runcyclexcski wrote:
On Nov 20, 5:55 pm, wrote:
Aside from the obvious nice heavy top crust snow, is it possible to
skate on snow which is say, 9 inches deep and untraveled? Or is trail
breaking something you can't do at all wit skate skis?
gr

not on "skating skis" (i.e short and narrow) for sure. Skating
requires glide. I am not sure what kind of glide you can get through
9" of snow. Breaking trail after a fresh snowfall is "classic" style
skiing, but there is not much glide there either

Indeed.
:-)

Breaking trail like that, i.e. when sinking 15-20 cm down, reducesyour
forward speed to something like 4 km/h, at least when skiing marathon
distances with a pack.

Trying to skate would just be a very fast way to faceplant.

(There is one possible exception though: With no pack, very solid base
and up to 15 cm of extremely soft/fresh powder, you can indeed do some
skating, but it is a lot more efficient to ski classic style.)

Terje

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