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3 unusual facts about Ski mountaineering


Ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering is form of ski touring that variously combines the sports of Telemark, Alpine, and backcountry skiing with that of mountaineering.

In Telemark-style equipment the heel remains free so telemark turns can be executed as well as parallel.

Thierry Rassat

Thierry Rassat is a French ski mountaineer.



see also

CISAC

Comité International du Ski-Alpinisme de Compétition, former international committee of competition ski mountaineering

Mariusz Wargocki

He started ski mountaineering in 1999 and competed first in a race in Štrbské Pleso in 2005.

Mount Zdarsky

It is named for Mathias Zdarsky, the Austrian pioneer exponent of ski-mountaineering, inventor of the first dependable ski binding, and author of one of the earliest skiing manuals.

Oscar Roig Iglesias

He has been a member of the Spanish national ski mountaineering team since 2007 and lives in Anyós, Andorra.

Patrik Nordin

He started ski mountaineering in 1997 and competed first in the Swedish Cup race in Åre in the same year.

Pierre Gignoux

Together with Stéphane Brosse he has held the ski mountaineering record on the Mont Blanc since May 30, 2003 with a total time of 5 hours 15 minutes 47 seconds.

Robert Antonioli

Antonioli was born in Sondalo, started ski mountaineering in 2004, and took part in his first competition race in 2006.