{"id":2448477,"date":"2019-09-09T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=312585"},"modified":"2019-09-09T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:12:08","slug":"carbondale-based-mountainflow-wax-helps-skiers-go-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/carbondale-based-mountainflow-wax-helps-skiers-go-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbondale-based MountainFlow Wax helps skiers go green"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For MountainFlow\u2019s plant-based wax, the company uses about five to six different plant waxes to make the product.<\/strong>
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MountainFlow Wax, based in Carbondale, is on a mission to help skiers and snowboarders \u201cwax on, wax off\u201d with the environment in mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think our story is that whatever you put on your skis ends up in the snowpack and then in your local rivers,\u201d said Peter Arlein, founder and CEO of MountainFlow Wax. \u201cI think most people don\u2019t know that ski wax is made from petroleum, so our job is to get the word out there and offer a different option.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, MountainFlow Wax is launching a Kickstarter campaign to offer a plant-based ski wax, which will be available in some local stores this winter and available for pre-order now.<\/p>\n

Since 2016, Arlein has been working on a recipe for a reliable, sustainable ski wax.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like you can have a soy candle versus a regular petroleum-based candle, you can do the same thing with ski wax,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s really finding the right waxes to use and then the right ratio of each type of wax to make it something that skis really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

For MountainFlow\u2019s plant-based wax, Arlein uses about five to six different waxes to make the product.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s kind of what sets us apart,\u201d Arlein said of other companies trying to enter the plant-based ski wax market. \u201cOther people have tried this in the past, but it just didn\u2019t ski that well and I think it was mostly soy products, which is fairly inexpensive and easy to find, but it\u2019s really bringing in those different waxes that make it super fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Arlein did performance tests, including one comparing a set of skis with petroleum wax pitted against their plant-based wax, \u201cand the performance was the same,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Arlein said two years ago he came up with a little over 200 different formulas to test before they dialed it into a wax that maintained performance. All formulas were tested by friends as well as shops across the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt worked great,\u201d said Chris Andersen, owner of Kind Bikes and Skis in Edwards, who tested the product last winter at Beaver Creek.<\/p>\n

Last year, Kind Bikes and Skis carried the wax with positive feedback.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe intend to carry it again this year,\u201d Andersen said.<\/p>\n

The wax is applied like other waxes and also comes in a rub-on form.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone was asking for an eco-friendly ski wax,\u201d Arlein said about starting his research years ago. \u201cI was super surprised to learn that there was no plant-based option in the U.S. or Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

The topic of eco-friendly ski wax has primarily flown under the radar, but MountainFlow Wax is hoping to change that.<\/p>\n

\u201cSensitivity to the environment is fortunately at the front of people\u2019s minds,\u201d Andersen said. \u201cWhen you think about the different types of waxes and some of the chemicals found in waxes and how they go onto the snow and then percolate down to the ground and into our groundwater systems \u2014 it\u2019s a real concern both for wild habitat and human water supplies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s possible to make something that\u2019s natural that won\u2019t harm our groundwater and habitat for our animals,\u201d he continued, \u201cit just makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about MountainFlow Wax and to pre-order for winter, visit http:\/\/www.mountainflowecowax.com<\/a> or visit the Kickstarter campaign.<\/p>\n

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For MountainFlow\u2019s plant-based wax, the company uses about five to six different plant waxes to make the product.Special to the Vail Daily MountainFlow Wax, based in Carbondale, is on a mission to help skiers and snowboarders \u201cwax on, wax off\u201d with the environment in mind. \u201cI think our story is that whatever you put on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 10:12:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}