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How do you keep sticky snow from sticking to the top of skis while skinning?

What ways do you use to keep sticky snow off the tops of your skis while skinning up? I'm getting a lot of snow sticking to my topsheet while skinning and it's weighing down my skis. What can I do to keep snow from sticking to the top of my skis?


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I would make sure your skis are cooled down before you start skinning. So let them cool them off in the parking lot after taking skis out of your car before letting any snow hit the top sheets. That way snow won’t melt and freeze allowing snow to accumulate on top.

Here are a number of different options that may help keep snow from sticking to your top sheet:

- Spray the top sheet with Ceramic Coating Spray
- Use Silicone spray lubricant on the top sheet
- Spray WD40 on tops of skis
- Polish top sheet with Turtle wax / Car wax
- Use Rain-x
- Wipe top sheet with Amour All
Feb 9th, 2018 at 2:35 PM
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DO NOT SPRAY WD40 ON YOUR SKIS. WD40 is a solvent and will ruin your top sheet or any thing it gets on that is not metal or corrosive resistant epoxy. WD40 was developed to coat the outer layer of nuclear missiles to protect them from moisture. It is a special formula (#40) designed to Displace Water (WD). The formula was so difficult to develop that a patent was never filed on it. Filing a patent would have revealed the formula. Do not put on you skis.
Feb 21st, 2021 at 9:17 PM
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