Re: Vaseline
I use the plain cordura nylon booties that have the elasticized velcro strap to keep a better fit. These are the same kind that are used in the 1000 Mile Yukon Quest dog sled race and the Iditarod race. They are cheap to buy and stay on better than most, during racing each booty should stay on for a 100 km or more. The key is the elasticized velcro strap and they can be hard to come by.
Perhaps I should buy a poopload here and bring them to Alberta to sell, they work equally well in the summer for rocky/desert conditions.
Oh yeah, vaseline helps a lot but it can make the pad unreasonably soft so cuts can happen more often. Pick yer poison. There's also a product called Tuff-Foot to help the pads become hard and tough.
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