The last day of the Freeskier Ski Test is just getting underway up on Solitude Mountain today. The final skis to be tested are:
Dynastar
Rossignol
Volkl
Fischer
Bluehouse

In the last two days, we clicked in, ventured up, hiked and then descended solitude on:
Salomon
Roxy
Atomic
Head
Palmer
Scott
Fat-ypus
Nordica
Liberty

When a foot of snow landed on the mountain Wednesday night, the fat skis were put to the test with some as wide as 140mm under foot. We basically didn’t even touch anything under 100mm, which just a couple years ago would have been considered amply fat.

A typicaly day at the FS Ski Test

7:30 – Hit snooze
8:00 – Get out of bed, wolf down some Special K (with mixed berries), boot up.
8:30 – Head out of the condo to meet up with company reps at the Moonbeam Lodge
9:00 – Hop on the lift with a pair of new skis while a snowmobile does laps carting the rest of the skis up to the base of Summit lift
9:30 – Finish setting up base camp with tents, BBQ and a man-made snow rack for the skis
9:31 – SHRED THE GNAR
11:30 – Mow down some burgers and dogs (or salad and Cliff bars, for the vegetarians)
12:00 – SHRED MORE GNAR
3:30 – Pack up the tents and BBQ, head to the bottom to boot off
4:00 – Spend the remaining hours of the day at the Thirsty Squirrel, the best (and only) bar in the village
10:00 – Lights out.