empty and unmarked beyond the bison's cording, ice crystals flickering in the cold dry air as they catch the first sun as your world tuns to let it highlight every slight imperfection in your downward path, there's just you and maybe a couple of friends to hear as you click into factory fresh skis and point them toward the playground? wink
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ice crystals flickering in the cold dry air
This is a magic light that pierces the very centre of our senses.
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No comparison - has to be powder. No other feeling quite like it, after the first couple of turns are made then the snow and gravity do virtually all the work for you.
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Talking about higher states of being, this was me higher than a kite in the Dammkar last winter... http://www.lawrie.de/HiResolutionPictures/MikeDammkar.bmp (sorry only a bmp)
What do you need 20 bills and mirrors for?
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Here's a couple more:
http://www.lawrie.de/Dammkar/MikeDammkar2.bmp
http://www.lawrie.de/Dammkar/PeterDammkar.bmp
http://www.lawrie.de/Dammkar/PeterDammkar2.bmp

I think the only word to describe skiing in those kind of conditions is 'Orgasmic'! Is skiing better than sex? Sometimes there's no competition!
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I'd hate having to give up piste or powder.
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For those who can(or think they can wink ) ski powder, then the choice is not difficult. I would prefer to ski on-piste if the off piste was frozen and very rutted - fillings these days are darn expensive to replace.
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For those who can(or think they can wink ) ski powder, then the choice is not difficult. I would prefer to ski on-piste if the off piste was frozen and very rutted - fillings these days are darn expensive to replace.

Neat skiing. Did wonder if you were destined to wind up aaonst the pole when I saw the opeining shot snowHead
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