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Just picked these up. Can’t wait to try them out.

Little break in the storms today. 2 more on the way this week! Took my fat XC skis to the air strip near my house. Went down to the river and was able to cross a narrow tributary. Then I got to a wider crossing and decided not to press my luck. Kinda sunny, warm temps. Skis were glopping up and had to add some wax mid way.

Yes there is a winch. Wasn’t needed @C1erArt do you drive that fast in 4L? I thought you were not supposed to exceed 7mph

I put it in 4H when I get into my neighborhood. Up my unplowed hill I should have put it in 4L. Tried that but was already too dug in at that point. Was probably 10” by the time I got home.

I knew between my husband and I, we could get my Jeep out. First I walked up my hill and got my maxtraks. That didn’t work, so my husband had to come down to me with the snowblower. Between that and shoveling out all the tires we finally got it done. But people around here are so community oriented, I could have called several people if I really needed extra help. No Amazon trucks. Our neighborhood mailboxes are 1/2 mile from my house near the county road. Nothing gets delivered to my house.

That snow looks great!

Winter is back! Finally. Snowed about 6” overnight. By the time I left the house it was 8+. Roads were awful so I just went into town the XC ski the park with the local ladies. Took my fatter skis and broke trail, good workout. got my jeep stuck coming home. Our plow guy seems to do our road last. Took about an hour to get it unstuck. puking snow now. Supposed to get another 4-8 today

Doug turned me onto this guy and he is touring Colorado. Good overview of Snowmass. Looks like he was here last week or so before things got freshened up.

Stellar day at Snowmass! It has been so dry here. I uphilled at Buttermilk earlier in the week and it was an icy luge coming down. Woke up to some surprise snow! Snowmass reported 2” but by the time I got there it was definitely 4”. I booked a lesson just to get a refresher on some things and my girl took me to a lift I only was on once with atomic Jeff when he visited. Everything was untracked and skied amazing. Talked to a ski patroller who said at their morning meeting yesterday, management told them the snow was so dangerous they should “ski as little as possible”. He said they had a lot of on mountain injuries. This week looks to be a little snow every other day. No major storms but will take what we can get.

He said he is going indoor rock climbing with his daughter

I’m sure your daughter is a great belayer. My advice is, trust the rope. It’s hard to do when you are new to the sport. Hips into the wall, don’t stick your butt out. Try and use the power of your legs to push you up, not arms to pull you up.

Been so dry here! Haven’t had a good storm since Christmas week. This week we are having beautiful sunny skies and warmer temps. Took my XC skis to the top of McClure Pass this morning. Lots of peeps snowmobile there so it’s packed down. Saw some tracks veer off the road and decided to follow them. Didn’t get too far as my skis were just too skinny and I was just sinking. Fell once going downhill and there was no bottom, was hard to get up. Looking forward to bringing my fatter XC skis back there and play around off road Someone had a beast of a machine in the lot. Said they have a cabin 7 miles up the forest road

My friend and I skied to the Maroon Bells today. Longest I have ever XC skied, 12.5 miles. Thought we would coast down, but no, still had to work. Think my shoulders are the most sore. It hurt just taking off my backpack. temps were mid 20’s and overcast. Strong head winds after mile 3. They run snowmobile tours and that company puts in a classic track. Was great in some spots, disappeared in others. Looking forward to a very lazy morning tomorrow.

That looks like a spicy hill for skinny skis

I remember how those northeast winters felt.

No inversions. They were pretty common in Boulder but haven’t seen one here yet

Went to Buttermilk yesterday hoping it would be a bit warmer since it’s lower elevation. When I grabbed my skis from the shed they were so cold I could not carry them with bare hands. Been -10 here every morning for about a week. Temps were 12 when I arrived, 16 when I left BRR. Buttermilk was uneventful but quiet. Today was due to be warmer so went to Snowmass. Used the parking lot for the pass I bought for the first time. It is literally right next to the lift! Amazing. It’s the other, quiet side of the mountain. Dumps you off at top of elk camp Gondola. I took the second elk camp chair to the top, never been up there (Snowmass is absolutely huge). Really pretty views. that lift is about 1500’ of vert. Ended up at the bottom of Village express not meaning to, just meandering around. It was a gorgeous bluebird day and 30 degrees when I got back to the car. My plan is to cross country ski somewhere local tomorrow. Deep freeze coming in Sat-Tue. Temps due to be -30 at night, real temp not wind chill temp.

I haven’t skied in tracks in years! It was really fun.

Went to Frisco Nordic center today. Some really nice views there. It’s all wide open. 2 degrees but the sunshine felt nice.

For the toe piece I find if you turn your pole upside down and smash the springs up and down a few times, open and close, it clears the snow

After 3+ days being down with the dreaded stomach flu I finally felt well enough to take my new XC skis for a neighborhood spin today. The neighborhood part of the ski, before I got to the air strip was extremely icy! Temp was about 12 when I left my house. Not being used to these new skis I walked down one of the hills. Have to get used to stopping on these, or at least slowing down. started following these tracks down to the river, but the snow was pretty thin so I turned around.

My bindings work as follows; in tour mode, you hold down the back piece while turning the “tower” part that has the pins. One turn to the right. The pins are now not aligned with back of your boot, so can’t lock in. Brakes also held up by this. Then when transition, turn pins back so you can click in boot. I am sure I am in the minority, but I never feel great going downhill in my touring setup. Touring boots def do not feel as structured, and the pin bindings do not feel as secure. Not as much power transfer from boot movement. I always ski more cautiously and my turns are not as clean. But that is probably just fear on my part. Also, my legs usually feel like spaghetti after a long uphill slog, so that may play a part as well. demo starts about 54 seconds

Mine have brakes. Would assume it’s a weight saving measure

These look good! Very similar to my dynafit radical bindings. No brake on them? Guess you have to be super careful on the transitions that they don’t get away from you.

Yeah, I think I will just get traditional buckle boots when it’s time. I took my son’s snowboard boots to be fixed once years ago and it was not cheap. The guy fixing them told me boa’s were bad and we should get lace up boots instead. I had lace up boots once and could never get them tight enough, so not sure I agree with that for snowboard boots. Thanks for the replies