Hard-packed snow skis

Claim 1

HARD-SNOW SKI APPARTUS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SKIS INDIVIDUALLY COMPRISING AN ELONGATED AND RELATIVELY NARROW SKI BODY OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM WIDTH, AN ELONGATED FOOT PLATE WIDER THAN THE SKI BODY AND OF A LENGTH REPRESENTING A SMALL FRACTION OF THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID FOOT PLATE HAVING ELONGATED DOWN-TURNED FLANGES ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF WITH LOWER EDGES FORMED AS RUNNERS OF A THICKNESS REPRESENTING A SMALL FRACTION OF THE WIDTH OF THE SKI BODY, SAID FOOT PLATE BEING MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE SKI BODY IN TERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF WITH THE FLANGE RUNNERS EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL THERETO SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SKI BODY, AND STEERING BRIDLE MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF UPRIGHT ELONGATED RODS CONNECTED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS TO THE SKI TIPS AND CROSS-CONNECTED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS TO THE ENDS OF A HANDLE BAR, RESPECTIVELY.