Recommendations for a fishscale ski for light duty backcountry duty
Greetings!!
I'm fairly new to living in the Kootenays, new to living in the mountains, and also pretty new to getting out in the backcountry. Oh, and also very much a rookie DH skier.
I've spent some time in some mild back coutry, both on snowshoes and on my Alpina RedBird skis (210cm, 60/50/55, with SNS bindings and boots). Neither one is ideal to me – shoes are too slow on the way down, and my RedBirds are both too skinny for my weight (240 lbs) in the powder, and too long and straight for some of the tighter trails. That's okay, really – I bought them for the groomed trails.
I'm looking for something in a waxless ski, that will have a good amount of control (i.e.: tight turn radius), and decent float. Speed is not as important. I know that these kind of skis have limits – I am not looking to bomb down the steeps, or at least, not yet. The backcountry equivalent of green, or maybe blue runs, will work just fine for me, for now. Putzing around on a nearby golf course. Certain parts of Seven Summits, Morning Mountain, and so on. What I am looking to avoid is mucking about with skins, especially seeing as I will be going up multiple small hills (sometimes the same one, over and over).
I'm definitely staying out of avalanche terrain, as I am usually going out solo. In case anyone is concerned, I've taken the Level 1 Avalanche course. I'm playing it pretty safe.
Here are some examples of what I have been considering:
The Madshus Epoch:
http://www.orscrosscountryskis.....ckage.html
The Altai Hok (with the Scarpa T-4 boot)
https://altaiskis.com/products/the-hok/
The Rossignol BC 125 with 3 pin bindings and decent boots
http://www.rossignol.com/CG/CA.....untry.html
Any suggestiions you have would be appreciated. I know I'm early on this, but I really want to be ready to go when the snow falls
Thanks!
note: edited for clarity