mollmeister
Angel Diva
I am trying to find a way to ski more often in NC next season (most of my clothing and equipment lives in a gear closet in CO and I am spoiled rotten after skiing Tahoe, Banff, and CO for the last 16+ years), and I think my plan is to finally really learn telemark.
I have alpine skied regularly for 32 years and XC skied occasionally for most of my life and can make, maybe, one or two tele turns on XC skis. I have found a place where I can take weekday tele lessons next winter while the kids are in school, so now I am trying to figure out equipment. I have an old pair of Lottas that I could easily switch to tele bindings, but what tele boots will work?
I am going to be shopping Craig's list and clearance and the like, so I am curious what style of boot/binding set-up you'd recommend and also the best boot for a very narrow, very low-volume foot. (I will probably take it to get tweaked at my boot fitter when I visit for alpine boots in December next year, but I don't want to start out with something far too sloppy to fudge.) I like my alpine boots very snug-- I have Full Tilts with an Intuition liner and lots of tweaks, and even at almost dead and mostly packed out, I still wear them with a hosiery-thin Bridgedale sock (that they don't seem to make anymore, much to my chagrin). Don't know if the same sort of fit is mandatory with tele boots.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
I have alpine skied regularly for 32 years and XC skied occasionally for most of my life and can make, maybe, one or two tele turns on XC skis. I have found a place where I can take weekday tele lessons next winter while the kids are in school, so now I am trying to figure out equipment. I have an old pair of Lottas that I could easily switch to tele bindings, but what tele boots will work?
I am going to be shopping Craig's list and clearance and the like, so I am curious what style of boot/binding set-up you'd recommend and also the best boot for a very narrow, very low-volume foot. (I will probably take it to get tweaked at my boot fitter when I visit for alpine boots in December next year, but I don't want to start out with something far too sloppy to fudge.) I like my alpine boots very snug-- I have Full Tilts with an Intuition liner and lots of tweaks, and even at almost dead and mostly packed out, I still wear them with a hosiery-thin Bridgedale sock (that they don't seem to make anymore, much to my chagrin). Don't know if the same sort of fit is mandatory with tele boots.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!