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Wondering what the forum can tell me about Asnes Vikafjell skis

Looks similar to the Mountain Tour 51. 3/4 steel edges, a 60-51-55 side cut and the snake bite for X-Skins. Nice looking ski. Lengths up to 210. Some versions don't have the snake bites.

https://www.telemarktalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=3578

According to this thread it is the precursor to the MT51. Like a Voss or M50 from Madshus. Fast touring skis.

I have a pair of Vikafjells. It was significantly cheaper than other Åsnes options at the time. I think it has extruded bases, it doesn't hold wax well at all. So unless you plan on using klister or x-skins at all times I would not recommend it.

Many Åsnes skis from that period say sintered base right on the top sheet. The Rago for instance. I would be surprised if the Vikafjell had an extruded base and if it was much different than the Mountain Tour 51.

These are great!

As far as I know, yes, they became the MT51, and I'm pretty sure they have an extruded base.

For a while they were re-branded as a promotional thing for Kvikk Lunsj, a true Norwegian institution (like a Kit-Kat, only delicious, albeit anyone over like 35 will tell you they used to be better). Check these out!

https://www.finn.no/bap/forsale/search. ... +lunsj+ski

I came so close to buying a pair of these from a near neighbour once. I went to see them a couple of times.

They're really great, and they can get you to some surprisingly out of the way places.

Topsheet says woodcore sintered base. I would guess as wabene said skis from that era would be labelled such. P.S. these are Sondres, 67-57-62 (I am guessing 62, I can't see it under binding), no x-skin attachment point, still made in Norway.

DoggParadox wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:37 pm

Wondering what the forum can tell me about Asnes Vikafjell skis

No personal experience, but there has been some speculation in the replies re. the composition of the ski base.

This is from a Swedish online retailer (description in Norwegian. Extrudert/ekstrudert = extruded):
The following is from a short overview of narrow hybrid fjellskis by Pal-Trygve Gamme in the March 2012 edition of Utemagasinet:

Musk Ox wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:39 am

As far as I know, yes, they became the MT51, and I'm pretty sure they have an extruded base.

For a while they were re-branded as a promotional thing for Kvikk Lunsj, a true Norwegian institution (like a Kit-Kat, only delicious, albeit anyone over like 35 will tell you they used to be better).

The Norwegians like their Kvikk Lunsj. When I first went to Norway in 2011, I was warned that referring to Kvikk Lunsj as “Norwegian KitKat” could cause grave offense. The following comparison between the two knocks seven buckets of shite out of KitKat:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... astes-best

Of course, being Swiss, it’s very unpatriotic of me to point that out – as KitKat is a Nestlé product.

Na man, these are multi-national corporations now. Nestle, etc, they don't distinguish Swiss or other, it's all $.

To be a bit more useful, the Vikafjells were the first skis my wife used when we came to Norway. They're skis you could use on the groomed circuits that were good for climbing into the 'local' mountains, taking fun shortcuts/ making your own connections between the trails.

They're good for really long days out on the difficult, high, trails, for example when the machines had been out a couple of weeks ago and you're following markers through deep snow on top, or for when the trails were steep and icy, stuff like that. They're not 'true' fjellski, in Norwegian terms, but they can get you there in certain conditions.

They're fast on the flats and not totally useless even on deeper snow between trails if you're having fun (meaning you can make your own tracks with them, within reason, but they're not exactly NATOs, Nansens or S-Bounds).

mca80 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:24 pm

Na man, these are multi-national corporations now. Nestle, etc, they don't distinguish Swiss or other, it's all $.

I just realised that this is also true of the Kvikk Lunsj – it's now owned by Mondelez.

Norwegians of a certain age will tell you that Kvikk Lunsj fell off when they switched from the paper to the plastic wrapper, but I regret I cannot confirm this from personal experience, albeit I have consumed huge quantities of them.