You’re driving west on I-70 and just emerged from the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnel. It’s in stark contrast from the clear roads and calm weather on the drive up; the road is snow covered and the wind is smothering any semblance of previous vehicle tracks. Visibility is marginal at best but you keep telling yourself that you just need to make it to Silverthorne and the worst will be behind you. In the rearview mirror, you see an ominous cloud of snow; you can’t quite make out what it is. White-knuckled on the steering wheel, you keep glancing back; you see headlights. You look forward; blowing snow. You glance back; it’s only a couple hundred feet behind you now. Eyes forward; white void. Again, you start to look towards the rearview mirror but your eyes are drawn to your left as a green 2000 Subaru Outback Limited Wagon drives past you as if you were standing still. You stare in disbelief, knuckles blending into the outside world as it disappears in a cloud of snow.
The Nordica Unleashed 108’s are the embodiment of that Subaru; more than capable to travel at ludicrous speed while being exceptionally stable in chopped up, less-than-perfect, variable snow. Playful and balanced enough to take flight and shifty off your favorite roller. Locked in but not too locked in; they still pivot and break away without feeling like you’re in a MMA match with the ski. They float through deep snow like you're sitting in a tube going down a lazy river but they aren’t just a soft snow weapon. Want to replicate the feeling of being in the whip, ripping up Berthoud Pass in June with the windows down, music cranked to 11, definitely going the speed limit? Lay the 108’s over and brace yourself as a ski this wide carves GS turns better than it ever should. Your velocity increases. The wind noise is intoxicating. You’re traveling at Mach 10 and the skis are right there by your side; planted. Stable. No chatter. No trust issues. No doubt.