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G3 Expedition Climbing Skin

Item #GGG0132 | 51 in Stock
4 Star Rating

Grippy but needs some work

By Ranked #31 - Climbing Skins February 23, 2010

These skins grip like crazy. I used them for a straight week and had only one complaint. The tail clip tends to fall off. I have a twin tip ski and it seems like the clip is designed for a flatter tail. That said even with the clips falling off through the climb i still made it to the top with zero complaints. If I rig up a better setup ill re post. One more thing. When i went to cut the skins to fit my skis I found that their provided tool sucks. Luckily i had an old black diamond skin cutting tool that works great. If you plan on cutting your own, (its really easy) watch black diamonds video on how to do it. Its super short and tied all the loose ends together for me.

Helpful Votes: 2 Yes

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4 Comments Last Reply: January 13, 2012 By:

By: January 13, 2012 Backcountry.com Employee

The G3 skin cutting tool works different than the BD tool. If you try to use it like the BD tool (I was certainly guilty of this for one-hot-minute before I realized the difference), it will indeed suck. If you use it the way it is intended it should work great, and the nice thing about it, is that unlike the BD tool where you need to reposition the skins in order to cut in far enough to expose the edge of the ski, the G3 tool automatically cuts in to expose the edge of the ski without needing to reposition the skins for each cut.

Helpful Votes: 0 Yes

By: April 14, 2011

Ok got the new tails for these guys. Also found here http://www.backcountry.com/g3-twin-tip-connector-kit They absolutely solve the problem that i had with these skins. I have used them for the last half of this season and have zero complaints. The only thing. Be prepared to wrestle with them when putting on the connectors. Do it the night before a ski. Do not think that you can do this in the parking lot before you head out in the morning. It took me maybe 20-30 minutes to fit them on (I may be a big puss?) But once they are on you will never have problems.

Helpful Votes: 1 Yes

By: January 17, 2011

Ordered. Thanks for the tip! Will let you know.

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By: January 14, 2011

for your twin tips, these sound definitely do the trick: http://www.genuineguidegear.com/gear/accessories/twin-tip-connectors

Helpful Votes: 1 Yes

Tech Specs:

Material:
synthetic 
Bag Included:
no 
Weight:
50mm 13.6 oz, 60mm 15.8 oz, 70mm 18 oz, 80mm 20.2 oz, 90mm 22.4 oz, 100mm 24.5 oz, 110mm 26.7 oz, 120mm 28.9 oz, 130mm 31.2 oz 
Recommended Use:
backcountry, touring, telemark skiing, AT skiing 

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