Comments on: Kastle 87 – Quiver Arrow of the Week http://www.wildsnow.com/6439/kastle-87-haute-review/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Patrick http://www.wildsnow.com/6439/kastle-87-haute-review/#comment-49774 Patrick Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:25:28 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6439#comment-49774 Have you tested this ski Lou? I'm thinking of change. Narrower sounds good to me. Might be time to start weighing skins, not just skis, boots, and bindings, packs, etc. Skins, especially if 'damp', must amount to something. Also interesting to come up with some kind of measure of skin drag (friction). Have you tested this ski Lou? I’m thinking of change. Narrower sounds good to me.
Might be time to start weighing skins, not just skis, boots, and bindings, packs, etc. Skins, especially if ‘damp’, must amount to something.
Also interesting to come up with some kind of measure of skin drag (friction).

]]> By: +1 http://www.wildsnow.com/6439/kastle-87-haute-review/#comment-43272 +1 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:45:40 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6439#comment-43272 hi there, just putting up some pressure on you guys ;) and making sure you're extensively testing these! (not that it's boring anyway). do you have any idea of when will the reviews be ready? as always, thanks for the great work hi there, just putting up some pressure on you guys ;) and making sure you’re extensively testing these! (not that it’s boring anyway).

do you have any idea of when will the reviews be ready? as always, thanks for the great work

]]> By: John http://www.wildsnow.com/6439/kastle-87-haute-review/#comment-41506 John Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:02:51 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6439#comment-41506 When is the TX97 going to be available? When is the TX97 going to be available?

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/6439/kastle-87-haute-review/#comment-41487 Lou Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:04:48 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6439#comment-41487 Thanks for chiming in Chris! We're looking forward to this ski, as it's the same form factor as some other well liked mountaineering skis in our quiver, and in the same weight class. Yet wider has been important lately, as we've been skiing backcountry and enjoying the bottomless faceted snowpack in the wild Elks. Continues to amaze me how we actually can have fun on fat skis in snow that used to be virtually unskiable with our skinny sticks. Thanks for chiming in Chris! We’re looking forward to this ski, as it’s the same form factor as some other well liked mountaineering skis in our quiver, and in the same weight class. Yet wider has been important lately, as we’ve been skiing backcountry and enjoying the bottomless faceted snowpack in the wild Elks. Continues to amaze me how we actually can have fun on fat skis in snow that used to be virtually unskiable with our skinny sticks.

]]> By: Chris http://www.wildsnow.com/6439/kastle-87-haute-review/#comment-41486 Chris Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:53:04 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=6439#comment-41486 I hope you enjoy this ski Lou. This is the ski that Neal and I skied the Lhotse Face on Everest on. It's got great performance to weight, and loves corn snow, but is not as high-perf as the FX series, which has metal sheets and weighs more (The FX 94 in a 176 is 1000 grams more than the TX 87 177) I have been skiing the FX 94 on Ajax and Highlands so far this season (and 104's when it snows) but will tour exclusively on the TX 87 and 97 this season. Cheers I hope you enjoy this ski Lou. This is the ski that Neal and I skied the Lhotse Face on Everest on. It’s got great performance to weight, and loves corn snow, but is not as high-perf as the FX series, which has metal sheets and weighs more (The FX 94 in a 176 is 1000 grams more than the TX 87 177) I have been skiing the FX 94 on Ajax and Highlands so far this season (and 104′s when it snows) but will tour exclusively on the TX 87 and 97 this season.
Cheers

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