Low grip skins for prolonged flats?

Once in a while my partner will use skinny skins on road approaches. It works great until there is any side slope and then his exposed base contacts the snow and his stride is interrupted and usually there is cursing.

Once in a while my partner will use skinny skins on road approaches. It works great until there is any side slope and then his exposed base contacts the snow and his stride is interrupted and usually there is cursing.

agreed, though ive made em work on an actual lap of skinning. my abs were screaming for a week.
if you want to get real mad try kicker skins.

If you like to do a bunch of that, try out The Voile Objecctive BC (80-82 mm waist, ~5 lbd) or Vector BC (98 mm waist).  I have Vector BC mounted with Speed Radicals, here's review: Vector BC review .  I bought these before the Objective came out; i migh well have bought the Objectives instead.

I have a skinny skin setup that I've used quite happily. I re-purposed an old pair of straight skins for skis I got rid of years ago. It work great in just the right application. Here are the caveats: side hilling is awful, soft snow can cause issues, and it only works on super mellow grades. I use the setup a couple times each spring for road approaches, with full sized skins in the pack for when I get to the real skiing. I'd recommend only using it on routes you know well, it can be super frustrating to encounter a 15 ft hill or some other obstacle that you didn't expect and can't climb with the limited grip.

XC ski wax, two wax universal kit.

www.orscrosscountryskisdirect.com/swix-u...ax-pack-v40-v60.html

I have a skinny skin setup that I've used quite happily.

I call them bikini skins at 50mm, works great and dont weigh much.

I also carry the Swix blue extra 40 for cold days. I never  had much luck with the warmer waxes.