As a ski addict with a backpack (actually bags in general) fetish I jumped in the car for a 8 hour drive to Le Grand Bornand. An authentic mountain village at the northwest side of the French Alps. Things were a bit tense before leaving because of the COVID mess all around. With French government changing entry rules often we kept our fingers crossed before and after departure. Besides that, temperatures were record high at the time of departure reaching 15 degrees Celsius at 1500 meters during the day. Were we facing a summer hike in the middle of Winter? In any case a good reason to bring my brand new BAKBAGS Stockholm outdoor backpack next to my Wedze BP Ski FR500 Defense backpack which I wanted to try on and off piste. The BAKBAGS is nice anyway to bring as luggage for accessories like goggles, gloves, hats etc. Brand new, nice bag and proud to say that I helped developing them.
Monday was our first ski day. Enough snow and not busy at all as French schools started today. But too warm. Tuesday the same. Annoying. Same for the Wedze backpack. This bag looks so nice and has so many functions as a real ski backpack. However, it was the weight that killed me. Over 1700 grams empty! With my stuff inside…..well at least it did make me go faster on the fluffy slow slopes. Waking up Wednesday morning was fantastic after opening the curtains of our apartment. Fresh snow. When I was looking for my snow goggles in my BAKBAGS backpack I got this crazy idea to bring it on for the day. Why not? For sure it isn’t made as a real ski backpack, but it surely has the looks. And above all, it is lightweight. A feather compared to the Decathlon Wedze bag.
The experience was good really. For sure I am not 100% neutral but I dare to say that it was much more comfortable than the Wedze. At least for the occasion, where the Wedze would be more suitable for backcountry adventures as it has more typical ski oriented functions. The other good thing is that skiing with your those bags gave me new ideas for future developments. And that is hopefully the way that our blogs are going to work out. Tell us your ideas and we would love to work them out to future BAKBAGS. Let’s do this together!
