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Primarily for days with a long hike in, they save 700g over my previous set up. The ski weighs all of 1040g.
I have just been in the French Alps for the Titan Telemark event, a week of training culminating in the British Championships. Not having used them I brought them along to try out, and also there is a Skimo style mountain race.
I had intended to race on junior GS Race Tigers, but surprised to find the Backlands ski a lot better. For such a light ski this is amazing. Although I am no racer I am managing to almost keep pace with good guys on full race ski. No chattering or instability at speed.
They do as expected excel at tight turns and can be flicked around with ease. We did get some fresh snow later, of course they don’t float anywhere near a dedicated powder ski, but managed ok…until you find a sudden deeper spot.
The big question is how they will last, time will tell. They do have a plate under the toe for binding fixing. Though this isn’t long enough to cover all the screws in the toe piece. The rear most set are into the plain ski, here I widened and deepened the hole and filled with epoxy with added carbon fibres. So far all good.
Meidjo 3. Really enjoyed the step in, and yes it does work with chewed up duck butts. I did find it a bit more tricky to line the pins up to click in, need to mark the boot which should help. I did get a bit of snow packing in the spring box claw recess, though readily removed if you remember to look. Skis great of course.
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