Stephen wrote: ↑Tue Feb 01, 2022 6:40 pm
remind me on your all up ski weight again?
I get the idea you like the skis -- can you make comparisons or broaden commentary?
Great pics.
The way this works is that, if you're going to move, you're required to find a suitable replacement before moving.
Need content.
thanks! lol as far as I know, no one up here is really interested in doing what I'm doing... either its competition skate skiing on groomed trails or spring crust skiing. and then alpine AT junkies skiing steep couloirs with a death wish.
about 150-155lbs. 5ft8in
As far as a comparison...it is still too early to tell
Sverdrup skis have a harder time in very deep snow...maybe due to the shorter effective length. No doubt the Ingstad would do better. But, I had no problems climbing up that steep slope in the photos.
The old FT62 would do better as they are wider ...but only in perfect conditions. I believe the Sverdrup is better in steep and deep snow than the Fischer S112.
I'm not entirely sure if the Nansen/Skog would be better or worse. I have the Skog in 185cm which is a bit long for steep skiing and perfect length for flat terrain for me. But I have gone down very steep runs early season with the Skog...they were surprisingly quite capable. I will need more time to evaluate Skog vs. Sverdrup.
It will be interesting to see how it does in spring conditions...crust, corn, and mash. So far, the winner on crust is MT51 for gentle terrain, Skog for moderate terrain. (none for steep! no ski with leather boots are good on steep crust!)
All the Asnes skis I have tried have performed well on corn. will be eager to test out the Sverdrup next month
so far, FT62 performs the best on old late season mash potato snow. ...However, I also think that the Fischer S112 does very well on mash too.
only concrete conclusions so far are Sverdrup in deep snow is difficult (as others have described already)
Sverdrup is capable on very steep slopes both up and down
Sverdrup is terrible in breakable crust and hard windblown boilerplate crust ...but then nearly all skis are bad (for me) in these conditions. I am unable to ski steep slopes of breakable crust or windblown crust. I never managed to master these conditions in leather boots. On an AT setup, I can ski windblown crust to some extent...but not breakable crust. I have friends and acquaintances who excel in these areas...so its operator error and not the equipment.
Sverdrup performs well as expected in good consolidated snow. very easy to turn, very fast and smooth.
They even do fine when the snow is a bit hard with kibbles and bits... scarred refrozen trails from snowmachines, dog walkers, snowshoers, fat tire bikes... This is not the case with S112, FT62...those are nearly unusable. MT51 barely manages because they are so light, I get tossed around when the skis hit refrozen crud. In some very difficult conditions, I often leave the skins on.
I wish I could be more help...but thats all I have. I havent put too many days into these skis so far this season. Hope to get more time soon. Its snowing today...again. So we may just keep stacking more and more snow.
none of my xcD skis do well in this midwinter deep snow.
May go to the darkside this weekend and use my AT setup. lol
