Solely by luck, my wife and I were part of the first 50-100 people up Highlands Bowl when it opened. I almost took my Wailer 99 with me “just in case” but tossed them back in the corner at the last second and thought “The hell with it.” I don’t know if it was powder fever or the sense of freedom of not having to think about the well being of clients behind me but something different was in the air.
#BLACK DIAMOND HELIO 105 CARBON FULL#
It was also my first full day of the season riding lifts with nothing on my plate beyond ski my butt off. Bluebird and cold with a foot of new snow. My final day on the Helio 105 was a classic Colorado powder day. Was it lack of girth, a bit lower tip profile or a bit too stiff a ski to allow for enough float? I honestly missed the extra girth and found myself working a bit harder than usual to get down the hill. The snow report said 3″ but to my surprise we found 12+” had blown into the lee side of our terrain. I brought along my trusty DPS Wailer 112 “just in case” but left them racked for the day because if one is going to talk the talk then you had better walk the walk. Maybe I was still thinking about my old flame and hadn’t fully committed to this new friendship. Every time I crossed a track I got bucked into the backseat a little bit, making me think maybe the tail of the Helio 105 was a touch too stiff. Sure enough, the powder was there albeit with a few tracks scattered across the slope. I headed out back to tour a lap in one of my usual haunts where I am virtually guaranteed to find powder. They were surprisingly damp for a lightweight carbon ski and stayed glued to the snow allowing the full length of the edge to engage.
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