Switchbacks pair nicely with Excursions. I inadvertently experimented with lower than standard tension on the cartridges and as Woods alludes. The cartridges will back themselves off absent a certain minimum preload and you'll shed a ski (in my case, happily, on the uphill). As far as I can tell (I'...

These are the extra stiff, "green" cartridges for big boots on big skis.

See https://www.freeheellife.com/product-p/g3-1074.htm

Excellent condition, light use, set of 4, $27 shipped USPS priority mail.

Dumb idea from back of the room: turn everything upside down. Scales facing down, iron with a layer or two of cotton (t-shirt type rags) facing up... now you have gravity and surface tension working same direction....

just an idea. I don't even own a set of scaled skis right now.

In for hot tips, myself. The snow in question was *particularly* troublesome. I skinned up Pat's on Sunday morning and I left tracks full of great honking divots, yet my skins (recently waxed) stayed bone dry. Many people were having trouble with their downhill gear. I encountered one guy who was hi...

It's all here, dude! Poke around, you'll find what you need. Newbie to newbie... recommended reading: Allen & Mike's Telemark Tips More in depth, not quite as instant-on: Paul Parker's "Free Heel Skiing". Gear: Craig's List! First define your mission: e.g. downhill, uphill + downhill, XCd, xcD. Miss...

It's pretty bad...

That, too.

Forecast high for Wed starts with a... a... a... I can't say it. I'll spell it backwards: neves.

I've got a pair of Switchbacks sitting just a couple of miles away that I can't get until tomorrow.

Actually this mask is much more disturbing. https://pre00.deviantart.net/2756/th/pre/i/2012/100/7/d/hello_kitty_mask_by_kitten_red-d4vni32.jpg THAT'LL def make Mom's pull their children away from you. Especially if you do the Hannibal Lecter thing. This would be effective too: http://randommization...

Harris wrote:No way man, I'm pure Barry Manilow.

That has to be one of the least likely sentences ever constructed in the English language.