Full length climbing skin for skinnies? Colltex?

[tkarhu]

Lots of Ascension Nylon skins on eBay, 60mmx210cm for $29.99 usd

this is good, woods. I 2nd that. get 2 pairs of these and call it good. if you are there the whole day, 2 pairs is excellent for steep climbs. Thanks!!!
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I may trim them for my narrower skis. will try them out first on the ft62.

@mca80 Some experienced people have recommended Ascension skins in an earlier thread (citation above). If the ones available now are similar, they are good.

[mca80]

Great, thanks. Ordered 1 pair and will trim to fit slightly narrower skis. Maybe should have ordered 2 given the good price.

[JB TELE]

What is the glide like on those nylons? I've heard that full nylons drag. I have full mohairs on my nansens, but only used them once last year. I'm going to experiment more with skinnies this year (just found a used transnordic 66). Maybe having a grippier skin is better because there is less surface area on a skinny?

[LazyTelemarker]

Any idea who makes those? Are they similar to any other brands that are well known?

More locally to us, SkiUphill in Canmore has a variety of skin material off the roll, and accessories. It's oriented towards the AT world and I've yet to shop there, but plan on getting a length of wider mohair and split it to replace the nylon x-skins on my Asnes Vikafjell's.

https://skiuphill.ca/collections/climbing-skins

[Lhartley]

Any idea who makes those? Are they similar to any other brands that are well known?

More locally to us, SkiUphill in Canmore has a variety of skin material off the roll, and accessories. It's oriented towards the AT world and I've yet to shop there, but plan on getting a length of wider mohair and split it to replace the nylon x-skins on my Asnes Vikafjell's.

https://skiuphill.ca/collections/climbing-skins

Good call thanks for reminding me of them. I will stop and check out what they have next time. Doesn't look like they have much for tips, but I've been very happy with Pomoca skins on my AT gear and and they have that off the roll

[Krummholz]

I just ordered some skin off the roll and some Colltex bungee race tips for a SkiMo Yo-Yo setup. Skins on, ski up, skins off and in the jacket, ski down, repeat.

Product Price Total
Colltex Race Tips 2 x $16.95 $33.90
Contour Race Per CM
Skin Width: 62mm
240 x $0.25 $60.00
Sub-Total $93.90
Free Shipping $0.00
Total $93.90

The 62mm is on sale at SkiMo.com