help: really sticky snow

[Camel Toad]

i'm in the high arctic, just south of the arctic circle. snow is sunbaked 24/7 mostly water. extremely sticky in the can't slide down a 40 degree slope very fast kind of sticky. actually difficult to go downhill.

no wax resources, i didn't bring any and am in bush ak. candle wax? scrub brush? give me your ideas proven, unproven i don't care, bring em forward!

[lemon boy]

Pam
base structure
sex wax
olive oil
silicon spray
scotchgaurd

don't get killed in a wet slide.

[Camel Toad]

don't get killed in a wet slide.

slides can occur at lower angles in the high arctic, so i'm sticking to steeper lines to be safe

[lemon boy]

yeah IIRC as low as ~15*s

[pechelman]

parafin wax that you can buy at the grocery store or candles
I think I remember reading a HUGE thread about their use on gapicski.

edit: according to this thread zardoz or ivory soap if its really wet

[irul&ublo]

Polar bear dung...but its gotta be fresh

[Dirty Hoar]

chunky peanut butter works well but you gotta put it on really thick.

[yesIsaidyes]

could be fungus - is the snow all pink? That happens at Aly alot - try Pledge or Enddust (although its more likely you have wax than those...)

[kidwoo]

wd 40

It's water proof.

Just gotta spray on after every turn.

[Shredhead]

Open up your structure with some 100 grit sand paper.

[ak_powder_monkey]

stucture, structure, structure

[ak_telemike]

structure is a damn good start, but if you need wax, you need wax

if you are near a confuser, you must be near a Post Office. Whaddaya need and where are you? I'll mail you some shit if you want. PM me.

[splat]

I just got what is supposed to be the slickest wax on the planet. pm me if you get mail.

[TWINS]

Hershey's chocolate bars work great.Lots of Paraffin in them.Gulf candle wax at the grocery store is a good paraffin also.I skied on candle wax all year,but I ski crappy.Good luck.

[BushwackerinPA]

what I like to do is rub Yellow swix on and dont iron it on it will break the suction. structure structure too but i guess you cnat change now.

WD40 also works great, was using many days at snowbird in the spring and had very quick skis due to it

[splat]

Swix yellow, red, wowax, and some other stuff en route.
Layer it up hot with ridges starting at the tail and one of them should work.

[Spats]

I'm told Rain-X is the shiz for wet, sloppy, sticky snow. Any store with an auto parts section should have it.