Meidjos on Altai Koms

[groughsurfer]

Has anyone tried this combination? Are there any reasons why it wouldn’t work? I’m tempted by the shortest size, which I believe are 150 cm, as these would be the easiest to carry on a rucksack but I guess that there would be disadvantages to skiing something so short. Would any such disadvantages be a deal breaker in your opinion?
Some back story: I appreciate that it’s a bit arse about face to start with the bindings but I have a pair of Meidjo 2.1s that haven’t seen the light of day for several years and it seems a shame not to use them. Currently, they are mounted on a pair of Sky7 HDs, that I find too wide underfoot for my normal use in Alpine resorts , or my local indoor real artificial snow centre, Manchester’s Chillfactore.
I live in the Derbyshire Peak District, where I am lucky, by English standards, to enjoy, on average, about ten days a year of local skiing. Mostly, these are enjoyed on Nordic touring skis, for, despite the name, most Peak District hills have flat or rolling tops and the snow sticks higher up. The sides of the hills, however, can be steeper and offer some excitement and desperate manoeuvres in variable but usually shallow snow. A short, ultra manoeuvrable ski appeals for such conditions, especially if it has up hill and cross country abilities as well. Also, I have room for a ski to use in the west of the island of Britain where the mountains tend to be steep and rocky.Here skiing involves long carries, hard snow and the urgent avoidance of obstacles.
Overall, therefore, easy carrying and manoeuvrability are more important than speed or float and, on my small local hills, a patterned base would make skiing laps much more fun than swapping to skins or boot packing. On a practical note, I’ve found a European supplier of Koms, so would they work for me and how long, or short, should I try them?

[JohnSKepler]

What boot would you pair with that? I just can’t see the need for some heavy TXPro-type boots with that ski. Maybe an older F1 or F3 but holy smoke, the 4-buckle boots ain’t light and I don’t know where else you’re going to find a tech-toe tele-boot with a duck butt.

[groughsurfer]

Thanks for your reply,John. I’d use my 3 buckle Scott Voodoos. Heavier than I would like but I can live with that for a few hours locally, or the odd day out in the Lakes or Snowdonia. When I first clipped into the Meidjos I thought that they would be great with some light weight boots, like those used by my AT using mates, and some scaled bases but, like everyone else, I’m still waiting and I ain’t holding my breath

[JB TELE]

If you are cruising along more mellow terrain, the voile TTS transit might make more sense. It's lightweight and you can remove the hardwire cable on ascents for less weight. You can also use the old scarpa f3 boots if you can find one in decent condition.

In my experience, cable bindings are easier and smoother to turn on low angle, low speed descents. NTN bindings that attach to the midfoot of the boot are very powerful but kind of overkill when you need to make low speed turns on low angle terrain with lots of obstacles (trees). I haven't used the Medijos before, only the 22D outlaws.

[Karren Brady]

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[groughsurfer]

Thanks Karen, have you skied the Koms?

[wabene]

[mca80]

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