Gallery: Over a foot of fresh powder graces day one of the 2017 FREESKIER Ski Test

The first day of 2017 FREESKIER Ski Test is all wrapped up, and what a day it was. Thanks to over a foot of dry and dreamy Utah powder that fell last night, the crew was graced with an all-time day.

All of this new snow provided a memorable and deep day at Snowbird, of course, but also prime testing conditions for the many 2017-18 powder boards at our disposal. Our knowledgeable testing squad was happy to click into a wide variety of fat, float-friendly skis all day long and test each product’s performance via our ranking app.

Below, find photos from day 1 of the 2017 FREESKIER Ski Test, and tune back to Freeskier.com everyday for more content because we’re just getting started, people. The crew is also capturing the week-long event across our social channels, so make sure to follow along via Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat (Add the user FREESKIER_mag to your contacts) and Twitter.

Photos from the day:

The whole crew got absolutely pitted… The weapon of choice, here, the asymmetrical 2017-18 Blizzard Spur. Photo: Jay Dash.

It was the perfect day to send any and all features at Snowbird. Here, one of our testers Willie Nelson, gets airborne with 4FRNT. Photo: Jay Dash.

Tester Katrina DeVore gets the goods w/ next year’s Faction Skis under her feet. Photo: Jay Dash.

Here’s Katrina again, still shredding the sh#t out of Snowbird, this time with that new-new from DPS. Photo: Jay Dash.

Pep Fujas was in the house, ladies and gentlemen. In true Pep fashion, he launched a massive cliff nice and early and completely blew up his binding. Photo: Erik Seo.

J Skis athlete Giray Dadali also made a guest appearance—ready for any and all situations. Photo: Sarah Sherman.

Dadali joked around with his Daymaker Touring adapters in Sego’s mini skis. A new innovation in the backcountry? Maybe not, but pretty darn funny. Photo: Sarah Sherman.