Exploring Beech Mountain Resort's East Coast Powder

Josh Daiek on Instagram: "Classic case of counting chickens before they hatch. I dropped into this line expecting nothing but wind board and ice, pretty much what we’d been skiing all day. The first few turns felt soft and edgeable, so I began to open it up a bit… wouldn’t ya know as soon as I hit the crux of the couloir, it turned right back to the boilerplate I had been expecting. This is where having the right tool matters. With my QST 106’s I was able to easily release an edge, throw ’em sid