Ken Roberts wrote:

How about just tell us about three interesting and pretty touring areas
around Lausanne which get reliable snow -- and
(1) are suitable for the "light tele" gear (but mounted on skis narrow
enough to fit into groomed Classic ski tracks, and where the whole setup is
at least 1 kg _lighter_ than Scarpa F1 boots + Dynafit binding + light
randonnee racing skis),
but
(2) are _not_ suitable for Scarpa F1 boots with light randonnee skis.
(3) are _not_ suitable for wider "cross-country" skis with an SNS Profil
binding.

You can go and ski around the local municipal park on light gear if you
want, or around the local farms, or anything like that where the terrain
is fairly benign but nobody's driven a track-cutter. Why on earth would
anyone want to do that in randonee gear, unless randonee gear was all
you had? Might not be your idea of "pretty" or "interesting", but
people manage to have scenic fun doing it.

My only specific gear suggestion for boot/binding was NNN BC, which is
closer to straight SNS Profil than it is to a light tele pin setup, but
is a bit chunkier for better downhill control, though substantially less
than a "proper" tele setup.

Pete.
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