NTN in backcountry

Interesting indeed. I was wondering how the heel throw stays down when you are skinning?

Talked with Roger about this a bit already, but figured I'd put it down here too. I didn't have any pre-release issues at all while skiing -- the retention is really good. The "wall" seems to be the point at which the TX bellows is fully collapsed (the TX has a pretty soft-flexing bellows) and the spring cartridge really begins to engage. In skiing it yesterday and today, I'm finding the sweet spot a little bit more. It definitely likes a ski style that has a lot of cuff pressure and a compact stance -- straying from that seems to put a ton of tip-pressure on the ski.

So far, with three days on them, I'm liking the idea. Hopefully I'll continued to get used to it and perhaps make some adjustments to the springs to try to make that "wall" a little less dramatic.

Joe, the heel throw seems to stay put on the deck pretty well on its own. I cut the back of one of the lifters with a notch that the G3 "tour-mode" nubs (if you remember what those are) can tuck into, but it doesn't really seem necessary. They don't really flop around at all.

Marcus, thanks for the follow up report on TTS. I had no doubt it would tour well, but did it feel laterally precise? I am interested in your impressions of how laterally precise it feels to you.
Thanks

*I am not surprised it feels like you hit a wall when the springs kick in because of how far backward the spring anchor plate is mounted. It looks like it would be a very active binding if the springs are powerful.

** unfortunately, neither pair of my NTN boots have tech fittings, so I am interested in the result but will probably just stick to lightening up my already modified NTN's

Hey Frank...

Laterally, TTS seems almost as precise as the NTN (which is one of my favorite features of the NTN). The combo of the Dyna toe and the stiff Hardwires makes it feel pretty damn good. It's leaps and bounds above the Targa/7TM degree of precision. That may not say much, I guess, but it feels like it will be a pretty powerful carving setup. I haven't been comfortable enough with them yet to really open it up though, so I'm guessing a bit.

this was going to be Brenda's spring/summer rig. Madshus Annum waxless, NTN, TXs. I finally forced myself to mount them up and take them for a tour. Skis are same as Guides but a better edge. Nice and light. Took them to Chinook out to PK 6567 and Naches. I was able to easily ski nearly the whole day without skins, only booted the stuff that I'd normally boot even with skins. Kick and glide is not much different than 3-pin. Power on the descents was unbelievable. Lots of control of the rear ski that would normally be bouncing around on the bumps and runnels. Binding is a little heavy but I'll live with it. I'm not going back to duckbills. I'm real happy that Brenda got nearly a full season on NTN. She became a huge fan of the system.

Funny, that----I just got my NTNs mounted on some Ski Trab Duo Freerandos (5.5 lbs.). Offsetting the weight of NTN with skinny sticks! I toured on them last week and it was good to have lightness and power.
I also was able to have the guys at Pro Mountain Sports dig up some spare toe bails that happened to fit the NTN toes and my Camp XLTs; don't know what brand but it's not Camp.