I went skiing yesterday after heavy snow fall in southern NH. The snow depth was almost 18 inches and the shovel on my ski buried itself on downhills pitching me forward...fortunately I was not going fast. I was skiing with a 188 cm Rossignol Tempo Tour ski with 60-50-55 side cut.
Is there a technique that can be used to prevent the shovel from burying or is it necessary to use a wider ski for more floatation under deep snow conditions?
you can sit back on your heels a bit more, and/or keep your feet moving (rapid little step-turns, picking one foot then the other up to "depressurize" the ski tip periodically). Think light on your feet and ready to react to whatever the terrain/snow dishes out.
Chris C SLC, UT can we have some of your snow???
Author <list@exit7.net> wrote: I went skiing yesterday after heavy snow fall in southern NH. The snow depth was almost 18 inches and the shovel on my ski buried itself on downhills pitching me forward...fortunately I was not going fast. I was skiing with a 188 cm Rossignol Tempo Tour ski with 60-50-55 side cut.
Is there a technique that can be used to prevent the shovel from burying or is it necessary to use a wider ski for more floatation under deep snow conditions?
George
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<DIV>you can sit back on your heels a bit more, and/or keep your feet moving (rapid little step-turns, picking one foot then the other up to "depressurize" the ski tip periodically).  Think light on your feet and ready to react to whatever the terrain/snow dishes out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Chris C</DIV> <DIV>SLC, UT</DIV> <DIV>can we have some of your snow???<BR><BR><B><I>Author <list@exit7.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I went skiing yesterday after heavy snow fall in southern NH.<BR>The snow depth was almost 18 inches and the shovel on my<BR>ski buried itself on downhills pitching me forward...fortunately<BR>I was not going fast. I was skiing with a 188 cm Rossignol Tempo <BR>Tour ski with 60-50-55 side cut.<BR><BR>Is there a technique that can be used to prevent the shovel <BR>from burying or is it necessary to use a wider ski for more floatation<BR>under deep snow conditions?<BR><BR>George<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com --0-1757638508-1110817788=:45070--
"Author" <list@exit7.net> wrote in message news:01c528ae$55be90e0$7498e904@gwg1...>I went skiing yesterday after heavy snow fall in southern NH.> The snow depth was almost 18 inches and the shovel on my> ski buried itself on downhills pitching me forward...fortunately> I was not going fast. I was skiing with a 188 cm Rossignol Tempo> Tour ski with 60-50-55 side cut.>
Is there a technique that can be used to prevent the shovel> from burying or is it necessary to use a wider ski for more floatation> under deep snow conditions?
It's my understanding that although ski binding location is 'normally' at balance point of ski, it can be adjusted according to type of skiing conditions. For in-track, you'd want the tips 'heavy' so the ski stays in the track. If you typically ski out-of--track (i.e. not at nordic centers...), then a slightly more rearward balance point would help prevent digging-in. a
