I've Googled and called around but no dice. My skis are in storage but I want to go this weekend. Any leads appreciated!
Hello guys,
I'm looking to buy a set of telemark skiing boots this summer but I'm not sure where to go. I'd rather not buy online as historically I have been a bit difficult to fit. Are there any ski shops in the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, etc? I'm in Rhode Island so the further south the better but I'm willing to travel.
Hi everyone,
I am a snowboarder that also ski's when the snow sucks or my wife and I are out with slower family members, i also used to tour on a splitboard but sold it because i didn't have time to get out enough and felt bad leaving the wife at home. i currently ski some 2013 Line Sir Francis Bacons with marker squires and use older Cochise 130's, was eventually going to change the bindings out to tour on too. my reason for contemplating a switch to telemark was i am thinking changing boots and thought why not try tele on my current skis and get some used tele boots/bindings.
My main question is would telemarking on the Bacons suck for a newbie, or would it be manageable? i just get a bit bored skiing with my in-laws and thought it would be fun to give it ago especially since i don't ski on the latest and greatest so i dont mind if they get beat up. And well if you have any recommendations for older boots/bindings for all piste or like 80% piste/ 20% Touring that'd be awesome. let me know what you think, thanks!
Hoping to buy my pair of skis for telemark. Looking for all mountains ski? Any recommendations? Did some research and found that Head Kore 93 or Volkl Mantra M5 are pretty good. The problem is that that the recommendation is based on alpine skiing. Can I use alpine skis for telemark skiing? I've heard that telemark skis should be a bit softer and shorter than alpine skis as telemark is normally as aggressive?
Any good recommendations for skis?
Was looking for new skis and saw the k2 marksman and thought the asymmetrical sidecut idea was interesting, the turning radius is different on each side of the ski, inside edge has certain profile and outside edges have another. Then I got thinking that in alpine technique your shins can be easily aligned parallel in order for the edge of the ski to have exactly the same angle with the slope at the inside ski and outside ski. But for telemark the motion for the inside and outside ski is so different that I often notice (easier to spot with fatter skis) that telemarkers rarely have their skis at the same angle, the inside ski is often leaning at a larger angle than the outside ski. Different angles means the skis are trying to turn different radius turns which means poor turn accuracy (at least in alpine). An asymmetrical sidecut would adjust for the different angle and cause the skis to turn at the same radius despite different angles. Not only that but in a Tele turn the weight on the outside ski is centered in the middle of the boot, whereas on the inside ski the weight is at the toe, a good 15cm further up the ski, in alpine a ski can ride very different if you move the mounting point by 4cm, so surely this is not a negligible effect. Point being, telemark technique is so asymmetrical wrt the inside and outside leg, an asymmetrical sidecut would just make sense, yet the only telemark dedicated skis by Bishop don’t really consider this. Ofc the telemark scene is too small to over-engineer the products, but what are your thoughts on this? Sorry for block of text this came to me on my commute
I started telemark this year with wide skis (Black Crows Navis). As the snow conditions are rarely powder where I live, I am looking for another pair of skis to be able to carve better on hardpack. I ski NTN.
What model would you buy and why?
I don't know anything about telemark skis. I started on cross country skis before getting into downhill this last winter. I enjoy skiing in the woods and down all the hills and am considering skinning mountains. Can telemarks be put into a fixed position when I reach the top? Which would be better suited? Thanks for any help and yes I know this is a total nooby question.
I'm not a telemarker but I'm really interested in trying out telemark and my ski boots just gave up so since I have to buy knew boots anyway I thought that if I can use telemark boots either with normal skis or tm boots with tm skis but with the heel locked, then I could just buy that and not have two sets of boots/skis.
I know there are different types of fixations for telemark but do they all permit to fix the heel? Or none? I guess they have to, when you're in the chair lift but can you ski with the heel locked?
TLDR: Can I mount Nordic 3-pin bindings on fattie powder downhill skis, throw some AT skins on, and have a poor-man's version of the Altai Hok's?
Hi guys, I have a really dumb/bizarre question, and I think this forum is the place to ask.
I want to do some backcountry hiking in deep snow, way back in some mountain river valleys. It's mostly flat and open, with some occasional creek crossings, and some fallen logs/vegetation here and there. I will have to climb some modest slopes, as well as descend some itty-bitty rolling hills. (So no tearing up the slopes for this guy - I'm basically "hiking".)
Normally I would think that snowshoes would be what a guy wants, but I watched some videos on Russian trappers, and some Finn outdoorsmen, and they all use short-and-wide skis to get around instead of snowshoes. It seems that just North America uses snowshoes, and that skis would not only work, but work quite a bit better too.
Here's my dumb idea: I have a set of 2014 Volkl Katana's downhill powder skis that I got for free, and have used once a bunch of years ago. I was thinking of throwing some Nordic 3-pin bindings on these, throwing some AT skins on them, and turning them into a half-assed version of Altai Hoks.
Trouble is, I'm a hiker and not much of a ski-guy, so I'm not sure what specific combination of bindings/gear I need to make this happen. Figured the experts here would have a better idea.
Because he won't bend the knee!
