PIPESTONE RIVER TRAIL
Trip date: Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Submitted by DEMOCRATIZE AB
Particpants:
A Champion to legalize your right to introduce and vote on government bills skiing on a 210 Madshus Vidda ski that lost 80% of the base
Discussion:
The Pipestone B20 trail was freshly trackset today. The tracksetter dug up a some pine needles leaving low to low moderate amounts of debris on the trail. Moderately fast skiing. Fast up hills with Swix V30 wax. No rocks. Deep tracksets.
The Pipestone River trail was skier tracked for a few kilometers. After the skier track I broke trail to within about 1.5 km of Point Camp Meadows. Excellent snow on the trail. Trail breaking was some what difficult in the trees and my old trail was buried and not visible. I had to feel for it with the skis in order not to sink to my thighs. Ski penetration was boot deep except where I drifted off trail. Open areas the trail breaking is very difficult and slow.
I skied into a near frozen snow bomb and I heard a snap on my left ski. I noticed a crack or viscous shatter crack about 1/2 way down my ski tip. The ski was still skiable but I noticed a little reduction in speed. When I got back to my car around 10:15pm and took my ski off, I noticed I lost 80% of my ski base which blew me away. That has never happened to me before.
I paid $185 for the used Vidda skis last spring and probably only skied on them about 6 times. I also put new bindings on them. That is pretty expensive depreciation. I guess they are junk now which is a bummer. The were fast light skis.