Being an eejit I've lost the bag my skins came in. What would you use as alternative? Bin bag? Is it meant to be porus?
Thanks for advice.
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You can usually buy spares from the skin manufacturer, but any reasonably strong nylon/plastic bag would do in the short term. The main thing is to dry your skins at least every day, or whenever possible on a multi-day trip.
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Anything that keeps the dirt / fluff off any bits of glue showing. Large sandwich bag might do it if you can’t get a replacement. As per @PowderAdict, just make sure you take them out and dry them at the end of the day (or stick them up your jumper if doing multiple transitions).
Anything that keeps the dirt / fluff off any bits of glue showing. Large sandwich bag might do it if you can’t get a replacement. As per @PowderAdict, just make sure you take them out and dry them at the end of the day (or stick them up your jumper if doing multiple transitions).
Wow you mean to say you don't have a jacket with skin pockets ????
Next you'll be saying you still use cheat sheets
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Weathercam wrote:
BobinCH wrote:
Anything that keeps the dirt / fluff off any bits of glue showing. Large sandwich bag might do it if you can’t get a replacement. As per @PowderAdict, just make sure you take them out and dry them at the end of the day (or stick them up your jumper if doing multiple transitions).
Wow you mean to say you don't have a jacket with skin pockets ????
I am a fan of skin socks.
Basically roll then up your arm then stick skin to them.
Works well in high-wind (... we get that a lot of that here) and better than sticking skins to themselves.
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I can see that last technique being useful on a windy day as at no point are there free ends to blow around, it slight overkill for a calm day in the woods. The various techniques also depend on how stiff the skins are, stiff heavier skins are more stable in transition, but have the downside of size and weight.
@PowderAdict, the more I practised and used that technique I didn't even have to take my pack off !!!
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I need to look at those videos! If doing multiple transitions I fold each skin on itself. If not I use the cheat sheets to avoid the edges getting dirt/dust on them.
I also just got a jacket with a pocket big enough for the skins. Will get its first test this weekend…
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RAB's first range of ski touring / ski mountaineering specific gear ticks a lot of boxes, surprising it's taken them this long etc
One of the team in Siberia after the very first transition on the second descent at the bottom discovered he's lost a skin after stuffing them up into his jacket and not making sure his backpack waist belt was holding it in place!!
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Haggis_Trap wrote:
I am a fan of skin socks.
Basically roll then up your arm then stick skin to them.
Works well in high-wind (... we get that a lot of that here) and better than sticking skins to themselves.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Weathercam wrote:
More stuff to carry / go wrong / lose/ increase faff factor ??
You use them instead of a bag or cheat sheets (which are a proper paff). Folding skins back on each other is fine, if you have a bag, but if glue is new then unsticking can require effort.
I just go for the sticking them together option, no bag - just in jacket or rucksack depending on what's happing the rest of the day. Only put sheets on and bag at the end of the season.
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