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G3 Alpinist Climbing Skin
I have 170 volkl kikus what size skin would be the best fit for...
By kate
Ranked #490 - Climbing Skins
July 2, 2010
I have 170 volkl kikus what size skin would be the best fit for this ski
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By cunningham2076974
Ranked #383 - Climbing Skins
July 27, 2010
You can always narrow the width of skins by cutting (and on BD skins you can shorten their length). Some people that are really serious on weight will pick a narrow skin that does not cover their whole ski. However, if you don't want to slide around, especially while traversing harder snow, pick a skin that is of equal or greater width than your skis widest dimension and trip the skin so there is 0.5cm of ski exposed on either side of your skin. Also a consideration for some mountaineers is that narrower skins are easier to put on your ski with high winds, but I think that's just about practice.
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By Jerimy
Ranked #40 - Climbing Skins
July 8, 2010
The short skin in a 130mm width would work well but it looks like they don't stock the short lengths here. You could try a medium 130mm as that will fit skis 171-181cm, probably close enough!
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