By Bartleby, the Scrivener
1. I recently tried the Folkrm long-grip style poles. Among its qualities: the lip at the top of the handle is helpful for adjusting the Lynx binding’s front level and heel risers.
2. I also recently demo’d the 2020ish model of Black Crows Camox, which were set up with OutlawX bindings and using 2026 Tx Pros. The Camox skis snap telemark turns on a dime. I could make twice as many turns in a given space as usual, making for extra joy in bumps and tight trees. Brings to mind the old saying, “we get more done in a day than most people do by noon.” Good telemark skis, those Camox.
3. Speaking of the 2026 Scarpa Tx Pro, if anyone out there knows of a lightweight automatic crampon that is compatible with the new models, please post a comment or send us an email. Inquiries to Scarpa have proven inconclusive. (One friend of the website reports that the Grivel g-rider magic evo is a tight fit but seems to work.)
4. Taking the many-worlds theory of physics to its logical conclusion, a universe exists where telemark skiing is the most popular recreation activity. Better still, a universe where telemark permeates art and culture.
Consider, for example, a universe where all the members of the Corleone family, of the Godfather movies, are avid telemark skiers. Imagine Fredo ripping tele turns on Rubicon Peak in The Godfather Part II.
5. Lake Tahoe should be the Lurk Capital of California. How can we make this happen?
6. Are you personally going to start constructing lightweight and inexpensive lurks for the Tahoe market?
7. SOLOZZO: I’m going to speak Italian Telemark to Mike.
8. By now you may be asking whether I randomly made this a list of ten items and then tried to fill it, rather than coming to this space with ten important things to say.
9. Have you written your Haiku yet, thus earning your place on the email distribution list of this website? As promised, join us to receive an email sometime between once a month and never.
10. Send us a photo of you skiing Tahoe in the oldest telemark gear or the newest telemark gear you have ever owned. Rainey super loops? Merrell super comps? Super tele-tech bindings? We would love to see them. Send them [email protected].
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11. The 2025-2026 Camox also turns out to also ski well on telemark. (And yes, this one goes to eleven.)