Lhartley Voile has great service, they are very knowledgeable and will help in anyway they they are able. The blue cartridge bindings are they old style Hardwires, which are no longer made. Some guys really like that binding. The red cartridges are on a 3-pin Hardwire. Typically that binding has bl...

Good luck with the shorter rods Phoenix, let us know how it goes.

That was fast skiing a very tight line. Nothing B there

I agree, there are no hard and fast rules. There are good starting points! I like Swiss cheese on a Rubin sandwich, not so much on my skis.

I know the two subjects are unrelated, but who knows it could be an interesting thread….or not! Once upon a time, it was routine to mount bindings for Telemark behind center or the boot on the marked boot center mark on the ski. Pins on balance point is still the general rule for XC oriented skis, b...

SkiLaronLee I still have a Gamme, have a Falketind Xplore, I also still have the Tindan 86 for more serious downhill touring. I still need at least 3. If I could justify it’s use I would buy a 205 cm Nansen for a turnier trail ski. Yes, I can turn Gamme, and my trails are twisty. I would buy the Na...

For a wood core piste ski I like my Summitcone Pariah. It’s 97 mm underfoot. I was kind of wary about all that width, but it was fine on Vermont firm. They have a ski in the high 80 mm for this year, similar core. That seems more reasonable to me, but I am handling 97 mm underfoot just fine. Check t...

What an adventure. Thank you for sharing.

Wow, 210 Europa’s down Tuckerman Ravine! I don’t care what the turns looked like, that’s bada$$!