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| Kolar18. 11. 2015 19:10:17 |
I'm interested if anyone has experience with bigfoot skis, these are short skis with special bindings to which you can also attach mountaineering boots, namely because of the forecasted snowfall (which we're all really looking forward to I was thinking of heading to some mid-mountain hill like Krim, Blegoš or somewhere in Polhograjce and try the thing out a bit. I'm quite a good skier but no experience with such short skis yet, apparently it's quite harder..I'd use them as some alternative to touring skis in lower hills.
Thanks for your opinions and best regards
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| Kolar18. 11. 2015 20:26:31 |
I've already read it, but I'd like it a bit more extensively
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| Macesna18. 11. 2015 22:40:45 |
Dad had bigfoots and a few years ago I tried them a few times. In mid-mountains. It only worked on light powder and on spring snow whose hardness had softened a few centimeters. In other types of snow you couldn't ride them, they sank too much.
The feeling is quite interesting, but overall a bit unstable. You quickly fly headfirst and/or on your butt, like in a cartoon. Skiing on boots is more stable, because the sole doesn't slide as much after all!
One problem with bigfoots seemed to me the boots. Only mountaineering boots with notches for automatic crampons come into play. In my then leather ones it was all so-so (more in the sense like forgetting to close the ski boots while skiing ). Better with dad's plastic ones.
It's quite fun, but you fly off in a way you can't with normal skis.
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| turbo19. 11. 2015 09:35:32 |
They perform excellently in spring when the snow is settled, hard and packed and sinks 2-3 fingers deep. Great also on steep slopes where there's lots of powder on a firm base. But no way for hard, frozen slopes and they can't replace classic touring skis either, because where snow isn't settled they sink too much. With them you can ski hell and back once you get used to them and know to wait for right conditions -I skied Jalovski and Rokavski north face and Juga couloir with them, to highlight those etched deep in my heart and of course Breithorn in Switzerland, more for the height than difficulty. About these my "favorites" my buddy with whom we skied them published in Planinski vestnik and you can read at this link:
http://www.planinskivestnik.com/files/File/PV_1995_03.pdf
Good luck!
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| Žiga2219. 11. 2015 09:53:29 |
They work well on slopes and if there's good base under the powder.
Only need to get used to the fact that (especially in turns) you're not as stable in mountaineering boots as in ski boots.
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| Kolar19. 11. 2015 17:46:13 |
@turbo thanks for the link, really interesting read..I think I'll use them with ski boots for maximum stability. Maybe try them this weekend already
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| Žiga2219. 11. 2015 18:29:30 |
Hope so for real.. though I think it'll sweep him off quickly
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