How to Hang Snow Skis for Storage

While snow skis take a beating on the slopes, skiers should still safely store their skis to protect their investment in this often costly recreational equipment. Hanging ski storage racks keep skis safe while also creating more ground storage space for other equipment. Another advantage of hanging ski storage racks is that many of them provide hanging space to store ski boots and snowboard equipment as well, and they are fast and easy to install. Follow these steps.

Things You'll Need

• Wall ski rack
• Screws that fit the ski rack
• Electronic stud finder
• Measuring tape
• Pencil
• Wall space to hang the ski rack
• Level
• Drill
• Drill bits the size of the screws for the ski rack
• Screwdriver
• Threaded wall anchors, if no stud is available

Instructions

1. Measure 4 feet up from the ground on the wall using the measuring tape.

2. Mark the measurement with a small pencil mark.

3. Press the stud finder against the wall with the power on.

4. Move the stud finder along the wall at the approximate level where you made the mark until you the stud-finder begins beeping rapidly. The rapid beeping indicates that a stud is in that location, and this is where you should drill the screws to hold the ski rack. If you can't find a stud in the area where you want to use the ski rack, you'll need to use a wall anchor.

5. Mark the location of the stud with a pencil mark.

6. Press the ski rack against the wall on approximately the same level as where you made the pencil mark at 4 feet up from the ground, centering one of the screw holes over the stud.

7. Place the level on top of the ski rack.

8. Adjust one side of the ski rack until the bubble on the level is centered between the two lines on the level, indicating that the ski rack is level.

9. Draw circles with the pencil in each of the screw holes with your free hand, and remove the ski rack from the wall.

10. Drill holes in the places where you drew the circles.

11. Insert the threaded wall anchors into the wall if you are mounting the ski rack in a place where no stud is available. Screw the threaded wall anchor into the wall with the screwdriver.

12. Press the ski rack against the wall, matching the screw holes in the ski rack up to the holes in the wall.

13. Insert the screws into the holes and screw them into the wall using a screwdriver.

14. Hold two skis back-to-back and place them on the ski rack with the strap area above the ski rack hooks.