realskiers

G,

Best wishes for the new carvers!

Our home mountains are somewhat similar, and, I hear your liking for a ski with a more narrow radius and great grip. This year, I've been doing both my Supershapes and Hart Pulse skis (similar to your Kastle 78's), depending on the day. They are different skis, but, both make me smile. The Shapes are just great for short  radius turns on very hard snow. The Pulse's are more GS like skis. If I had to one, I just may favor the more narrow radius. The feedback from a tight short turn is just so much fun.

You are correct with respect to plowing through crud and loose granular as the Shapes are twitchy in this stuff. We have been experiencing this too much in the last 2 weeks. A thought is to change edges and ski with the rocker side to the inside in crud.

All in all , a great fit into your revised quiver.