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Packing safety equipment in your backpack for easy access

Backpack There is certain equipment that you should have with you on every ski tour This includes an avalanche transceiver, an avalanche probe and a shovel. It is also useful …

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Putting on ski crampons

Ski crampons are the wildcard you can play when touring skins no longer grip icy surfaces – and a form of safety equipment, especially in steep, exposed terrain (see crampons: …

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Stepping in and out of pin bindings

The Marker Alpinist touring binding can be easily switched from riding to walking mode and back again: for walking mode, the heel is twisted and the heel lifter positioned upright …

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Stepping into bindings in deep snow

With a few tricks, it’s really easy to step into the bindings after removing the skins: in soft snow, insert the tail of both skis into the snow so that …

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How to use heel lifters

Most ski touring bindings have heel lifters. The exceptions to this are ultra-light race bindings and old-fashioned bindings from the days of the ski touring pioneers. Heel lifters are a …

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Touring Hacks with Pros: How to carry your skis

How to carry skis When ascending during a ski tour, you can encounter tricky sections where it is better to take off your touring skis and carry them on your …

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Safer on tour – the bivouac bag

Safer on tour the bivouac bag A bivouac bag is part of the standard safety equipment and should be carried on every ski tour (1 bivouac bag per three participants). …

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Ski touring clothing – how the multi layer principle works

Ski touring clothing how the multi layer principle works Ski touring clothing must cover two very different activities. Going uphill sweating with an elevated heart rate and downhill skiing with …

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Protection on tour – sunglasses

Protection on tour sunglasses You don’t want to go on a ski tour without sunglasses. The light is reflected very strongly by the white snow surface and therefore appears unpleasantly …

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Protection on tour – the goggle

Protection on tour the goggle Ski goggles are a great advantage not only on the downhill run, but also on the ascent of the ski tour in bad and windy …

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