First totally ignore the epicski post. applied science and theoretical science are quite often different.
A great skier can make nearly any ski work in nearly any conditions for as long as they can concentrate on that and have the energy to do it. but most of us are not great, even one that kinda of are IMO want every bit of help you can get. For me I like to dictate the the mountain and not ever have the mountain dictate back to me.
IMO your not an awesome skier yet, and the learning curve is quite steep on anything less than perfect groom. If you want to perfect your skills on groomers and overall be limited where you can do even after your pretty good stick with what you got and keep going with it. Snow always changes and anything less than prefect technique on carvers in weird snow will be punished. Punished to the point of the falling, being tense and just overall getting more tired.
If you want to be a better all around skier keep what you have and work your short turns on nice groomers days but buy something else. Buy something much different that what you have. 98mm-100mm with tip and tail rocker should be you min for your next skis. A 98mm ski can still carve on most soft groomed surface fine but is real game changer when there is any 3d snow. Even dust on crust.
The saying on here 76mm "should be good up to 12 inches of snow" even assuming that snow is perfect low density snow is IMO complete hogwash. IN as little as 3-5 inches of snow(and 1-2 inches of wet snow or sleet) a fatter ski can start making the snow feel like powder and getting you off the hard bottom. Even perfect low density powder eventually becomes something less than above and then the long fatter ski starts to come in handy.
take your own experince for example a wider ski might have caused you not to fall.
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