Jay H
New member
Now I know why everybody seems to recommend 75mm bindings...
I took today off from work to go X-C skiing next door in Norvin Green S.F. (about 2 miles from my house) and this is the first X-C ski where I switched between my skis and my snowshoes as I started off skiing the Otter Hole trail around the perimeter of the forest to Weis Ecology Center.. Then I took my skis off and put on my snowshoes to huff up to Wyanokie High point and over Carris Hill and then down, at which I put my skis back on. However, a couple of the rocky hills, I would bare boot because of the rocks and log crossings. I've noticed that all this removal and putting back on, gets a ton of snow in the latch at which it sometimes makes it nigh impossible to clamp them down again, without using twigs, car keys, ski poles, etc. to get the snow/ice out.
Do you carry like a little can opener or perhaps a can of ice melt? Its really a PITA to have to go through with this whenever I take them off...
Other than that, an AWESOME day today, nobody else on the trails and it was warm with a little bit of wind.
Jay
I took today off from work to go X-C skiing next door in Norvin Green S.F. (about 2 miles from my house) and this is the first X-C ski where I switched between my skis and my snowshoes as I started off skiing the Otter Hole trail around the perimeter of the forest to Weis Ecology Center.. Then I took my skis off and put on my snowshoes to huff up to Wyanokie High point and over Carris Hill and then down, at which I put my skis back on. However, a couple of the rocky hills, I would bare boot because of the rocks and log crossings. I've noticed that all this removal and putting back on, gets a ton of snow in the latch at which it sometimes makes it nigh impossible to clamp them down again, without using twigs, car keys, ski poles, etc. to get the snow/ice out.
Do you carry like a little can opener or perhaps a can of ice melt? Its really a PITA to have to go through with this whenever I take them off...
Other than that, an AWESOME day today, nobody else on the trails and it was warm with a little bit of wind.
Jay