I think you don't have experience of the difficult terrain
conditions I was discussing. If you haven't done it, I
guess you'll just have to take my word for it: Handling
well-glide-waxed skis simply is more difficult in small-scale
steep forested terrain (off-trail/off-track). In such conditions
grip (not only backwards, btw) tends to be much more important
than glide, but...

I can't figure out what you are trying to say.

If the skis are sticky enough so that they help you not go
forward when you are in steep forested terrain, they will
suck when you come to an opening and don't want them to
stick.


Many years ago, I was skiing up a hill. I was new to wax,
and my skis were sticking much better than I expected. Nice
day, making good progress, all was wonderful...

Then I bumped one of my skis and knocked loose the snow that
was stuck to the bottom and that ski didn't stick any more.
Time to put on skins...

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