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Notes on Waxing
This page contains some notes on waxing cross country skis for the classic Nordic technique (kick and glide). My skiing experience is centered on sites within about 200km of Calgary (in western Canada). This region tends to have very cold, dry, conditions so a lot of the European focus on waxing for "wet snow" only applies near the end of our ski season.Other Related Pages
- 2009-Jan-12: SKI*GO (also SKI*GO Canada) makes ski waxes, including some for cold conditions on hard (aggressive) snow. Their Racing Universal wax (90245) is a high fluoro kick wax for all snow except new snow, to be applied in 4-6 layers. This is supposed to be good on man-made snow (such as we have at the Canmore Nordic Center - CNC), see their racing wax table. I have used this wax at temperatures from -25C to +3C at CNC with very good results, this includes the CNC's Lynx trail (which is an intermediate, heavily groomed, man-made snow trail) and Banff and Bow trails (which are mostly natural snow), on all these trails I can stride up all the hills with it. This wax also appears to work well (perhaps with slightly less grip) on new snow. [7304]
- 2008-Dec-07: START makes a variety of waxes, including a set for old snow. [7305]