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snow buildup under heels
On the last day of skiing last spring had some snow warmed snow on top of a
foot of dry powder. Within the first few turns I was teleing with my heels up on a wedge of 3 to 4 inches of compacted snow. Needless to say it made for an interesting balance point. Any tried and true methods for avoiding this conundrum? Skiing on G-3 bindings. |
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Jerry 233 wrote:
Within the first few turns I was teleing with my heels up on a wedge of 3 to 4 inches of compacted snow. Needless to say it made for an interesting balance point. Any tried and true methods for avoiding this conundrum? The problem lies with your bindings. Try these instead: http://www.bdel.com/gear/backcountry/diamir_3.php -- terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://www.terrymorse.com/ski/ |
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The problem lies with your bindings. Try these instead:
http://www.bdel.com/gear/backcountry/diamir_3.php -- terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://www.terrymorse.com/ski/ AT bindings for Tele? Bob T |
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Coating the boot heel and the heel plate of the binding with a high floride
content glide wax will help. It will, in fact eliminate the the build-up that occurs right around freezing when the first stage of the build up process involves a little ice forming which then begins to pick up snow, etc. It will also lessen the other kind of build-up that starts by mechanical compressing of snow into cracks and crevices, such as boot tread. With hydrophobic floride refusing to absorb water, surface tension will tend to make a lubricating layer that the snow falls off of. Just be careful walking across icy parking lots once you've got glide wax on your boot soles. Tommy T. "Jerry 233" wrote in message ... On the last day of skiing last spring had some snow warmed snow on top of a foot of dry powder. Within the first few turns I was teleing with my heels up on a wedge of 3 to 4 inches of compacted snow. Needless to say it made for an interesting balance point. Any tried and true methods for avoiding this conundrum? Skiing on G-3 bindings. |
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For years, I (and many others in this newsgroup) have used the clear packing
tape (not the nylon ribbed reinforced kind, but the clear, thin kind) on the bindings toe and heel plates. I usually apply it at the beginning of the season and it will last throughout the year, although I sometimes need a second application later in the year. This technique works very well from preventing the build-up and is a low tech solution. CS |
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BT wrote:
AT bindings for Tele? Yes, absolutely. It solves the fundamental problem that is tele. I guess I should include one of these :-) -- terry |
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But I have found that girls are attracted by old style, deep knee bend,
large radius tele turns down intermediate slopes. Tommy T. "Terry Morse" wrote in message ... BT wrote: AT bindings for Tele? Yes, absolutely. It solves the fundamental problem that is tele. I guess I should include one of these :-) -- terry |
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I absolutely will try that. Thanks. I recall once using ripstop repair
tape around crampons for the same purpose. It was an emergency solution to a nasty situation on the French Ridge route on Mt. Huntington back in the early '80s. It worked but was short lived being neither durable nor sticky enough. I have not experimented with tapes for this purpose since. Now I will. Tommy T. " wrote in message ink.net... For years, I (and many others in this newsgroup) have used the clear packing tape (not the nylon ribbed reinforced kind, but the clear, thin kind) on the bindings toe and heel plates. I usually apply it at the beginning of the season and it will last throughout the year, although I sometimes need a second application later in the year. This technique works very well from preventing the build-up and is a low tech solution. CS |
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Terry Morse wrote:
BT wrote: AT bindings for Tele? Yes, absolutely. It solves the fundamental problem that is tele. you're so bad! ;-) and i gave up a 50 years experience of alpine skiing and randonee - for exclusively tele skiing ... btw, never ever tried to reattach a silvretta 505 that opened in deep snow? ;-) I guess I should include one of these :-) i think so. greetings, ulrich |
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