air temperature and waxes
 

Dear All,
How useful a guide is air temperature for waxes. I was out in +6 but a blue.
I should point out that I tend not to pack a thermometer when ski touring.
wax -6 to 0 worked fine.

air temperature and waxes
 

The meterologist-skier running a site in the upper midwest once told me
that snow temp follows air temp by about two hours. For planning in
advance, I use the NWS hourlies for the location or nearby where the
lat-long is known, or the SNOTEL data reports for a closeby location.
The latter go back a week.

Gene

On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:20:16 -0000
"Neil" wrote:

Dear All,
How useful a guide is air temperature for waxes. I was out in +6 but
a blue. I should point out that I tend not to pack a thermometer when
ski touring. wax -6 to 0 worked fine.

air temperature and waxes
 

On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:20:16 -0000, "Neil" wrote:

Dear All,
How useful a guide is air temperature for waxes. I was out in +6 but a blue.
I should point out that I tend not to pack a thermometer when ski touring.
wax -6 to 0 worked fine.

If I recall, using a colder temp glide wax in warmer conditions is more
forgiving than using a warmer temp wax in colder conditions.

(happy to be corrected about this if I am wrong - or confirmed if I'm right)


Ben

air temperature and waxes
 

I suspect your right, although I was out on the same blue wax -6 to 0,
today. Fluffy but wet snow, always the worst, and I was balling up. I hadn't
put new wax on for 2 days.

"Ben Kaufman" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:20:16 -0000, "Neil" wrote:

Dear All,
How useful a guide is air temperature for waxes. I was out in +6 but a
blue.
I should point out that I tend not to pack a thermometer when ski touring.
wax -6 to 0 worked fine.

If I recall, using a colder temp glide wax in warmer conditions is more
forgiving than using a warmer temp wax in colder conditions.

(happy to be corrected about this if I am wrong - or confirmed if I'm right)


Ben