Setting out from the carpark I think I put my quickest run of the season so far in getting to Illawong bridge. They were awesome for their glide on the downhills and they gripped perfectly on the cruisy uphills of the Illawong track. Heading up to Twynam I took a bit of a different route than I normally do to put them through their paces and got onto some pretty steep sections up higher where I ended up whacking on a set of skins because the patterned bases weren't gripping well enough. I gunned it down to near the sentinel from the top of Twynam and ended up pitching a tent on a little spur overlooking it because the forecast was looking windless and beautiful. I saw this light walking through a saddle next to me late at night and was impressed by their intrepidness (more on that later).

I went back to camp, spent another beautiful night under the stars and then went back to Guthega the next morning with some ripper blisters on my heels from the big day before.

Overall these skis were awesome, after this trip and a few more wandery days I've been really impressed. Their ability to cruise through rolling terrain with speed without needing to transition cut out heaps of wasted time in my days. They skied very well and kept heaps of speed on the steep stuff. They don't deal quite as well with low angle skiing as the bases do add a little bit of drag but I didn't find it to be an issue. Colour me impressed. 

I don't think these skis are for everyone one, but if you fall into the category of just wanting to go on big wandering tours where you cover lots of distance but you still want something that will go hard on the downhills, these are definitely worth looking at.