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lilcliffy wrote:I wonder how a ski like the Asnes Amundsen would compare to the Glitt/Gamme54 in terms of your skiing context.
The Amundsen is available in both a touring camber-flex (Amundsen BC) and an expedition/heavy-load camber-flex (Amundsen Fram BC).
I waffled for a while between the two skis. Gamme won out due to it's purportedly better turning ability and the fact that my multiday pack almost never weighs more than 30-35 lbs in winter. Amundsen looks like it was designed with Amundsen style skiing in mind- long, flat expanses and ultra heavy loads. Gamme seems a little more like a mountain bc-xc ski.
Skis:
Asnes Ingstad with NNN-BC Magnum
Asnes Rago with NNN-BC
Bonna Conquest with NNN-BC Auto
Fisher SCS Classic with NNN
Altai Hok with universal binding (for now)
The Rago and Traverse are for my teenager or a guest to join me for a ski.
If I did add another ski, it would probably be the Asnes Mountain Race with NNN-BC. Or, then again, maybe the Asnes Storetind with 3 pins and Garmont Excursions.... This may not end well.
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athabascae wrote:
If I did add another ski, it would probably be the Asnes Mountain Race with NNN-BC. Or, then again, maybe the Asnes Stortind with 3 pins and Garmont Excursions.... THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME QUIVER AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT RIGHT NOW!
The storetind is no more, but they made the line even better.
Now it's Falketind and Tind covering 4 different waist widths.
62 and 68 mm waists for the skinny, more XCD Falketind and 76 and 85 mm waists for the more AT/Tele Tinds. They all have camber and rockered tips and tails. They all have the skinlock system as well.
athabascae wrote:
If I did add another ski, it would probably be the Asnes Mountain Race with NNN-BC. Or, then again, maybe the Asnes Stortind with 3 pins and Garmont Excursions.... THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME QUIVER AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT RIGHT NOW!
There is snow on the ground in the valleys here in the Yukon, but not enough to ski yet. Lots in the mountains.
Hope you guys back east have a much better season than last year. If not, hope you get a fat bike and nordic skates. Don't waste it indoors or waiting in lift lines...
I'm looking forward to lots of tranquil miles exploring both familiar and new ground on the Ingstads and Bonnas this winter. Maybe a few fast(ish) laps at lunch on the Fishers. Can't wait! I'm stoked to ski.
I'm going to have to have a hard look at the Tinds, maybe with Scarpa T4 or Excursions, for this winter too. The Mountain Race can probably wait until the end of season sales.
Cool! Summer has been great Tom - different than years past with my wife being pregnant, but I certainly got plenty of miles on my bikes. My boats collected a bit more dust than I would have liked.
I suspect I'll probably be doing lots of this:
for a while. Which isn't as bad as you might think.
I still plan on skiing but even if we have a good year, it might be less than last year.
Once the boys can walk though, then I'll start pushing them down sledding hills on their skis And hopefully they can stay with grandma and grandpa so we can do some other skiing.
And hopefully they can stay with grandma and grandpa so we can do some other skiing.