>>2854368>>2854392don't listen to this chud, vermont/NH/maine is like the spiritual home of nordic skiing in north america (at least when I lived over there there were way more cool grampas who seem to actually like nordic for its own sake, versus the west)
I also like logging roads and I've had a lot of success using 3-pin bindings with somewhat heavier boots and shorter skis than you would use in a nordic area. Probably want to forget the "ski as tall as your outstretched arm" rule of thumb. People like NNN-BC bindings quite a bit, and they may well be better. But IME, deals on old 3-pin stuff are everywhere you look, meaning you can try lots of skis for shits without spending any real money, and end up with beater pairs for going out with your bros. Plus, boots like picrel (asolo snowfield) pop up fairly cheap on ebay etc. and are basically a nice stitchdown leather hiking boot, which is a lot handier for being in the woods than most NNN boots, although you can get something like that in NNN-BC... again, more money. It's nice to have a boot you can drive in. Lastly, I've seen plastic on NNN stuff break a few times, and I can't even imagine my pinner bindings breaking in a way I couldn't fix.
Newer "backcountry" or "XCD" skis like fischer s-bound and madshus panorama supposedly turn much easier because of their dimensions. I'm yet to ski them so I can't comment, but I have actually rented some panoramas to try out this week. Either way, my shortish and widish thrift store trak touring skis are very fun on the logging roads, so don't get too spun around by the G.A.S. heads if you don't want to drop the money. Skills can get you there
