silver city is the best part of sunshine. its got to be some of the gnarliest inbounds in north america not to mention wild west off of goats eye. the back country is so easy to get to and around off of the resort and you wont get in trouble for ducking boundry lines
you cant live life scared. i got buried in an avalanche 2 years ago and it scared the shit out of me last year so much that i barely went into the back country but this year i went back out into the back country to try to conquer my fear and by the end i was charging harder then i was when i got...
be careful with the jp vs julien they have a soft core and i've seen a couple ripped out bindings. they had the axial binding(rossi and look pivot bindings) but other then that my friends raved about them. if it were me i would towards head mojo for a stiffer ski
i have a pair of 183cm head IM 103's mounted with medium naxos. they have only been skied once. email me at corncutter2@hotmail.com or i would really like a pair of volkl sanouks if you want to trade for just the skis.
the size of your skis is what ever is practical. im 6' and i like mine around 185 just because they are quick enough through the tight trees but are still somewhat stable at high speed but if its big open lines i go for anything over 190