Hi,
New guy here.? For reference, we only ski at Snowbird and Alta as we have timeshares at "the Bird". I've been skiing Little Cottonwood Canyon for almost 40 years and consider my level to be expert...but not elite. My wife goes anywhere I do, which is everywhere....just a little slower.
I also bought a pair of Raves for myself and my wife - 175 for me and 165 for her.? I Intentionally bought the *Rave* for her due to the stiffer flex.? We were both coming from older Atomic R:EX skis and are overall very impressed.
The Raves have a little more "tip wander" when tracking straight (and flat) than the R:EX (not surprising considering the difference in turn radius and stiffness), but that's the only mildly negative comment I can make.? In every other way they worked extremely well (and way better than the R:EXs they supplanted) in all conditions up to about 12" of powder.? Not that they couldn't handle deeper powder, but we also have Rossi S7s (well, I have the Super 7 in 188), and those just make deeper pow and cut-up snow smoooother.? The S7s also allow a more neutral skiing position....the Raves require a little more effort to keep the tips up (again, not surprising due to the difference on under-foot width among other factors).
So....back to topic, The Raves work really well for us in their intended purpose - hard-pack to boot-deep snow, and junk.? I was a little dubious about the 15m radius - I was thinking they might be a little "hooky" - but, per Jeb Marsh with Ski Logik, I dulled the tips and tails about 3" back from the tip contact point, and was good-to-go!
Incidentally, the Raves did REALLY well in cut-up pow also.? I LIKE to ski in junk-snow, and they were very, very nice there!
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