Ski Touring involves skiing over the vast snow covered fields without the use of the ski lift or the snow vehicles and is performed on the steep mountains as well as the plane lands.
A ski tourer is required to use several ski touring equipments like the crampons or different types of ski shoes depending upon the type of touring undertaken. The skiers also use various types of skis and bindings in the different ski touring. Among the main ski touring variations is the Nordic ski touring which uses bindings with free heels. It is again subdivided into the Traditional Nordic and the Backcountry Nordic . The other versions are the Telemark ski touring and the Alpine touring . The Alpine touring or Randonnee has another variation called the Alpine modified . Ski touring is popular all over the world and is performed in several locations including the Alps, Himalayas , locations in the US, Canada and others.
Ski touring has become an extremely popular sport across the globe. It involves several skills on the part of the skiers and the challenge involved in it is attracting new skiers with every passing day.
