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Where do you dry your skins when you are on holiday? Thinking of the standard Crystal ski apartments or similar there are not much space for you to dry them. Separately where do you store them during the night? The chalet apartments always seem so warm no matter where you are (although my OH does have the tendency to dial up the heating...)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Pop em over a coat hanger? Why too warm?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sometimes the wardrobe is right next to the radiator...
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Curtain rail. Balcony. Shower rail
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks - I wasn't sure if it's okay to leave them on the balcony. Touring newbie here.
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Even the back of a chair will do nicely. I am assuming they were not dripping with water.
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@euanovsky, have you waxed them?
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Bathroom radiator. My wife loves it 
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| Baron von chippy wrote: |
| @euanovsky, have you waxed them? |
But with what temperature wax though ?
You'll probably be best to hang them in the boot room, that's the usual way.
Last edited by You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. on Tue 5-03-24 8:25; edited 1 time in total
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@euanovsky, leaving on balcony possibility of being frozen and inside your jacket to defrost before you even set off.
zwhat's the warmth problem?. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Weathercam wrote: |
| Baron von chippy wrote: |
| @euanovsky, have you waxed them? |
But with what temperature wax though ? |
with any general skin wax, they all make them. helps stop them clogging up and taking on moisture. As for where to hang them, over the back of a chair is a good starting point
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Baron von chippy, my wax is a block, made up of two waxes, one for warm temps the other for colder snow.
Currently with the low spring temps in the valley and then climbing to ski cold snow it can be an issue as skins get wet snow on them and then as you climb the snow freezes on to them. So ideally you try to skin up a route/aspect less exposed to the sun such as in the forest.
Not an issue when spring-snow touring.
And the correct term is Glopping or Glop - unfortunately only really happens to those who tour a lot as the factory-based wax wears off, but even this season with new skins it happened, though I think there was an element of a muppet factor going on as I thought I'd carefully traverse a stream.
I carry the wax and a scraper, but usually, if you get the dreaded Glop it's too late to deal with, but the scraper can help.
And as I'm the one more often than not breaking trail I also get the Glop on my top-sheet, I do know that there are sprays (ski-mo racers use them) to stop that.
I also use a NikWax ski-skin product
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