rhei49

As an update, the 'schrund on the Hogsback had started to open when we were there on 5/16. At that point, it simply took a long step to get across safely.

Has anyone been up in the past week or so? I'm curious to hear how much snow was left, extent to which crevasses were covered, or what the rockfall situation was.

I'm reviving this thread because I'm another fat foot, flat foot skier interested in BD Quadrants. I've heard the latest model has a better liner than what was in older shells, but I can get the older (garish yellow)model on sale at a cheaper price. What would you think of the idea of getting the older model and putting an Intuition liner like the Alpine wrap model in it? Price comes out about the same as the current (OU Ducks green) model, so I guess another way of asking my question is whether the current Quadrant shell/liner combo is equal in comfort/performance to a retro-fitted shell/Intuition combo? BTW, the 25.5 shell seems to fit me best. Unfortunately, nobody around where I live puts that size in a demo line-up. Thanks.