How To Install and Cut Your Climbing Skins To Fit Perfectly

Cutting climbing skins for your touring skis can be intimidating. Learn how I do it stress-free. It's easy! I'll show you how I measure and cut my Black Diamond mohair mix skins to length. Then you'll see how to install the skin hook and tail to your ski. And finally, a step-by-step view on how to trim your climbing skins to fit perfectly to the curves of your skis.

This is a pretty mellow video. You can chill out and watch it in your garage too to get the feel.

0:00 Intro
1:41 Cut to length with a ruler and knife.
2:35 Assemble the hook onto the skin.
7:33 Remove the protective paper from the glue and apply the skin on the ski base.
8:28 Trim one side of the skin.
9:40 Realign other side of the skin to cut it. Repeat for the other ski.
16:11 Last touch, personalize your skis.
17:13 Bonus tip

Now that your climbing skins are ready to go, watch this video on doing an easy kick turn:    • Easy Kick Turn Technique for Ski Touring  


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