Orange Snow Conditions (New, Glazing Snow, +5°C to -5°C)
Orange snow conditions occur when freshly falling snow or new snow is humid enough to be 'packing snow.' This type of snow is perfect for making a snowman or a snowball fight! The natural snow crystal structure is still present - you can still pick up snow from the ground and still find relatively unbroken snowflakes. However, when this type of snow is skied over, its high humidity causes it to pack and glaze. This is a very tricky condition for waxing. On the one hand, snow crystals can still be sharp if there hasn't been heavy traffic on the trails, presenting you with a level of kinetic friction. But as the tracks get skied in, they tend to glaze, meaning kinetic friction is less of an issue. High humidity causes a suction component (wet friction) to always be a consideration in orange conditions.
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Friction Characteristics
Because orange conditions usually occur when the snow is actively evolving from fresh, powdery blue conditions to wet, slushy yellow conditions, orange conditions occur at a crossroads of friction types. Kinetic friction is an issue when the trails have not been skied in much. But since the snowflakes are not too cold, they tend to melt when skied over rather than cut into your ski base, making it a lower priority. Fluorinated waxes are fantastic in snow like this because the HF or LF compounds help repel water. Glazing that occurs will act to seal water on top of the snowpack where it interacts with your ski. Aggressive rills are often needed in snow like this.
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Kick Waxing
Usually, the advice for getting kick wax to grip in this type of snow is to resort to rub skis, skins, or fish scales. But when that’s not possible, and you need to use wax, you have a few options. Depending on the level of glazing in the tracks, klister or hardwax can work, but usually, a klister-cover is the way to go. If there is very little glazing, use a hardwax. It will be faster and won’t ice up as quickly. If there is glazing happening, use Klister since it will stick to the icy sheen. More often than not, there is a variety of glazed sections and powdery sections on the trails. This means taking advantage of both hardwaxes and klisters will give your grip wax good kick and glide on any part of the course. Klister-cover is where you start with a thin layer of klister and cover it was a hard hardwax (usually a hardwax that’s a step colder than the temperature). The Klister gives you grip, and the hardwax prevents icing.
Products for Orange Snow Conditions
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Guru Violet Klister | 55g (4C/-4C)
Regular price $39.95 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $39.95 CAD -
Gallium GIGA SPEED Maxfluor SUPER WET Liquid Glide 30mL (10C/-1C)
Regular price $228.00 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$285.00 CADSale price $228.00 CADSale -
Vauhti RACE PINK NEW SNOW Hardwax | 45g (-1C/-5C)
Regular price $39.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $39.96 CAD -
Vauhti UP MID Liquid Glide Discontinued Version From 2021 Or Earlier | 80ml (2C/-4C)
Regular price $49.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$73.96 CADSale price $49.96 CADSale -
Vauhti ONE COLD Melt Wax Discontinued Version From 2021 Or Earlier (-1C/-10C)
Regular price From $22.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$29.96 CADSale price From $22.96 CADSale -
Swix K21S Silver Universal Klister +3°C/-5°C
Regular price $24.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $24.96 CAD -
Swix KN44 Nero Racing Klister -3°C/+5°C
Regular price $49.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $49.96 CAD -
Swix V45 Violet Special Kick Wax -2°C/-6°C
Regular price $14.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $14.96 CAD -
Swix HS8 Liquid Red, -4°C/+4°C
Regular price $59.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $59.96 CAD -
STAR NF MED Fluoro-Free Paraffin (-3C/-8C)
Regular price From $29.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price From $29.96 CAD -
Vauhti RACE WHITE NEW SNOW Hardwax | 45g (3C/-3C)
Regular price $39.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $39.96 CAD -
Toko Base Performance Yellow Paraffin Melt Wax
Regular price From $29.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price From $29.96 CAD -
Holmenkol Betamix RED Basewax Liquid (-4C/-14C)
Regular price From $26.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price From $26.96 CAD -
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Vauhti GF RED Hardwax | 45g (2C/-1C)
Regular price $24.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$32.00 CADSale price $24.96 CADSale -
Vauhti ONE POLAR Melt Wax Discontinued Version From 2021 Or Earlier (-2C/-25C)
Regular price From $22.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$29.96 CADSale price From $22.96 CADSale -
Vauhti ONE BASE Liquid Glide
Regular price From $43.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price From $43.96 CAD -
Vauhti ONE COLD Liquid Glide (-2C/-15C)
Regular price From $39.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price From $39.96 CAD -
Toko Base Performance Liquid Paraffin Red
Regular price $44.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $44.96 CAD -
Swix HS7 Liquid Violet, -2°C/-8°C
Regular price $59.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $59.96 CAD -
Ski*Go XC Red Hardwax | 45g (0C/-2C)
Regular price $13.99 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $13.99 CAD -
Rode SKIN SKI RACING BLUE WAX KIT | 100ml (-1C/-15C)
Regular price $31.95 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$39.95 CADSale price $31.95 CADSale -
Rex G41 Pink/Green `UHW` N-Kinetic Non-Fluor Liquid Spray Glider | 150mL (5C/-20C)
Regular price $83.20 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$104.00 CADSale price $83.20 CADSold out -
Rex N21 Blue Fluor-Free Racing Grip | 45g (-2C/-8C)
Regular price $43.70 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $43.70 CAD -
Swix TSP8 Powder Red, -4°C/+4°C
Regular price $149.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $149.96 CAD