Summer's here
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lowangle al
- Posts: 2752
- Joined: Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:36 pm
- Location: Pocono Mts / Chugach Mts
- Ski style: BC with focus on downhill perfection
- Favorite Skis: powder skis
- Favorite boots: Scarpa T4
- Occupation: Retired cement mason. Current job is to take my recreation as serious as I did my past employment.
Summer's here
Well summers here, almost. I hope everyone had a good season and wish you all a great summer.
Re: Summer's here
Leather hiking boots or Trail Runners?
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fgd135
- Posts: 470
- Joined: Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:55 pm
- Location: Colorado
- Ski style: Yes, sometimes.
- Favorite Skis: Most of them
- Favorite boots: Boots that fit
- Occupation: Yes
Re: Summer's here
All of that plus tele boots and skis for spring descents!
We had 11" of snow a couple days back, above about 9500', and good spring conditions otherwise.
Sometimes when I'm spring hiking, not skiing, I'll carry smaller racing snowshoes, with easy-on-and-off bindings, for trails that soften up in the afternoon, so I'm not postholing so much. It's awful to hike in on nice firm snow and then start plunging up to knees and hips on the way back to the trailhead later in the day.
"To me, gracefulness on skis should be the end-all of the sport" --Stein Eriksen
Re: Summer's here
There’s something strangely appealing about the bindings of the Finnish skis (see post by @Theme). A nice welted boot and universal bindings would make hiking-snowshoeing-skiing pretty sweet.
Seems like a backwards move from step in ski bindings but can’t deny the flexibility of that system… if true mobility is the goal.
Seems like a backwards move from step in ski bindings but can’t deny the flexibility of that system… if true mobility is the goal.
Go Ski
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Montana St Alum
- Posts: 1188
- Joined: Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:42 pm
- Location: Wasatch, Utah
- Ski style: Old dog, new school
- Favorite Skis: Blizzard Rustler 9/10
- Favorite boots: Tx Pro
- Occupation: Retired, unemployable
Re: Summer's here
I'm heading to Moab next Sunday to be bullied and brutalized on my mountain bike by my 30 year old son. Can't wait!
Re: Summer's here
trail racing season started 6 weeks ago. this coming weekend its the Baldy Blitz in Bozeman: 4400 ft ascent in 4 miles, then run back down. Beta says the top 2 miles is snow covered...
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mca80
- Posts: 992
- Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:24 pm
- Location: Da UP eh
- Ski style: Over the river and through the woods
- Favorite Skis: Nansen, Finnmark, Kongsvold, Combat NATO, Fischer Superlite, RCS
- Favorite boots: Crispi Bre, Hook, Alpina 1600, Alico Ski March, Crispi Mountain
Re: Summer's here
Mostly logging boots for now, a lot to process. Not as enjoyable as the hiking boots and leisurely strolls, but not a bad workout carrying maple logs back to camp over my shoulder and splitting a few full cords with a maul.
Re: Summer's here
Yeah mostly work boots and Dunlops around here in Alberta, not a lot of time for trails but trails are shaping up nice with a very dry season. Unfortunately wildfires are here already, need some rain asap and then busting out the arctic mucks for a bit
Re: Summer's here
Yes, “summer”
(actually it was kinda stressful to hit the corn window, there hasn’t been any good overnight freezing for a while)
(I’ll take the demerit for non-tele content… mountaineering sucks on tele gear)
(I’ll take the demerit for non-tele content… mountaineering sucks on tele gear)