2025/26 Wax Recommendations

2025/26 Wax Recommendations

This season, every one of our wax-recommendation posts for Nordic races will be shared right here, and you’ll also get notified on our socials when a new one goes live. Pin this page, and check our Instagram/Facebook the week of your race to stay in the loop.

Whenever snow conditions shift or we’ve dialed in a hot tip — we’ll post it here first. Get ready, stay tuned, and race strong!

Great Bear Chase
Calumet, MI
Saturday, March 7
Forecast:
Friday
A slight chance of drizzle or freezing rain before 10am, then a slight chance of drizzle between 10am and 1pm, then rain showers likely after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.
Friday night
Rain showers before 4am, then freezing rain. Low around 31. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday

Rain showers, snow showers, and freezing rain before 10am, then a chance of snow showers between 10am and 1pm. High near 34. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Glide:
  • Base: Swix Marathon powder white or Rode Endurance
  • Paraffin: Swix PC100 or Toko Jet Powder Top Finish
  • Top: Rode RXL Wet Special or Rex NF21 liquid
  • Grind: LC2 or PL3 (classic), PL2+ or PL3 (skate)
  • Structure: Toko Yellow 1.5 structure
Kick:
  • Binder: Swix Base klister spray or Rex Base klister
  • Klister: Swix Nero KN44 mixed with Swix KX55
  • If it snows: Start Terva Red or Rex 30GB

Ski North Ultra
Lutsen, MN
Saturday, March 7
Forecast:
Friday
A chance of drizzle or freezing rain before 9am, then drizzle likely between 9am and noon, then rain likely after noon. Patchy fog between 2pm and 4pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.
Friday night
Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow before midnight, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow and sleet between midnight and 3am, then rain and snow likely after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday

A 40 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Glide:
  • Base: Swix Marathon White Powder or Star Durable powder, if you don't have an iron use Star Durable liquid
  • Paraffin: Swix PC100 or Rode RX62
  • Top: Toko Jet Liquid Top Finish Warm or Star Next Dark Wet liquid
  • Grind: LC2 or PL3
  • Structure: Toko Yellow 1.5 structure
Kick:
  • Binder: Swix Base klister spray or Toko Base klister
  • Klister: Swix KN44 Nero mixed with Swix KX55
  • If it snows: Swix VP65 or Start Terva Red

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