ISO Opinions on Alpina Lite Terrain BC Skis

Any opinions on the Alpina Lite Terrain BC skis? I'm thinking about buying
them for my wife who is a beginning tele skier. She'll drive them with the
Alico Ski Tour 75mm NN boots which is a lite leather BC boot and use them
for BC touring plus turning when the opportunity arises.

I'm interested in the ski's overall touring, climbing and turning
performance and the match up with a lite tele boot. I've read some good
things about the Cross Terrain, but this seems like too much of a turner for
her needs and too much ski for her boots.

I have the Fisher Ottabounds and really like them except they're kind of
weak on the climbing side.

Thanks.

Brent Mahan

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Brent wrote:
Any opinions on the Alpina Lite Terrain BC skis? I'm thinking about buying
them for my wife who is a beginning tele skier. She'll drive them with the
Alico Ski Tour 75mm NN boots which is a lite leather BC boot and use them
for BC touring plus turning when the opportunity arises.

_ Well, they're probably fine for touring. I can't say I would
recommend learning to tele on such light gear. IMHO, the learning
curve is a lot faster if you go from heavy to light gear as your
technique improves.


I'm interested in the ski's overall touring, climbing and turning
performance and the match up with a lite tele boot. I've read some good
things about the Cross Terrain, but this seems like too much of a turner for
her needs and too much ski for her boots.

_ The Xterrain could work if you get them short enough. The Alpina postive
waxless pattern climbs really well, but is a bit slow on the
level. The flex on the Xterrain is much more like an alpine ski
than a tele ski. I've no idea about the lite version, but I would
try and check it out if at all possible.


I have the Fisher Ottabounds and really like them except they're kind of
weak on the climbing side.


_ Kicker skins[1]. Buy a pair, you won't regret it. IMHO, getting
your wife a pair of these along with some kicker skins would
be the best solution. The fischers have a really nice flex for
a combo tour/turning ski that would match up nicely with those
leather boots. As an aside, regular old kick wax
works fairly well on a negative pattern base like the Fischer's.
Kicker skins are a lot simpler though.

_ Booker C. Bense

[1]- http://www.bdel.com/gear/backcountry/kicker_skins.php




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