When the snow finally returned here in the NW, we got several days with cold fresh snow over warmer snow that made kick waxing all but impossible. On the worst of those days it was snowing hard @ 34F in the morning & late in the day was snowing with 23F air temp. Snow temp dropped from 32F to 25-26 over several hours. The RH was high the whole time. Something similar happened on 3 other days I skied. On one of these it had rained for several hours & started snowing a few hours later w/ falling temps. At race time track surface was -1.5C but 2 cm. down it was +0.5C.
Lots of us bought Zeros for just these days & 32 & what do you do?
On all 4 days most of the Zero skis - Fischer, Madshus & Atomic - iced badly & quickly.
I keep my Atomic Multis free of ice by keeping them moving & using Zardoz Notwax. But even w/o icing, the skis were very slow. Other skiers were using noting, Toko Express Wax, Solda 100 (0 to -5C) Fluoro spray & HF yellow glide wax rubbed on w/ little success.
Fischer says icing in these conditions is all but impossible to avoid. They had no suggestions. Honest but it would be nice if that disclosure was in their ads.
Anyone out there used a product that has worked in conditions like these? Anyone using a cold fluoro spray like HelX Blue on their Zeros?
Any reports on Atomic Skintecs resistance to icing?
