can u go down normal trails with ski blades or r u just limited to the terain park?

Answer 1

You can do whatever trails you want, but it won't be nearly as fun as if you had longer skis.

Answer 2

I've never seen a trail where they were prohibited. The Quebec kids who ski Jay tear the snot out of the glade areas though. Heck...I had to stop to watch them. It was awesome.

You can get fattie blades that have a little more loft in the deep snow but most blades I've been on I was skiing good old Pocono boilerplate...and they sucked. If the edges are REALLY sharp and you are willing to really lean into the edges you can ski just about anything on them...but you really have to have the things nice and sharp and form counts a lot.

I'm contemplating putting a tele binding on a pair of blades just to see what that would be like. Theory tells me it would work well but I would most likely end up looking like a choad.

Answer 3

I like what the other people said but I would just like to add to it in saying that a lot of times other people (me included) think people on ski blades going down runs are beginners or just don't want to go fast. So I would second the others opinions and say if your going to buy go with a twin tip. If you want you can rent ski blades a couple of times and see if you really like them, but nobody that I know was happy they bought ski blades after like 4 days on the slopes.

Answer 4

Yes and no. You can't really "ski" a steep run on ski blades, or an icy one. There just isn't the edge control that you need.

And you can't ski powder.

But you can ski nice blue runs (and some tame black runs) if the snow is decent...and of course the terrain park.

I agree with the second answer....try them, rent them, but don't buy them without using them for a good amount of time.

They really aren't that fun compared to regular old skis!

Answer 5

You can ski any trail with ski blades. They are especially useful in tight situations, such as tree skiing.
However...
I pesonally believe that ski blades are over rated. If you were thinking about buying them, I would discourage it.
They are good for small jumps, but lack the stability to land larger airs. They are also slow hard to carve with. Lastly, many ski blades do not have bindings that release. I have a friend who broke his leg using ski blade.
I would suggest a pair of regular lenght twintips instead of ski blades

Answer 6

no your not limited, you do a lot of ski blades, a few ppl I snowboard w/ have blades, and they ride them down the slopes all the time.