lilcliffy wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 28, 2025 8:29 am

@spopepro
Do the Easy-Skins stay on downhill?

Yes, they stick rather well. I think it might be different if a) the weren't trimmed shorter and b) she was trying to make tele or parallel turns. But for plowing, they stay attached the whole time without fuss.

Fischer transnordic 59 ez skin (not twin skin) in 210. Then just use the kicker skins at all times. Do you leave the kicker skins on when skiiing downhill? Yep. She has them trimmed at the back a couple of cm ahead of the back of her heel. It's not dramatically different at that point than drag fro...

That's helpful, @spopepro! Based on your experience with the Spider 62s, do you have any thoughts about how I should size on them? At 220 lbs, I rarely use any size that isn't at or near the top of the spectrum. Going with 186/189 seems odd to me. But I've seen the Fischer sizing chart with my own ...

Ah damn... didn't realize the transnordic 59 was out of the rotation. Fischer seems to do that with their BC XC stuff--make it one year and not the next. The 66s would work well for back country, but they will not fit in tracks, and that's part of what makes the 59s so good and versatile. Although m...

I can answer why no kick wax. Our snow in California/Nevada is most often isothermic and calls for klister 80% of the time. Other tours will not sit nicely in one wax zone as you go in and out of sunshine. Honestly, waxless/skin designs are the only way to go. You recognize that Nevada Nordic is ste...

I think you want the Leki guide light 2 carbon. It’s been on my list to pick these up for casual skimo races, backcountry traverses, and so on. It’s the only widely adjustable pole with a good directional basket I’ve seen.

Nice work! I mount all my own skis and have never used a jig. I either print a paper pattern for the mount holes or use the binding itself. Using methodical measurements, drawing a lenthwise centerline and either a boot center or pinline perpendicular to that helps (I use a water soluble overhead ma...

Yeah, it’s looking like very similar ocean current, oscillation pattern conditions to two years ago. Probably a late start to the year but possibility for big, big snow. The only question (for me in Cali) will be how far down the storm tracks dig and how much moisture they have. There’s almost no wa...

I’ll try and find out for sure, but the Fischer offering sure looks like pomoca climb 2.0, which is a fantastic skin for what you’re describing. Most mfgs are rebranding coltex, pomoca, contour, or kohla and not manufacturing carpet themselves. Edit: oop I lied. They’re made by kohla, which is sensi...

That sounds rad and I'd love to hear how it goes.

Also if you're serious about adams south rib/southwest chutes I'd be down to do it with you on similar gear (might motivate me to actually get those SR61BCs... but to mount xplore or pins...?)