re: #206 oaktree

Definitely. Dry cold snow means harder (and easier to handle) wax for the cross-country skis. Getting the klister wax needed for traction in slop off the skis can require a blow torch.

blow drier worked for me…but I got to the point, after buying steel edged Rossignol’s tellys, just put any old thing on there and was good enough….there is nothing wrong with no wax skies either, especially if you like climbing and bushwhacking, which I did