Elcomico Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 A few friends are planning a multi day trip out west and are considering Kicking Horse. As an eastern GS carver (#1 board is a Volkl Renntiger 163), I'm questioning the best equipment to use on such a different terrain. Yeah, I could rent a soft setup but would like other options. What would YOU ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 If you have an all-mountain board, take that. There are a few carveable runs there but KHMR is more about the steep & deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 If there's snow, rent some softies. There's some nice carving off the Catamount chair, but you'll wear that out pretty quickly, and that's the beginner area. Off the gondola, there's blue runs all the way down, but they're steep, narrow and indifferently groomed. Playing off piste on softies is the most fun you can have there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 No softies required, I used my Coiler AM 172 there and had a ton of fun. Race board probably not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elcomico Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Could the Volkl Spline 158 that's been gathering dust downstairs be what I'm looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Absolutely it could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie00 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Get a board you can ride pow and trees. Leave the hardpack east ! Everytime I got ride in Vermont, st anne or massif with my non carving friends I always bring 2 boards. My race board and my prior pow board. It's always the same... a few run in the morning with the raceboard and then we spot a few stashes of pow in the wood, I have to go change board and I end up only using my Pow board. So if I were going to Kicking Horse I wouldn'T bother with a race board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Spline will work nicely I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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