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Posted by Michael McGoldrick, Wed Mar 14 2012 at 9:45 am
Spring skiing and waxless skis
Spring skiing is now here in earnest, and when it�s sunny, there�s probably no better way to get out and enjoy the changing seasons. The only problem with skiing in warmer weather is that I have never enjoyed the routine of applying and cleaning off klister on my regular classic cross-country skis. Klister is messy stuff to work with, especially if you haven�t got the hang of it.
After�years of resisting, I finally broke down and bought some waxless skis at the very end of last year�s ski season. The skis were 50% off, but I only got a chance to use� them once last year. This spring I have already used them several times, and they seem to work quite well under the rights conditions (when there�s little chance of encountering frozen or icy snow conditions).
The�real advantage of waxless skis is that I simply throw them in the car and go skiing - no preparation time required for the application of the EVIL klister. Another advantage is that I no longer have to worry about bits of leafs and tree bark getting stuck in the wax or klister as a winter�s worth of debris migrates to the surface of the trails as the snow slowly melts. All in all, I have to admit that I�ll probably do more skiing this spring than would have been the case if I only had my regular wax skis.
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