Well, the kids keep growing, so it’s new ski time again this season. This time the youngest needs a new AT set up.
Here is what I am mulling over. She is 5’8”(172cm) tall and 100 lbs (45). since she is only 11, she might well grow a fair bit more (my oldest daughter is 6’). My wife is the same height, but weighs 165lbs. Both are intermediate skiers, skiing at slower speeds (in the backcountry).
Since they are the same height, and have the same boot size, it seems appealing to buy something that my wife can use too, so that if my daughter grows out of it, it would remain useful, and if my wife and I do an adults only trip, she has a quiver to choose from.
Currently, my wife has older Fischer Hannibal 96s in the 164cm length. Great allround backcountry ski for her:
Nice medium width, narrow enough for firm snow, wide enough for soft snow. Tip rocker, and a touch of ‘lift’ (~10mm) rocker in the tail. Still flat enough you can jam it in the snow for an anchor pretty well. Reasonably lightweight, easy to ski.
Some of the things my wife and I hope to ski in the future would be a midwinter Canadian hut, European hut to hut traverse, and (easy) spring ski-mountaineering.
Many of the Canadian huts state you should bring a ski over 105mm wide.
So, adding a wider ~105mm ski for deep snow, is appealing. The drawback is how my daughter would do with that if we are doing a family ski tour in spring, on firm snow.
For spring ski mountaineering, narrower skis grip better on icy snow while skiing up (don’t need ski crampons nearly as soon) and are nicer on the knees (my wife’s knees are shot form ball sports as a teen). Flat tails are easier to jam in the snow.
So here is an appeal to get a narrower ski, which will update be great for my wife for Ski-mountaineering or either one of them for spring skiing, but might make it too difficult for my daughter to enjoy low angle, tight trees in deep snow.
My wife also has a pair of 170cm Fullavits (96 mm waist, ski great in soft snow), mounted with Shift bindings, so for shorter tours in deep snow, we could use those.
Of course, the other option is another mid waisted, all around skitouring ski, but it seems unappealing to double up like that, when my youngest might grow out of them again soon.
Thoughts on family quivers?
Here is what I am mulling over. She is 5’8”(172cm) tall and 100 lbs (45). since she is only 11, she might well grow a fair bit more (my oldest daughter is 6’). My wife is the same height, but weighs 165lbs. Both are intermediate skiers, skiing at slower speeds (in the backcountry).
Since they are the same height, and have the same boot size, it seems appealing to buy something that my wife can use too, so that if my daughter grows out of it, it would remain useful, and if my wife and I do an adults only trip, she has a quiver to choose from.
Currently, my wife has older Fischer Hannibal 96s in the 164cm length. Great allround backcountry ski for her:
Nice medium width, narrow enough for firm snow, wide enough for soft snow. Tip rocker, and a touch of ‘lift’ (~10mm) rocker in the tail. Still flat enough you can jam it in the snow for an anchor pretty well. Reasonably lightweight, easy to ski.
Some of the things my wife and I hope to ski in the future would be a midwinter Canadian hut, European hut to hut traverse, and (easy) spring ski-mountaineering.
Many of the Canadian huts state you should bring a ski over 105mm wide.
So, adding a wider ~105mm ski for deep snow, is appealing. The drawback is how my daughter would do with that if we are doing a family ski tour in spring, on firm snow.
For spring ski mountaineering, narrower skis grip better on icy snow while skiing up (don’t need ski crampons nearly as soon) and are nicer on the knees (my wife’s knees are shot form ball sports as a teen). Flat tails are easier to jam in the snow.
So here is an appeal to get a narrower ski, which will update be great for my wife for Ski-mountaineering or either one of them for spring skiing, but might make it too difficult for my daughter to enjoy low angle, tight trees in deep snow.
My wife also has a pair of 170cm Fullavits (96 mm waist, ski great in soft snow), mounted with Shift bindings, so for shorter tours in deep snow, we could use those.
Of course, the other option is another mid waisted, all around skitouring ski, but it seems unappealing to double up like that, when my youngest might grow out of them again soon.
Thoughts on family quivers?
@Analisa ?
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