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Naturally fast on the up track, and light in your pack on the way back down.

A mix of fast, natural mohair material and durable nylon make the GlideLite Mohair Mix STS Climbing Skin Black Diamond's most versatile long-haul GlideLite system. This skin is up to 60g lighter than similar Ascension models, and both front and back are adjustable so it's easy to swap between your touring skis. Who wouldn't want the best balance of efficient glide, reliable traction, and weight for their buck?

  • Gold Label Adhesive sticks to the bottom of your skis in the coldest and warmest temps and remains sticky season after season
  • Mohair material is a natural fiber with inherent water-repellent capabilities and a hollow core that slightly reduces weight while still offering plenty of traction and supreme glide
  • Nylon material, which is mixed in to form the Mohair Mix, boosts skin durability
  • Strong metal wire tip loops fit a wide range of ski tip sizes and can be easily adjusted or replaced
  • Tail straps are riveted in place and have an even stretch to provide the snug, secure fit you need to keep skins in place

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4 5

rwgillilan100128106

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Recently purchased for use on my new spring/summer skis. I purchased the 80mm which works perfectly on 85mm skis with no trimming, only need to be cut to length. Climbing grip is good, and glide is adequate at this time, although experience tells me it will improve with more use. Mohair needs to break in for optimum glide. They are lighter and thinner than my previous pair of mohair mix skins, resulting in a small fold size. In spring conditions the glue held well on the ski base, in fact too well, as they are very hard to pull loose with the new glue formula. The other oddity, is they pull apart much easier from themselves than the old formula glue. I guess one could conclude they have strong adhesion, and weak cohesion. I am not a fan of the newer tip loop, as it forces the skin to be cut rather exact. I like the old style loop that requires the skin to be cut long and folded back on itself, giving the flexibility to refit to other skis that are longer without re-positioning the tail clip, or running out of tail adjustment length. The last negative is the pair I bought had voids in the glue on one skin. Fortunately I had some BD glue laying around, so not a big deal, just a little QC issue. Overall these are an improvement over the skin they replaced, and I recommend them.

will the BD skins fit 195 length skis? I...

Alan Wright

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will the BD skins fit 195 length skis? I can't see a length listed
thanks for your help Alan

Jeff Blackston

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Alan,
Yes, they will. I use them on my Madshus Epoch 195s. Go for it!

4 5

Jeff Blackston

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  • Gender: Male
  • Familiarity: I've used it several times

Good glide, nice stick, very packable, grips well on steep ascents, and also rips off the ski well. I haven't noticed much difference in the glue so far, but will post if I do.

3 5

Greg G

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Having used previous years ascension series skins I bought these wanting to get something that glides better and packs down smaller. These skins glide great, and pack down small enough to fit into my theta ar jacket pockets. However the glue does not perform as well as years past.

By this I mean once you are running multiple laps your skins inevitably get wet by ice and snow. After which they'll lose a lot of their holding power. If you're out on a super long committed tour this can really screw you!

Overall good design, but poor glue choice.

5 5

Nick Meredith

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  • Gender: Male
  • Familiarity: I've used it several times

Light weight, climb well and good gliding.

Carry bag is too small and only has one hook, so can not be externally held on pack straps. BD really should copy the G3 style bags.

1 5

Michael Johnson

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  • Gender: Male
  • Familiarity: I've used it several times

After only a SECOND usage, they failed miserably at only -10 degrees and dry snow.
The glue completely froze on them providing absolutely no stickiness to the ski!

Nick Meredith

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I've used my set in up to -16c in dry snow, they work fine.

Was it possible you got snow on the glue, which then froze?

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Patrick Kilbourn

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I ordered the 140mm size skins for my 185cm Black Diamond Justice's. I used the instruction manual along with BD youtube videos and it was a fun night of skin cutting!

5 5

Adam D

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Easy setup and fast fit to the Skis. Mohair has enough glide while the Nylon holds when it gets steep

Are these any different from last year's...

Ski now, ski later

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Are these any different from last year's other than the graphics and the manufacture's warranty change from 1 year to lifetime?

erip308385

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They are different. They changed the glue this year.

Jeff Blackston

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Did the glue change on the Ascensions as well, or only the GlideLites?

Jeff Blackston

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The glue changed on all BD skins I'm told. However, I just started using this years' GlideLite and they have performed really well so far.