Great thread. Born of necessity. Reborn in the pursuit of fun. Modern mountain backcountry came from this rebirth of tele in the 80's. Ultimately it is just another tool in the box. Just like wedges and christies and hop turns. If you want to tour you need a free heel. We just match the gear to the ...

Pretty sad state of affairs if MWM won't do it. You might also try a shop that does XC gear well. Joe's is good. Hoigaards too. As mentioned before it is pretty easy to do with a paper template. You will want a #3 posi drive screwdriver as a Phillips will slip in the screw heads. Focus on the toe pi...

Oldschooln8 check you PM.

I'll jump in. I've been mostly a lurker here, Telemarkeast, Backcountrytalk, and laps through the Gear Swap on TGR since the demise of TTips. I was Diggman on there cuz Digger wasn't available when I registered in the late 90's. I grew up playing hockey in the winter and waterskiing in the summer. A...

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Mad Zuice.

Prescription snow covering over 3000' of vertical. It just takes a few laps to get there. This is known as the Cannon Valley Effect.

Hey Tom, Good to see your post. Are you still working at Afton? Everyone looks to be open this weekend. The storm slid north but the cold made for some go prescription snow blowing. We got 5-6" at our place. Enough to get out for a little tour Tuesday night. Off to Welch for the opening salvo tomorr...

Winter/ storm warning for Monday. The season is about to begin. I was just out in hiking some woods and scouting some lines for XCD. I came home and got the news. Cold all week to keep it around and fire up the snow making to boot.

Let's see if anyone from the tribe checks this site.

Still looking to sell these. $75 for the skis flat or $110 with the NTN second ski kit. We can discuss shipping.