BC skis with pulkas

[scuner]

It's my first post on this forum, so, I want to say "god dag"

I plan to spend one week on Hardagervidda plateau on March. I don't want to us huts, so I thing, that I need pulkas for my equipment.

And now is a question to people who walked with sledge:

I have to buy BC skis but I'm not sure, what kind of skis will be better:

- Clean (Waxable), and use them always with skins, or

- waxless (with grip?) - if it's possible to walk on flat snow without skins pulling sledge.

Please, give me an advice, because moving with pulkas it's new subject for me

Thank you in advance

and sorry for poor English,

scuner

[Batong]

Hi!

In my opinion you should go for waxable skis. Hardangervidda is relatively flat and on these parts there are usually no problem pulling a pulk with this kind of skis, if they are waxed correctly. At the steeper parts you may use your skins for better grip uphill. At the downhill parts they can be useful at reducing the speed. Waxable skis glide much better than waxless skis and they are more fun to use. The skis should also have steel edges for better grip at icy traverses.

[josteink]

No doubt, clean with wax or with skins, better to go with, more fun, and in steep terrain use skins. waxing skis correctly might be a little tricky (learning by doing) but on Hardangervidda in march 3-4 different waxes should cover all the different condition.

[scuner]

thank you for very much advices!

that was important to ask on this forum, because you know better this terrain and specificity of moving with sledge.