re: #229 albusteve

If you’re bushwacking you want the wider skis and the metal edges though.

Back in the day (late 70s) I had three pairs of skis. A pair of Trax no-wax for slop days and changing conditions. A pair of wax skis (don’t recall the make) for going out with friends and family. And a pair of Rossi Racing-X with narrow bindings that I raced in as my high school actually had a cross-country ski team.

And I actually got to ski once on *very* old skis. 8’ long, 6” wide, and the bindings were the type with the cable that wrapped around your boot. No pins with special boots on those puppies. Weighed a ton as well.