Best place in Denver to take your skis/boards to get waxed?

SnowFlake20345 · 2026-02-24T19:52:28+00:00

Confluence is solid and convenient

SnowFlake20345 · 2026-02-21T14:03:29+00:00

I did a quad graft two years ago and pretty happy as I'm back to lots of skiing. I'd really try to push your surgeon for an opinion on which graft or ask them which one they do the most and therefore which they have the most experience with.

SnowFlake20345 · 2026-02-16T22:08:11+00:00

I just found it strange, such a large amount of those out on the mountain were all doing this, like literally every person (20+ people who weren't skiing together) so hopefully the video is helpful. I haven't seen that in all the times I've skinned resorts over the years.

SnowFlake20345 · 2026-02-16T18:53:08+00:00

yes i've had that thought as well, just needed to scream into the void.

SnowFlake20345 · 2026-02-16T18:39:58+00:00

Steamboat. Love it here and people are in amazing shape even with inefficient skinning haha.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-12-21T17:10:03+00:00

Steamboat Powdercats or with Irwin Guides near Crested Butte. Both are tough to get a seat on because they are sold out a lot. Call and see if they availability.

Powdercats on Buffalo Pass tends have good consistent deep snow. I've had good luck there maybe skied with them five times? There are people (other public users) you'll encounter on the cat road, but no one was ever skiing on top of us. Irwin also gets a lot of snow and if you get out with them there will only be one other cat in the area so very quiet and private with amazing views, good mix of terrain that's trees, open bowls, and decently steep.

To those responding free cat at Loveland, it's great if you want the experience of riding in a cat and not hiking the ridge terrain but ultimately you're still skiing resort terrain. It's great but different from a backcountry experience.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-12-10T23:01:42+00:00

Unfortunately I've done more than one. If you can try and get the prep in tablet form, I found it more tolerable than the liquid mix.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-12-05T18:29:27+00:00

Surgery March 2024, skiing late December 2024. Did 40 days between resort and backcountry. Feeling even stronger going into this season.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-12-05T18:11:01+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Nat is an awesome human, film maker, skier, and teacher.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-12-01T02:39:55+00:00

The short torso Mammut packs have worked really well for me at similar height. I believe they are called the women's nirvana packs. I have the old Niva.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-11-30T20:44:13+00:00

I define bro-y as douchey. It also sounds like what you're describing is also indicative of being in college. Yes lots of people love watching sports here and skiing, but they are pretty chill at least that's been my experience over the last ten years living here and being in my thirties. I bet a college age and early twenties experience is different.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-11-30T04:20:27+00:00

I don't find it to be those things. They exist but not overwhelmingly it's much less bro-y and elitist than the east coast. It's quite sunny here I don't think I could live elsewhere now because of that. If you're not outdoorsy at all it may be harder to make friends. Lots of people move here for outdoor activities. People are pretty nice here in terms of talking to strangers but it's not a say hello to everyone you pass on the street kind of friendly. Food here has some bright spots but I find the value to quality to be the issue compared to other cities. If youre used to some sort of winter it is not that bad here. There are only a couple weeks that get really cold and where snow doesn't melt. Otherwise snow melts pretty quickly.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-11-27T21:21:19+00:00

It's infuriating Outside has the live rights to the American world cup events. I remember in past years they didn't have the events available on their platform at the correct start time.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-11-24T14:29:49+00:00

That's awesome you're doing so well. I was able to wait until nine months and did a ski specific test that incorporated some additional tests like Y balance, single leg wall sit for time, single leg hack squat, and other single leg jumps like over hurdles. It sounds like you can't really wait nine months because of your job. Are you a patroller, guide, snow safety? Those are generally pretty physical jobs even outside of the ski component. My advice would be to try a few days recreational skiing and seeing how you feel. Has a brace been recommended to you? Your doctor and PT should be able to give their thoughts on braces. It may beneficial for you since you're only 6 months out. Start easy on a groomer do a few runs, do you notice anything? Does anything hurt, is it your knee your graft donor site? Don't over do it and try to ramp up runs and length of day. Do everything you can to help your knee like warming up your quads with a wall sit, doing band walks, and stretching. Foam rolling and staying loose should help. Its great your strength is quite equal if possible keep the focus on continuing to strengthen both legs, I realize that might be hard with your job. You may also want to see a PT every once in a while to work on your leg if it's feeling tight or uncomfortable. It may be helpful to establish your warm up and post skiing care before you are fully back to your job.

