Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 26th 10, 08:42 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,920
Carbon Poles vs. Alum?
gr wrote:
And.... no, I don't use the adjustable poles
I typically use one-piece Swix Mountains, which are pretty bombproof...
but it's at /least/ as much to do with the grip, basket and spike...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 25th 10, 10:27 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,920
Carbon Poles vs. Alum?
gr wrote:
Is carbon too fragile for backcountry skiing (ie; they break instead of
bend like aluminum)
I would guess that all else being equal a carbon pole would be slightly
less dependable,...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 14th 10, 08:19 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,875
Pieps avalance beacons
Champ wrote:
Surely, if you ski backcountry by yourself, then a transciever isn't
going to do you a lot of good unless someone else happens to be around
when you get avalanched. We all know...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
March 16th 09, 08:12 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,058
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 11th 08, 08:21 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,556
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
November 11th 08, 08:21 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,611
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
April 8th 08, 02:58 PM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,303
cracked bales on Rotefella Super Tele 3 pins
Chris Townsend wrote:
Sounds like a dud pair. I was out a few days ago on a pair of "rock "
skis with those bindings dating from 1987! The bindings are still fine.
They must have had many...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
April 8th 08, 01:27 PM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,303
cracked bales on Rotefella Super Tele 3 pins
just had to alter a tour quite a bit when my wife's Rotefella Super
Telemark 3 pin bindings failed within a few days of each other. They
were being used on fairly normal nordic tourers (Morotto...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
December 19th 07, 07:46 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,318
strap-ons
Booker Bense wrote:
I think the OP would be a lot better off switching to
a different boot maker. Not everybody has alpina shaped
feet, the other XC boots have a significantly different fit....
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
March 11th 07, 04:40 PM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,188
Telemarking on Non Fluffy Snow
_Uli wrote:
Mike, don't you think that's a little bit too much theory?
Well, it was pretty heavy, but better have the theory behind you as
something you can refer to.
For me, the best thing...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
February 20th 07, 07:46 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,188
Telemarking on Non Fluffy Snow
shields wrote:
It could be your gear. An upgrade may be what you need.
You can generally upgrade gear /and/ skills. A friend of mine who's a
BASI coach can out-ski me downhill if he's on...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
February 14th 07, 07:30 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 12
Views: 8,188
Telemarking on Non Fluffy Snow
EdV wrote:
I went to practice telmark turns on the green runs at Afton
Alps(Hastings, MN) last Sunday and didn't feel like I had I was
getting enough edge to feel in control. It was around 10...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
January 22nd 07, 07:44 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,365
mounting bindings to fischer skiis
gbgustav wrote:
I just purchased a brand new set of fischer src skate skiis and
bindgins at a killer price - the store was going out of business and
would not mount them. I figured i could get...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
December 13th 06, 02:08 PM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 64
Views: 25,915
Going off trail
DL wrote:
On the knee issue, tele basically out?
Depends exactly what the problem is: "bad knees" covers a lot of bases.
Mine are pretty dodgy but I find for my particular values of "pretty...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
December 13th 06, 02:08 PM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 52
Views: 16,477
Going off trail
DL wrote:
On the knee issue, tele basically out?
Depends exactly what the problem is: "bad knees" covers a lot of bases.
Mine are pretty dodgy but I find for my particular values of "pretty...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
December 12th 06, 08:49 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 64
Views: 25,915
Going off trail
DL wrote:
I'm leaning toward 2 pr skis.
Only 2? it's just not trying... ;-)
1 light pair for similar desires as OP and
touring with GF + 1 heavy pair to basically replace alpine gear for...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
December 12th 06, 08:49 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 52
Views: 16,477
Going off trail
DL wrote:
I'm leaning toward 2 pr skis.
Only 2? it's just not trying... ;-)
1 light pair for similar desires as OP and
touring with GF + 1 heavy pair to basically replace alpine gear for...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 20th 06, 08:44 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,141
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 13th 06, 07:45 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,141
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 9th 06, 07:49 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 64
Views: 25,915
Going off trail
Ken Roberts wrote:
So I just find my 3-buckle
more fun -- and after all that's really why I'm out touring.
That's really the nub. Part of the reason I ski tele is I find teles to
be the way...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 8th 06, 07:36 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 64
Views: 25,915
Going off trail
Ulrich Hausmann wrote:
Am Dienstag, den 07.11.2006, 09:03 +0000 schrieb Peter Clinch:
Light for a plastic telemark boot, certainly, but there are no genuinely
light plastic telemark...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 7th 06, 08:58 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 64
Views: 25,915
Going off trail
AES wrote:
As a matter of curiousity, why does NNN BC exist, or why did it come
into being, in competition with 3 pin bindings?
I suspect it's related to the fact that we've been told for many...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
November 7th 06, 08:58 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 52
Views: 16,477
Going off trail
AES wrote:
As a matter of curiousity, why does NNN BC exist, or why did it come
into being, in competition with 3 pin bindings?
I suspect it's related to the fact that we've been told for many...
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
November 7th 06, 08:12 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 64
Views: 25,915
Going off trail
Ken Roberts wrote:
So now it looks like Peter was claiming that there are lots of places in the
European Alps with interesting ungroomed touring that is suited for NNN BC.
I do not agree...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
November 7th 06, 08:12 AM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 52
Views: 16,477
Going off trail
Ken Roberts wrote:
So now it looks like Peter was claiming that there are lots of places in the
European Alps with interesting ungroomed touring that is suited for NNN BC.
I do not agree...
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