Alpine Touring Thread

[NYSnowflake]

So who else is planning to earn their turns this season and avoid the Covid crowds? Did you buy new gear? Or do you have AT or Tele gear already? What is your setup and where do you plan to ski?

I just bought:
- Line Pandora 84 skis
- Marker Alpinist 8 bindings
- Scarpa Gea Boots
- Adjustable Black diamond carbon fiber poles
- Dakine Heli Pro 20L backpack
- Skins TBD...

We plan to start skiing at NY resorts and maybe finish the season on Mount Marcy.

 

[Harvey]

I'm on tele, got almost everything I need really. I need skins as usual, I can't seem to make them last more than 2 years.

No real plans, but if it's required I'll be there. Very likely I'll be getting more use out of my Rossi BC 110s in the Siamese Ponds Wilderness.

Wide Waxless Backcountry Skis

Backcountry skis for powder and rolling terrain.

nyskiblog.com

 

[Benny Profane]

What brand skins do you like, Harvey?

 

[Harvey]

What brand skins do you like, Harvey?

I'm not really the guy to ask.

It seems like the two brands are G3 and Black Diamond. I've used both and they both seem to work well enough?

No matter how well I try to refold them they dry out. I actually tried to reglue a pair once and that didn't turn out well.

Can anyone else give some input? Seems like a separate thread could be useful.

 

[Brownski]

I'm not really the guy to ask.

It seems like the two brands are G3 and Black Diamond. I've used both and they both seem to work well enough?

No matter how well I try to refold them they dry out. I actually tried to reglue a pair once and that didn't turn out well.

Can anyone else give some input? Seems like a separate thread could be useful.

I don’t have that problem. Getting them apart is the hard part for me. My beef is that skins are so expensive. I was about to suggest checking STP so I went and looked. They have a bunch of different ones to choose from around $100-110. I don‘t actually need them right now but there was one deal I couldn’t resist, even though I’ll have to trim them big time when the time comes

 

[Harvey]

Heard these were solid, from a well-respected former forum member. Picked them up.

Tour Pro

<p>The Tour Pro is the best gliding mohair-mix skin, the best anti-glopping and the most durable. This is the skin for professionals on the mountain for multi-day tours.</p>

www.pomoca.com

 

[Benny Profane]

Heard these were solid, from a well-respected former forum member. Picked them up.

Tour Pro

<p>The Tour Pro is the best gliding mohair-mix skin, the best anti-glopping and the most durable. This is the skin for professionals on the mountain for multi-day tours.</p>

www.pomoca.com

I went with the cheaper Black Diamond Ascension Nylon for a first pair. They say they don't glide as well, but grip really well, so, in my jong skinning mind, I figured, that's fine for eastern ice and a first timer.

Now I have to get the Shifts mounted and these cut. I'm considering Catamount and Mt. Snow for first time inbounds skin.

 

[marcski]

Heard these were solid, from a well-respected former forum member. Picked them up.

Tour Pro

<p>The Tour Pro is the best gliding mohair-mix skin, the best anti-glopping and the most durable. This is the skin for professionals on the mountain for multi-day tours.</p>

www.pomoca.com

I'm not sure which model he was using, but Plake was using Pomoco a couple of seasons ago at Platty.

My buddy who retired out in SLC, now only backcountry skis and uses these:

https://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/glidelite-mohair-mix-sts-skins-BD163715_cfg.html

 

[NYSnowflake]

I got G3 Scala skins because they fit my short 151cm skis and they were on clearance! I have nothing to compare them to so I guess I will make them work!

 

[JTG]

I have a pair of BD Ascension nylon and the Guidelite Mohair Pure. Much prefer the Mohair, lighter and more packable, and work just as well as the nylon.