Interesting piece of gear for skis

[Jason Klein]

For anyone snowkiting on skis, i can tell you from experience that when you're 2 miles out from your car and things go wrong, it's really helpful to have AT bindings (along with skins and collapsible poles in a pack). came across this product that makes your existing bindings work like a pair of marker dukes. kind of expensive, tho, at $300, so if you're starting from scratch, its probably cheaper to just buy AT bindings. If you've already got a good pair of bindings that these will work with, might be worth it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQr4Ps-dmzE&feature=related

http://www.backcountry.com/mfd-alltime-at-binding

[Don Losee]

Yes! These rock. My son and I have used them. The set up, once you get your non-at binding on em... is a little heavy. But more safe than Dynafit and others ect. Nice way to skin out if wind dies.

[Martin]

If all you need is some insurance for when the wind dies, you may want to look at the alpine trekkers (http://www.backcountryaccess.com/product/trekker). They are cheaper, can be used with multiple pairs of skis and don't require any mounting. They are also heavy and awkward, but will get you back to the car.

[Don Losee]

Martin makes a great point. I am a freak about trying to make my snowkite gear as light as possible. Swing weight, on jumps and glides can mess up a good snowkite day. We are lucky in Utah that we can snowkite so close to the car. Safty is way less of an issue than some other spots. I am going to Jackson this weekend and I am super concerned about getting stuck way out with a girl I am kiting with. The BCA product is way more light that this Alltime product. But the cool thing about Alltime is that you can ski the backcountry hard... charging like I fear doing on my Fritschi’s. I have used the BCA Trakkers also. They work great. Just ask yourself "what do I want to carry in my pack".
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