Climbing skins are a necessary accessory to any backcountry adventure.  To ensure that your skins enjoy a long life of helping you up the hills, follow these useful steps: 

• Completely dry out your skins after every use.  If you are in the vicinity of a very
  hairy dog, you may want to consider sticking your skins back together before you dry them.  If not, then drape your skins glue side up over a drying rack, clothesline, or door.
   

• Invest in Glop Stopper!  This skin wax will come in handy on those days where wet snow sticks to your skins, weighs you down, and takes away any uphill grip your skins used to have.  Keep it in your pack.
   

• If the glue on your skins is fading, look into Ascension Gold Label Adhesive.  Follow the directions and increase the life of your skins.