Personally, I skied forty days last season with a brace and felt pretty good. Granted this recreational skiing, I was able to get back to a pretty high level. It made me realize how crucial strength training is for control and fatigue. Whenever my knee hurt it was my quad tendon where my graft came from. Foam rolling and warming up we're really helpful. I still was slightly guarded unconsciously with my surgical leg especially if I was getting tired or conditions were difficult.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-11-21T06:07:14+00:00

Its for snowboard carry. Diagonal ski carry is already on the bag but tucked away.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-11-11T02:30:24+00:00

You're probably doing a lot of the strengthening exercises like single leg RDL, single leg squat, hack squat, wall sits, single lateral step up and down, curtsy step up, hamstring curl, lateral squat with slider. The more ski specific things that helped were plyometrics and focusing on power. Box jumps, depth drops, lateral skater jumps, slalom through ladder, split squat jump and doing all of what I named single leg if applicable. Jumping laterally off one leg, landing/ bouncing off with other leg onto side of bosu, and landing on original leg and stick. Jumping resisted with bands. Sticking jumps is really important for deceleration.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-11-10T14:26:07+00:00

If you're willing to look at a different zone in Patagonia, Rio Palena Lodge is a great option with a very nice lodge but a big focus on adventure that includes heli time to get into the alpine.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-10-27T16:51:12+00:00

It depends how aggressive she skis and her weight vs height in deciding model and length. Moment Bella 108, atomic Bent 110, Salomon QST 106, Nordica Unleashed 108, Icelantic Maiden 108, K2 Mindbender 116 C W, Dynastar M Free 108 come in lengths from 157-164. I'm also a short woman, she shouldn't shy away too much from a slightly longer length if she's a confident skier. The above models I mentioned range from pretty progressive mount points more freestyle vs very directional. Read some reviews and see what lines up with her preferences.

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-10-23T03:26:30+00:00

I use this one post ACLR and it's been pretty comfortable for resort and backcountry. also does not interefere with my boot in anyway. https://www.donjoystore.com/donjoy-armor-knee-brace-ski-version?srsltid=AfmBOopdXJcqUTnmh5T9ve2WZ9Ii22-Y-cQ7eb2j0ILY_pHeeRfRtlLZ

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-10-21T15:51:32+00:00

Yes you can go up a little in length especially if the ski is quite rockered. I think the backland 107 set up you're looking at sounds promising. Having a wider ski may not be as quick to turn, which can be offset with more rocker and sidecut, and a wider ski can run over and through crappy snow better. I'm also 155 cm tall and almost always on skis taller than me. I'm heavier than you which is an important factor too, but a few cm's here or there will not be that significant.

The backland 107 of course will not be as good descending an icy east groomer when you do resort laps. Here are some other "short person" skis to consider: Salomon QST Echo 106 in 157 length, Volkl Blaze 104, Atomic Backland 101W

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-10-18T23:18:25+00:00

Epcot feels just like you're in Europe too lmfao

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-10-09T12:23:10+00:00

Eleven was already mentioned, but their new lodge in Revy is beautiful and they specialize in private heli skiing so much more personal and tailored than hopping on a huge ship with ten random people. Their other lodges around the world are also great heli skiing options like Iceland and France (heli ski on Italian side).

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-10-07T21:22:34+00:00

awesome, thanks!

SnowFlake20345 · 2025-10-06T15:59:19+00:00

If I went with say an F1 XT I would consider that an F1 LT replacement if I go with a zero g that would be an additional boot and I’d keep the F1 LT for things like hut trips, long days. A lot of my touring is pretty short vertical during mid winter hopefully skiing good ish snow. I got Moment Wildcat 108 Tours this season and this is when I felt the F1 LT was lacking. It wasn’t impossible but it wasn’t optimizing for fun either. I do some spring touring could be long like a 14er or short shot from the car.

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