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I dunno…. K&G speed has a lot to do with motivation. Also fitness. A lot of people putzing around on XC skis don’t have that motivation. Also the high camber and floppy boots can make people cautious and slow. I often see slow XC skiers around. Lots of snowshoers too, they do better than XC skiers when the trails are all blown out, uneven and icy. Well, they even contribute to all that!
The Forest Service signs for separate ski and snowshoe trails don’t get followed so much…..
Some unknown person, not Park Ranger, put these up on different trails in ROMO NP. Only did it one season. Because of course the shoe’rs made parallel tracks. And if it isn’t the shoe’rs it’s the dang moose that can’t stick to to one track but wander back and forth from track to track!
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The Forest Service signs for separate ski and snowshoe trails don’t get followed so much…..
Some unknown person, not Park Ranger, put these up on different trails in ROMO NP. Only did it one season. Because of course the shoe’rs made parallel tracks.
I made tracks from the end of the road (plowed snow bank blocking farther access) most of the way to the first trestle (Rifle Sight Notch) on the Winter Park side of Rollins Pass until I uphilled a snowmobile track. Two guys from South America rode their snowmobiles down side by side obliterating it instead of sticking to the middle or right side of the road.
My new home has so much mixed terrain that I don't think about technique anymore. I just go.
Alot of my time is now spent route finding and breaking trail in deep snow, gliding on breakable and hard wind crust, bushwacking and slashing through patches of dense forest as I follow game trails of small animals, stream crossings, topping out over steep high cliffs of icy snow mixed with deep bottomless dry powder, and walking on mud and grass and avoiding gravel and rocks.
It's been an interesting and different year... I often wonder if any locals are skiing out here in Western North Dakota...so far, it doesn't look like it. A few signs of postholing snowshoers and fat tire bikers for a mile or two but that's it.
Alot of my time is now spent route finding and breaking trail in deep snow, gliding on breakable and hard wind crust, bushwacking and slashing through patches of dense forest as I follow game trails of small animals, stream crossings, topping out over steep high cliffs of icy snow mixed with deep bottomless dry powder, and walking on mud and grass and avoiding gravel and rocks.
What's the go-to ski for you for your new kind of skiing (compared to Alaska)?
Alot of my time is now spent route finding and breaking trail in deep snow, gliding on breakable and hard wind crust, bushwacking and slashing through patches of dense forest as I follow game trails of small animals, stream crossings, topping out over steep high cliffs of icy snow mixed with deep bottomless dry powder, and walking on mud and grass and avoiding gravel and rocks.
What's the go-to ski for you for your new kind of skiing (compared to Alaska)?
I think the Asnes Skog (Nansen) is a good all arounder for the most variable terrain. When it is hard crust, I use the Sverdrup. I may get a pair of Amundsen next winter for the hard wind crust and breakable crust.
The landscape in ND really beats up the skis compared to Alaska. Two pairs of skins are already torn up...will need new ones next winter. My leather boots held for nearly 5 seasons in AK, the upper parts are about done from this season's abuse.
I dunno…. K&G speed has a lot to do with motivation. Also fitness. A lot of people putzing around on XC skis don’t have that motivation. Also the high camber and floppy boots can make people cautious and slow. I often see slow XC skiers around. Lots of snowshoers too, they do better than XC skiers when the trails are all blown out, uneven and icy. Well, they even contribute to all that!
The Forest Service signs for separate ski and snowshoe trails don’t get followed so much…..
My new home has so much mixed terrain that I don't think about technique anymore. I just go.
Alot of my time is now spent route finding and breaking trail in deep snow, gliding on breakable and hard wind crust, bushwacking and slashing through patches of dense forest as I follow game trails of small animals, stream crossings, topping out over steep high cliffs of icy snow mixed with deep bottomless dry powder, and walking on mud and grass and avoiding gravel and rocks.
It's been an interesting and different year... I often wonder if any locals are skiing out here in Western North Dakota...so far, it doesn't look like it. A few signs of postholing snowshoers and fat tire bikers for a mile or two but that's it.
I was doing a lot of this last year but, this year, really worked on getting my Tele turns down. I've made HUGE progress but feel like I still have a long way to go. Ultimately what you're describing here is my favorite kind of winter skiing as well and what I will always gravitate towards. Here in Northern Utah we have a bit less ice and wind blown that you're describing but I still run into it, especially in the spring. My Falketind 62 has really served me well in most conditions though I'd prefer if the tip had a metal edge. I find that fiberglass laminated tip is easily dinged when tramping through densely vegetated snow-covered areas. However, I'd hate to give up the turnability of the FT62 which gives me confidence when things start getting steeper.
Mom! You forgot to cut the crust off . So I ate it twice
yeah... those ruts are horrible. I don't miss snowmachine and fat tire bike tracks. One nice thing about being in a rural place. Downside is, I have to break my own trail and find my own route.
. So I ate it twice