Many many thanks! This board's UI is foreign to me so I'm group replying to y'all's many comments just here. I do think I may be "wanting too much" from wax, but you all did get my gist for sure. Yeah, I'm in CO, and my climbs tend to be long and unrolling/no gliding. I just love minimalist concepts...

Thanks for an interesting thread. I've used kick wax in track skiing before, so I do rather understand the concepts of wax temps, kick pockets and techniques bit. I basically dislike waxing enough in that nordic center-y mode of ski that I just skate now. But I am asking here about nearer to bc styl...