5 Rules for Ski Touring Climbing Skins Care

When in the field, avoid these common climbing skin care mistakes. Watch where you step when your skins are on your skis. Avoid rocks, roots, and trees that might cut and wear away the climbing skins. Avoid skinning in fallen debris such as fallen leaves, fallen needles, and broken bark. Find the cleanest snow line you can!

Never, never-ever! ...hang your skins above a direct heat source, even to dry them. The glue will literally melt right off! And you'll be stuck at home-base while your buddies are out enjoying the pow!

At the end of your day, remove debris on the glue side on a cold skin. Use tweezers or the tip of a knife. Take your time.

Meteorological conditions will affect how your skins perform. Humidity, temperature, precipitation all affect how well the glue will bond. Understanding this is key.

If you follow these advanced climbing skins care tips, you can make them last over 5 years. Can climbing skins really last 5 years? Or even 20 years? Here are 4 simple rules to make them last.

0:00 Intro
0:30 Rule #1 Watch where you stride
1:18 Rule #2 Apply your skins edge-to-edge and keep your glue clean
1:29 How to clean debris from your climbing skins
2:32 Rule #3 Never hang skins to dry near a direct heat source
3:00 Check out the video on how to dry and store them
3:03 Rule #4 Weather and conditions impact how to keep your skins sticky
3:39 Rule #5 Pro Tip: don' use a bag and skin savers during your ski day and be careful where you store them (in your jacket, your pack) to avoid getting any debris or candy wrappers on the glue.

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