Salomon telemark skis

Does anone know if Salomon makes a ski for telemarking?

wrote:
Does anone know if Salomon makes a ski for telemarking?

What kind of telemarking? There's probably better options unless you
have the screemin' deal.

-klaus

[ Bob Lee ]

wrote:

Does anone know if Salomon makes a ski for telemarking?

There are a few special telemark models out there (mostly softer
versions of an alpine model), but these days most people tele on
normal alpine skis. The Salomon X-Scream series seems to be a
long-time favorite for in-bounds tele; I love my Teneightys for
offpiste, and a friend has had lots of fun on his Pocket Rockets
(although he's since turned to the dark side and mounted them with
AT).

I've never seen a special tele model from Salomon, but I don't really
see any reason to go looking for one. Most softer alpine skis should
work well for tele.

You could tele on just about any ski that Solomon (or any other
manufacturer) makes. That said, a lot of people tele on the Pocket
Rocket. Other than the issue of putting skins on a twin-tip model, it
makes a good backcountry ski.

It's not that much of a problem, really. My friend's biggest problem
with skins on the Pocket Rockets was the wide, rounded front tip, not
the back tip.


Martin
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Martin Thornquist wrote:

There are a few special telemark models out there (mostly softer
versions of an alpine model), but these days most people tele on
normal alpine skis. The Salomon X-Scream series seems to be a
long-time favorite for in-bounds tele; I love my Teneightys for
offpiste, and a friend has had lots of fun on his Pocket Rockets

Wot Martin said...

I have a set of X-Free-8s with Rivas on, a pal skis X-Screams and 10-80s
with tele bindings and has toured free heel and tele-d on X-Mountains.
His comment on the X-Screams is you need to be reasonably good to work
them well, but as long as you are then you reap the rewards.

My X-Free-8s don't tele as neatly as my Tua Heliums, but they carve
parallels and reverse tels considerably better.

Pete.
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