Last weekend I skinned up a couple of miles, took off my skins and started descending. I skied down a ways then the terrain leveled out a little bit for a short distance, maybe 250 feet. Since it was a short stretch of flat I didn't put skins back on. I just pushed and shuffled until the incline was steep enough to let gravity pull my skis down again. But my skis didn't slide easily anymore. Looking under my skis I found a build-up of snow stuck to the bases. I took a few minutes to scrape it off and then I was able to start skiing again.
Has anyone experienced this?
Do you think it was just due to the heavy wet Southern California Snow?
Is there something I can do, or put on the bases of my skis to prevent this?