2015 Åsnes Combat NATO
- telerat
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- Joined: Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:09 am
- Location: Middle of Norway
- Ski style: Telemark, backcountry nordic and cross country skiing.
- Favorite Skis: Any ski suitable for telemark or backcountry skiing, with some side-cut for turning.
- Favorite boots: Scarpa plastic telemark. Asolo and Alfa leather boots.
Re: 2015 Åsnes Combat NATO
There are some skiing xcd on tech bindings, even when the focus is mostly xc and narrower skis. Utemagasinet.no has an article on this. This is a bit special case though, as an "expedition race" where you have to bring an extra ski, and most bring two pairs of skis with different focus. I think you can see the picture of his setup here, with one pair of Asnes Ousland and one pair of Ski Trab skis, both with tech bindings:
https://www.utemagasinet.no/fjellski/gl ... randotriks
I have seen other examples also and a friend of a friend uses the very light EVI Fury for touring, and at 86 mm waist it is the same weight as Asnes Falketind 62. I think especially in loose conditions it has advantages, and AT boots also have much more support if snow is harder:
https://www.eviski.com/Index.aspx?PageU ... ductID=282
https://www.utemagasinet.no/fjellski/gl ... randotriks
I have seen other examples also and a friend of a friend uses the very light EVI Fury for touring, and at 86 mm waist it is the same weight as Asnes Falketind 62. I think especially in loose conditions it has advantages, and AT boots also have much more support if snow is harder:
https://www.eviski.com/Index.aspx?PageU ... ductID=282