(I'll see myself out)
I just moved here about 6 months ago and am wanting to get into more hobbies. Telemarking seems like a fun way to check out trails and hit some of the easier slopes but before I go dropping $400, $500 on skis I’d like to try them out. Tele isn’t too popular anymore. Does anyone know of a shop in the Springs that rents Telemark skis?
So I'm very interested in telemark. I've no experience with telemark skiis other than classical nordic, which I don't think translates well into downhill skiing.
I'd say I'm a decent skier for having only skied donwhill a few times, and I'm honestly tempted to make my first pair of boots and skis a telemark pair. Althought standard alpine skiing is fun, telemark looks even more fun, and from what I've heard, you can still ski "alpine" with telemark skis when you get tired.
My question here is how does skiing "alpine" with telemark gear compare to normal alpine gear? I assume you can't put as much preassure forward in your boots as you can in alpine.
What tempts me is the idea of being able to practice telemark skiing on my own, but if I want to ski with friends, I could still alpine ski and keep up with them until I'm good enough at telemark skiing to keep up.
Surely, it can't be the best of both worlds. Burst my bubble here!
Sorry, I meant DEVS MAY WE PLEASE FREE OUR HEELS AND FREE OUR MINDS?
Work out. That’s literally it. If you want to absolutely shred work out. I’ve telemarking for 15 years, since before I could drive, and I do think I know a thing or two. That said I’ll just give you my experience.
I’ve tele’d forever and I was always decent. I could keep up with my downhill and snowboard friends most of the time as long as they stopped to take breaks. I just couldn’t ski top to bottom on ski areas like Pico, Sugarbush and Stowe. I would need like five breaks.
For most of my telemark career post about age 18, I was 5’10”, 175-180lbs, big pot smoker, social drinker.
I could definitely shred, my last post of me skiing shirtless was from that time. I just could kinda blow down cruisers though. In big pow or bumps I really felt tele was holding me back.
Then in 2016 I had some stuff happen that made me get my shit together health wise. I’m no gym freak but I would go three times a week for an hour and run about 10 mi a week when it wasn’t winter. That winter I felt much better. I kept it up for the next year too and by leaps and bounds the winter of 17-18 was the best ever.
I know I’m not an extreme skier and I’ll probably never be, but I now can do one of my major goals which was to be able to rip bumps without stopping. This is from last winter.
https://imgur.com/gallery/e7OQfA8
100% the only thing I did different (remember I’ve been doing this for 15 years) was work out. Tele isn’t really that technically complicated, it’s just fucking tiring.
That was just casual cardio and gym stuff too. Nothing crazy.
That said this summer my gf and I have been running half marathons and once it gets cold I’m going to fucking destroy the gym! I’ll update next spring.
Hey all,
I'm around 5'6" or 168cm, and I use 166cm skis as my daily driver and touring skis. I've been looking for a used telemark setup to jump into it ever since I tried telemark awhile ago.
There's a 170cm K2 Phat Luvs (135/102/121mm) with G3 Targa bindings craigslist right now, but I've read that shorter is better if starting out for a telemark ski. It's also abit wide if I'm using it just for the resort (probably 80% resort, 20% backcountry). What differences are there between your tele setup and alpine setup and why?
A little background first...
I've been alpine skiing since I was 3 years old (I'm 23 now). My family and I usually skied about 16 or so days a season up until last year when I started working for Beaver Creek (which I guess is my first complete season on the snow). I consider myself a pretty advanced alpine skier, but I also realize that the mechanics are very different with telemarks, and I've always been fascinated by all of the telemark skiers that I've met along the way. So this season I bought some new equipment and I can't wait to try it out. What are some things I should expect this season? And if anyone has any advice for a first timer let me know!
https://preview.redd.it/n2xesqh693631.jpg?width=4608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93db2433296a85fb1a6985aa684ad4993e3566c9
Hi, really enjoyed myself when i rented a pair of telemark skis and plan to purchase som for myself.
Need som advice on which skiis are better. Currently an amazing sale on Kye 95 in my local ski shop, is this something to try? Or is there a better ski which i should try.
Will mainly use the ski for touring and off-piste.
Not sure if I can do this here...if I can't just tell me where it belongs. I couldn't find a for sale sub reddit.
Anyway, I have brand new Rosignol Telemark Skis 170cm that I am selling because I realize that I just can't afford to get new skis, bindings, and boots right now. They are still in the plastic and everything.
If you are interested pm me or reply. I have a picture I can show you too. I'm looking for $400, but I am willing to haggle a bit. Let me know!
EDIT: $400 is with Shipping
PIC: http://imgur.com/lvkvV
Looking around that existing threads, don't exactly see this answered, nor an available thread that isn't archived to ask there.
If I could kill two birds with one stone, that would be awesome - I'm interested of both activities. I know i could get skins, which would improve traction, especially for uphill hiking...but...are telemark skis too clunky for excessive x-country hiking? or is it even common for telemark'ers to double their gear for x-country?
Regular skiing just doesn't have the thrills I crave any more, especially around WNY & I want to explore other ways to enjoy the snow with my pups (x-country).
Thanks in advance!
In general, is it a bad thing to put telemark bindings on alpine skis? If I do this, will the skis be unusable?
