selkirk Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Is it as easy at seems like it should be? I'm looking at trying to do an overnight trip and have the choice between skis/skins (though I still need to buy and trim the skins) or slowshoes. I'd rather skin but I've never done it before, and would have to screw around too much on the fly. Any thoughts or advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Would you rather drive a Ferrari Enzo or a Ford Fiesta? One requires a bit of investment in skill, but once you've got it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 It takes 5 seconds to learn to skin, it's the other part(going downhill) that takes time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Weight the ski with your heel too. OK now you know how to skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 I can do the downhill part reasonably well, and my bindings have reasonably good heel lifters so that should be ok. I guess that makes the decision easy! Time to go buy skins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Is it as easy at seems like it should be? If it's not, shot yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Dude! It's pretty straight forward. It's only the first season I've been doing the Randonee thing and it has been really awesome. I will never use snowshoes again if I can help it, but I could see where if there was a lot of exposed brush, rocks, it could be pretty lame. I've been going out pretty consistantly for the last month and the only things that seem to give me problems is judging how steep of a slope I can skin up and doing kick turns without falling over. I've figured a good technique for the kick turns and have been learning about the different slopes and what is the maximum steepness they'll work on. I would think it would be very dependant on the thickness of the skin and ski though along with your weight for determining that maximum, so it is probably varies from person to person. Trying to get something together to go out this weekend and do an overnighter. We on for dry tooling this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 no, i'm booked wed and thurs night Then doing an Av 1 course over the weekend. Maybe next week though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Dude, it's a Mounties trip. You must have a PASS on your gradecard on skinning before you'll be allowed to participate. Really, there's nothing to skinning. With good technique, you can skin up steeper slopes than someone with poor technique, but it won't be an issue this weekend. Where more skill comes in is: -turning a switchback elegantly -skiing downhill with skins on -being efficient with skins/bindings on/off transitions But yeah, you should bring skiis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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