Anyone test the Rossi Soul 7 HD against the Salomon QST 106?

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Pow glades?

Bombing hardpack is hilarious.

I think the 118 must suck with anything other than an sth2 binding.

Pow glades = tree sections with fresh snow in them. Not sure what else to call it. That's where I spend my time at Steamboat when there's powder, unless the open areas are untracked or the snow is very light (when tracks don't matter). Storm comes out, most everyone stays inside, a few people are out in the trees enjoying it, I'm among them. That's my favorite place to be.

Bombing hardpack hilarious? I guess I'm not using the right wording. When there's no new snow, I don't like to make a lot of turns. Feel free to school me on vocab. I don't claim to know how to communicate well with other humans.

The binding thing, not sure what you mean. I had STH on the last pair of skis, and these 118's have Warden 13's on them. Makes no difference to me. When the fresh snow was out, these skis were super fun. Only sucked on hardpack and higher speeds, which makes sense, they're not made for either.

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Got a deal on QST 99's that I couldn't pass up. Great boards, stoked. Mini report below.

Just got back from Mammoth late last night. Skied Sunday in the wind and then the storm yesterday, super fun in the trees. Visibility was pretty minimal at times, and the wind was intermittently whipping like a mother, but lots of soft stuff on the ground. The temp changes throughout the day on Sun and Mon were significant, so we got both lighter and heavier fresh snow, plus hardpack before the storm moved in.

Had a fantastic time on the 188 Salomon QST 99's, what a versatile set of boards! They seem to do anything, just like my previous Head RnR's, but with more float. Decently stable for cruising, very maneuverable in the trees, floated well on the lighter fresh snow and were predictable and easy to plow through heavier stuff when the temps came up, did reasonably on hardpack for sidecountry skis, and felt light and effortless on the feet. Winner, winner chicken dinner!

I'm definitely glad I went for the 188 size, they're light and reactive enough so that the extra length is unnoticeable, but the benefits of stability at speed and extra surface area for float were there. I did a few reasonably fast cruisers in the 50s and 60s up to 66mph before the storm arrived and while the tips were active due to soft flex up front and lightness, the skis tracked well and felt stable with no surprises. Didn't really expect these to be able to cruise at speed as well as they do.