Jack M Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 This is about like choosing between your mother and father. It's not a realistic question that I will ever have to answer seriously. But I voted cord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 On Tuesday at SES I was at Highlands. About 1 PM we found a run than almost nobody else had. About 14" of fresh tracks run after run. Kept lapping this lift until they closed it at 3:30. I was on a Burton Fish. Riding was truly effortless. Best powder day I've ever had. Any cat can make cord. Only God can make powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shrederjen Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Rare, epic pow. Like I had all day at Buttermilk, a week ago. Or that endless, trackless run at La Parva, or heliskiing in Canada! Days to truely remember! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraph Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Cord is awesome, Pow is magical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Another kinda rare occurrence is fluff on groom. I've experienced a few days of 5"+ or so of featherlight snow on top of perfect cord. It doesn't last long as the crowds get into it but the sensation of ripping a low carve while the pow envelopes me is absolutely surreal. The board seems to float on air between transitions and then trench midturn. Looking down to see my whole body under the snow is pretty cool...with just my head floating above the snow. Best feeling ever - that weightless instant where you pull out of the trench and float across the snow, before diving back in ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 The only untracked pow I've ridden in has been behind a snowmobile with a tow-rope, or 50' hills at a local golf course. Sad, I know. I was amazed how quickly it gets tracked out at a resort - very much a 'duh!' moment but I was still surprised. We'd go for hours behind the snowmobile in ditches just looking for bigger drifts and jumping the road approaches/culverts. So I'll take pow when I can get it but I get hundreds of days of groom to every 1 day of pow, so my equipment is chosen to work best on groom. If I win the lotto there will be pow equipment and some helicopter rides on my list though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Voted Pow I've had more perfect groomed days of carving than powder days. I've had about half a dozen amazing powder days in Europe and US and still remember that weightless feeling of floating through the powder. There is nothing like it. 12-15 isn't enough I want 30+ of powder:1luvu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoltan Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I love cord, but my real passion is trees and touring, and powder is kind of key for those. Also, there is nothing so sublime as soul surfing powder through a grove of aspens . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 The results of this poll have me questioning the future of the human race... How can we possibly survive if so many people prefer cord to pow? Has nearly half the forum gone insane?!!? Ah well, more fluffy stuff for the rest of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxjas38 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'm from Maryland. What is this powder you speak of ?:lol: I really need to move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Any cat can make cord. Only God can make powder. Wrong! On JJA (Olympic PGS run), we've got such a snow making firepower, that we can get a foot of fresh over a cold night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Wrong! On JJA (Olympic PGS run), we've got such a snow making firepower, that we can get a foot of fresh over a cold night. You've obviously never ridden in actual powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heroshmero Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'm getting the distinct feeling that those of us out west have to make the choice because of the access to good snow. For the east coasters the answer seems to be the obvious - pow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Powder. Both rock... to me it's like asking, "which would you rather see? Your favorite pitcher toss a no-hitter but give up a two walks, or your favorite pitcher give up 1 hit and no walks". I'd be extremely happy seeing either game but if I have to choose, I'll see the no hitter every time... because there's something "special" about the no hitter than makes it larger-than-life. An epic powder day is the same way... but an epic carving day is just as enjoyable while it is happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 You've obviously never ridden in actual powder. Nope, how could I ;) BC and West Coast are notorious for no dumps :D Like anything else, pow has variations and "sub species"... Dry, wet and lowly man made, just to mention the most obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Aint never seen perfect airy fractal snow flakes come out of a gun:AR15firin:ices_ange example, my avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Like anything else, pow has variations and "sub species"... Dry, wet and lowly man made, just to mention the most obvious. You must work for a ski resort, writing snow reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 nuff said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan Guy Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I love powder as much as the next guy but..... every time we have a big dump it is SO crowded I end up hating it. Long lift lines suck! Maybe if I was at a mountain with deep powder and similar crowds to what I am used to on a weekday perfect groomed morning I might think otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I love powder as much as the next guy but.....every time we have a big dump it is SO crowded I end up hating it. Long lift lines suck! Maybe if I was at a mountain with deep powder and similar crowds to what I am used to on a weekday perfect groomed morning I might think otherwise. yeah, pow is hard to come by even in the west in it's un tracked form, split boards, being a resort employee, snow shoes or cat skiing are what it comes down to to get it more than that epic every once a year type storm. mind you I've gone waist deep in the east but I had access and in depth knowledge. here's hint for east coast people, sunday river get little snow compared to competing resorts but it's saving grace is the day after it snows it usually get windy, if it's windy lift 10 at white cap closes. white heat and the adjacent trails are serviced by lift ten, the top of lift 10 is a five minute walk from the top lift one which is less likely to close but even if it does it almost always reopens first. white cap has given me the deepest widest open inbounds pow I've found anywhere in the US after a epic storm a few years, that was the waist deep stuff but normally 20 to 25 can drift in, you just gotta pic the line well. then, you ride down to the white cap lodge and wait for the bus to take you back to barker. simply awesome. we used to joke about it being the sunday river cat service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Winters Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Billy and I bet $1.00 on this poll. I said we wouldn't get 100 votes. He only needs one more. Thanks for all the votes and comments. Interesting insights... All you who haven't ridden powder much (or at all!?) , come to Steamboat sometime, home of Champagne Powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I think some of the east coast people.... wth, I'd be quite happy with either! btw, I readly admit to having rarely ridden on true powder, and then it's only been less then 10-12" deep. I've had a fair amount of time ridding in heavy, deep mid atlantic snow, but "powder" around these parts is very rare, much less "bottomless" I have skied deep powder out west years ago but since having a child, just haven't been able to justify those trips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Perfect cord on Aspen's Ruthies.. or perhaps Zinal..(Never been there- but the vids look cool)...or Sun Valley (never been there either), the outback at Mt. Bachleor is also insane. Powder.. it has to be heli skiing which does beat all, but for within a resort... I think Cord. And Aspen has very good terrain for pow..and the most magical moments are in Pow- which were amazing in Aspen.. but they are fleeting and don't last long with a zillion other powder hounds. A chopper changes all that. The best spent money you will ever spend in your life has to be heli dollars....if you have the right gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I had to go with powder, just because it gets chewed up so fast at Hood where I usually ride. Cord can last all day, especially midweek with no fresh (=no midweek traffic). On a powder day -- no matter what day of the week it is -- the whole mountain is done in an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flywalker Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 l voted cord. BUT... here in Hokkaido Japan the appearance of cord is rare. Where l normally ride the groomed runs are all chewed up before lunch time... however the pow in the trees stays fresh and deep 3-4 days after a dump. The dumps are plentiful and often so if you know where to look you can ride pow all day.... for days. The only way to get cord is to be the first guy on the chair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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