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Should you use one wax for all conditions or a color-coded temperature system? After 50+ years of waxing skis from recreational runs to Olympic races, here's the honest answer.

If you've ever stood in a ski shop staring at a wall of color-coded waxes wondering which one to buy, you've already experienced the problem that Terry Hertel set out to solve in 1972. The traditional ski wax system was designed to sell products — not to help skiers. Temperature-specific waxes require you to know your snow temperature to the degree, carry multiple products, and predict how conditions will change throughout the day. On a real mountain, that system fails constantly. The All-Temperature Solution In 1974, Terry Hertel invented the All Temperature® ski wax system — a single formula engineered...

Learn how to match the right Hertel ski wax to any snow condition — from icy hardpack to wet spring slush — with tips from 54 years of waxing expertise.