New snow in the valley, 16" so far at my house, and it's close enough to looking like ski season that it warrants a start of the wax discussion....
There might be skiing somewhere today. Temps near freezing in the valley, but cooling is in the forecast. Keep in mind that the ground under the new snow is not frozen, so the snow will behave warmer than the air temperature.
Wax recommendations:
Glide - Toko Yellow or Swix 8 should be good in the valley. You could also try one of the liquid waxes from Vauhti that apply without aerosol.
Grip -- A lot of people will look to their old fish scale bases or newer skin skis for early season in transitional temperatures, and that seems pretty brilliant to me. But if you're a traditionalist and want some reliable early season grip, then try something like Toko Red or Swix 45, which should be decent grip without much fear of icing up. Even though the snow isn't particularly cold, it is definitely fresh and new dendrites, so a soft wax will clump up very easily, thus I'm picking the slightly cooler wax.
Have fun out there!
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