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Fourth Coast, I definitely added a big XC component to my skiing from logging on here. Your E-99 is newer than mine, looks nice! I really like my Alaska BC. One benefit about the Alaska is if you order from REi, you can ship it to the closest store, and try it on before you take it out the door. Otherwise guys really like their Alfa’s.
I was an XCder for twentyfive years, now I'm an XCDer. It's all good. When I'm blessed with powder I take advantage of it. Now that it's gone I'll be doing some cruising.
I tallied the total miles and vertical of my tours this year. As of yesterday I've skied 258 miles and climbed 25,660 feet. I skied 44 days, all but three on T4s. A majority of the days was on waxed Voile Insanes followed by fish scaled Chargers and then Vector BCs. I did not use skins. My daily average was 5.86 miles with 585 feet of vertical. Although most of my tours were downhill oriented I only averaged 100' of vert. per mile.
So no matter how turn oriented my tours are I still do a lot of xc skiing. I enjoy doing both about equally so this confirmed my assessment that I am XCD. I would say that for me to be more of an xcD guy I would have to use skins to increase my percent of vert per mile. And like some guy from Vermont once told me "when you're skinning you're not skiing."
I tallied the total miles and vertical of my tours this year. As of yesterday I've skied 258 miles and climbed 25,660 feet. I skied 44 days, all but three on T4s. A majority of the days was on waxed Voile Insanes followed by fish scaled Chargers and then Vector BCs. I did not use skins. My daily average was 5.86 miles with 585 feet of vertical. Although most of my tours were downhill oriented I only averaged 100' of vert. per mile.
So no matter how turn oriented my tours are I still do a lot of xc skiing. I enjoy doing both about equally so this confirmed my assessment that I am XCD. I would say that for me to be more of an xcD guy I would have to use skins to increase my percent of vert per mile. And like some guy from Vermont once told me "when you're skinning you're not skiing."
I can guess I get about 100 feet of vertical per mile, but I don’t get the longer downhills like you Allan. That is why I’m mostly skiing skinny Gamme. It’s great mountain bike terrain, and it’s a lot of fun on skinny skis. I have also had my Falketind 62 skis out in certain conditions, where they excelled. I had my Tindan out a couple times recently, skiing some tight (for me) trees. They were excellent at breaking trail as well, and had good kick and glide on the track I broke.
However it has been climbing to 40 F all week. Someone needs to turn down the thermostat before it’s too late!
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However it has been climbing to 40 F all week. Someone needs to turn down the thermostat before it’s too late!
It got colder but I think it is too late. Seems like the season is done already unless I drive way up north. But on the bright side it seems like NNN BC boots are getting restocked now.
Does anyone have experience with the Alpina Alaska and the Alfa Guard Advance, both in NNN-BC?
I would like to know which boot has the most lateral support for putting a ski on edge. Or is there some other boot that would be even better for keeping the 'd' in 'XCd' ?
