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DIY Heel Lift for Rottafella BC Magnum bindings

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 1:56 pm
by agregoire
Hello dear community!

Does anyone have experience in building themselves some DIY heel lifts to install on Rottafella BC Bindings? Or is there an existing add-on to this binding that I can purchase? I was thinking about a 2" wood block with velcro straps, any other idea?

I finally had a chance to try out my new gear (Fischer S-98 with Rottafella BC Magnum Bindings and Madshus Vidda backcountry ski boots) on a nice small hill in Quebec area (Mt Alta in Val-David) reserved for ski touring (no lifts, about 500ft height which I typically climb 4-5 times a day).

Had a blast getting to familiarize myself with the much more technical setup than my previous telemark regular bindings with Scarpa T-2 - really really fun in the powder in the woods, and very difficult in the moguls :)

Going up with Fischer's easy-skins was awesome, it climbs very well! However, even though it's only about 10-12 minutes to go up, it's quite steep and I felt it would be a lot easier with some Heel Lifts... anny suggestion will be highly appreciated!

Re: DIY Heel Lift for Rottafella BC Magnum bindings

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:42 pm
by timpete
See here for what I'm doing: https://www.telemarktalk.com/viewtopic. ... 987#p46987, this is just putting a Voile heel on with 58 mm wire. As you can see from that thread, the hard-asses will say you don't need a lifter, but I'm with you, it sounds nice for going directly up fall lines.

I'm also not sure if the hole pattern for Voile heels is same as NNN-BC, as I'm sure you'd like to not drill new holes in the skis. I could check soon for you.

When I was thinking of DIY approaches I had the idea of a hard rubber block wedge that was T-slotted to slide onto the outside overhang/lip on the NNN-BC heel. I went with the Voile heel so never tried fabbing this, though. Anecdotally I think others here use bungies to strap some sort of block to the boot heel, but not sure exactly how this is done.

Re: DIY Heel Lift for Rottafella BC Magnum bindings

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:18 pm
by agregoire
Great suggestions, Thanks!

Re: DIY Heel Lift for Rottafella BC Magnum bindings

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:00 pm
by 12gaugesage
I've retrofitted these from Altai to nnnbc.
Nothing special but worked fine.
You'll need both the heel piece and the wire, sold separately.

https://us-store.altaiskis.com/product/ ... piece-kit/

https://us-store.altaiskis.com/product/ ... el-pieces/