“One can easily climb up hills/mountains on "skishoes" and almost kill oneself on the way down if one does not know how to ski!“

Gareth just described my skiing 🤣

Had another peep at these when I stopped at Spry. When I was comparing the scale section to the Fischers they have stocked I’m gonna go out on a limb and say they’re identical (with the exception of colour). The scales have the same tooling marks, pattern, and feel between the two skis. While the Re...

Little bit of a bummer, kinda damaged the back tip of the Metsä today. Can’t say I’m too surprised by it, likely happened when I was bushwhacking a new route in. Wish there was some kind of guard back there (think its referred to as a rental protector)) biut having said that I’ve broke those as well...

I agree. Pretty cool how Telemark seems to be experiencing a revival in research and tech advances.

Demers Bicycle in Quebec has a huge variety available. Oberson in Quebec has a couple of different pairs. SPRY in Blairmore has Rossi. La Cordee has an Alpina boot. Norseman in Calgary has Rossi. Just Google the boot you’re interested in and add Canada to the search. Really like my Alpina Pi Tech, f...

I gave in and bought some X-skins. Soooo lacking willpower at times.

That Fireball stuff is awesome on a trek- warms you immediately! Also creates the illusion of being 10’ tall and bulletproof.

La Cordee has their Black Friday specials extended to Åsnes now. Think I’m all shopped out gearwise this year (never mind LH!) but some pretty good discounts from normal pricing…
https://www.lacordee.com/asnes-rabb-68- ... ns-542309/

Fernie Brewing Company has a new seasonal beer…very smooth, no afterkick.

My vote is Ingstad. You describe varying conditions where the scales and an Xskin would shine. Its also lighter and turns better than the USGI (I own both). That USGI is a bruiser though, it’ll punch through s**t that will toss Ingy around. Gotta try your Rex Tape idea, interesting to learn it’ll ha...