Red Snow Conditions (Coarse, Packing Snow, +5°C to -5°C)
Red conditions occur when old snow or artificial snow enters the transition temperature range around zero Celsius. High humidity differentiates red conditions from violet conditions - if there’s moisture in the snow, it’s red. If it’s dry, it’s violet. The track in red conditions tends to be corny, moist, and packs/glazes when skied over.
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Friction Characteristics
Hard, rounded snow crystals from repeated freeze-thaw cycles can be quite abrasive even in higher humidifies, so red glide waxes can be somewhat hard to combat kinetic friction. Dirt that gathers on the surface of older snow is also an issue. Dirt-repelling additives such as graphite, moly, or gallium can be quite helpful. Red conditions have a high humidity content, so highly hydrophobic waxes like pure fluoros, HF or LF waxes reduce suction between the wet snowpack and the ski base. Rills are often necessary to break up large water droplets and pert them out the back of the ski.
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Kick Waxing
Since the snow crystals in older snow have lost their idealized snowflake pattern and are now rounded blobs of humid ice, kick waxes will rarely ice up in red conditions. This means a straight Klister may not degrade your glide too much. However, a layer or two of hard wax on top of a thin Klister will definitely give the best combination of grip and glide. Sometimes straight hardwax will work, but often the humidity and rounded snow crystals mean hardwax can’t find a purchase.
Products for Red Snow Conditions
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Toko Backshop Blocwax Warm
Regular price $189.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $189.96 CAD -
Toko Backshop Barwax Molybdenum
Regular price $189.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $189.96 CAD -
Toko Backshop Barwax Warm
Regular price $189.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $189.96 CAD -
Toko Backshop Barwax Performance Universal
Regular price $349.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $349.96 CAD -
Toko Nordic Klister Yellow
Regular price $24.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $24.96 CAD -
Toko Natural Performance Liquid Red
Regular price From $39.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price From $39.96 CAD -
Toko Natural Performance Yellow
Regular price From $39.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price From $39.96 CAD -
Toko High Performance Warm Paraffin Melt Wax
Regular price From $94.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price From $94.96 CAD -
STAR Drops Plus 5 Kg Bucket Paraffin Pellets (5C/-5)
Regular price $324.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $324.96 CAD -
STAR Uniblock Plus - Universal Warm Wax | 1kg (5C/-5)
Regular price $99.96 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $99.96 CAD -
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Rode Fast Red FK40 Klister | 60g (4C/-2C)
Regular price $19.95 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$36.00 CADSale price $19.95 CADSale -
Save $30.00
Rex Grip Powder
Regular price $115.00 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$145.00 CADSale price $115.00 CADSale -
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Rex Skin Kit
Regular price $90.00 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$104.00 CADSale price $90.00 CADSale -
Rex Wax NF21 Blue Spray Liquid Glider | 150ml (-2C/-12C)
Regular price $135.00 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $135.00 CAD -
Rex Wax NF41 Pink/Green UHW Spray Liquid Glider | 150ml (5C/-20C)
Regular price $135.00 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$0.00 CADSale price $135.00 CAD -
Rex G11 Yellow N-Kinetic Non-Fluor Liquid Spray Glider | 150mL (10C/-2C)
Regular price $83.20 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$104.00 CADSale price $83.20 CADSale -
MasterWax Wet Ultra8 PP4 POWER HF Wax (0C/-3C)
Regular price $222.48 CADRegular priceUnit price / per$444.95 CADSale price $222.48 CADSold out