Heading to Big White for Thurs-Sat, can't decide what skis to take

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ljackstar

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Ok, I realise this is a true first world problem, but I'm flying to Kelowna on Wednesday and I don't know which skis to take. I'm there for 3 days, and realisticaly can only take 2 of my 3. So my choices are:

ON3P Billy Goats - For Pow

Elan Ripsticks 96 - For Hardpack/all mountain

Fischer Guru - For Park

If I take the billy goats and it doesn't snow (it's not in the forecast) then I'm stuck riding park/hard pack for 3 days. If I take the other two, then on the chance it does snow I would have to use the Ripsticks which are only 96 underfoot.
 
i currently just use 96 waist skis for everything from rail rat days to pow days SO i am biased i suppose but i think the obvious answer is you take the 96s as a good compromise
 
Bigwhites my home hill and it definitely gets tracked out pretty quick. If you can only bring one ski id say +1 for the ripsticks but if you can take 2 skis go billy goats and gurus. Right now theres not a ton of pow left but the parks pretty solid
 
13773846:-WZ- said:
Bigwhites my home hill and it definitely gets tracked out pretty quick. If you can only bring one ski id say +1 for the ripsticks but if you can take 2 skis go billy goats and gurus. Right now theres not a ton of pow left but the parks pretty solid
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Ok thanks. I can bring 2 pairs and I'm definitely bringing park skis I'm just deciding right now if I should bring my billy goats on the off chance I can find pow, or the rip sticks if it's going to be bumps and hard packed.
 
If the weather says there isn't snow in the forecast, what's your question here? Hoping against all reason and weather models that a 2' dump comes out of nowhere?
 
13773959:californiagrown said:
If the weather says there isn't snow in the forecast, what's your question here? Hoping against all reason and weather models that a 2' dump comes out of nowhere?
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Yes...

I mean, if it has happened the other way around, why can't it happen this way?
 
13774033:ljackstar said:
Yes...

I mean, if it has happened the other way around, why can't it happen this way?
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How deep of a day do you need, for Billy goats to be much preferred over the 96 waisted skis?
 
13774033:ljackstar said:
Yes...

I mean, if it has happened the other way around, why can't it happen this way?
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I have confidence in the current weather model. Snow won't start to hit the interior until late sunday.
 
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