Ski touring is hiking on skis, also called backcountry skiing, ski mountaineering, scialpinismo, ski randonée...

Articles, ski touring equipment, avalanche prevention, how to ski tour safely - all clearly presented in one place.

Ski Tours

Complete set of informations necessary for planning - elevation, time demand, physical and technical difficulty, 2D and 3D maps, ski tour photo guide. Mountain huts - contacts, access, useful links. Ski routes in GPX format to download.
Ski Equipment

Buyer´s guide of skitour and freeride equipment and reviews - skis, bindings, ski boots, climbing skins, telescopic poles, crampons, emergency equipment on skitour - avalanche backpacks, avalanche transceivers, snow probes and shovels.
Configurator

Create your ideal ski touring set tailored to your preferences.
Safety

Learn from experts how to make the plan for safest tour option - orientation, snow structure, safe ascent and ski down routes with exit access, glacier travel.
Avalanches

Avalanches might pose the greatest danger on the ski tour! How to avoid them? Discover in the articles about the causes of avalanches and strategy for safe traveling in avalanche terrain. Links to avalanche reports and news.

Ski touring & backcountry skiing online overview

Equipment buyer's guide

261 Skis

149 Skiboots

146 Bindings

190 Skins

69 Helmets

21 Avalanche Rescue Kits

18 Avalanche Transceivers

46 Probes

51 Shovels

30 Rental binding

20 Brakes

81 ski crampons

19 Harnesses

60 Crampons

105 Telescopic poles

62 Avalanche airbags

18 Avalanche airbag systems

17 cartridges for avalanche backpacks

Brands

ABS (7) Advenate (7) Alpride (6) Arcteryx (9) Armada (13) Arva (33) ATK Bindings (28) Atomic (51) AustriAlpin (6) BCA (31) Beal (1) Bear Skis (1) Black Crows (29) Black Diamond (76) Blizzard (7) Blue Ice (3) Camp (20) Cassin (1) Climbing Technology (14) Colltex (6) Contour (14)

Information Service

Helpful links for each country - avalanche and snow reports, weather forecasts, webcams, maps, guide books and tourism.

Ski tours & huts tags

Switzerland (70) Schweiz (60) Austria (46) české hory (40) skialpujdoma (32) Czech Republic (30) Italia (30) Slovensko (30) Tirol (30) Valais (30) Wallis (30) Südtirol (28) Graubünden (26) Italy (26) Engadin (20) Alto Adige (16) Itálie (16) Ötztaler Alpen (16) Berner Alpen (14) Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt (14) St. Moritz (14) Bernina (12) Dolomiti (12) Krkonoše (12) Ötztal (12) Rakousko (12) Vysoké Tatry (12) Aletschgletscher (10) Liptov (10) Lombardia (10) Stubaier Alpen (10) Uri (10) Vent (10) Albula Alpen (8) Haslital (8) Haute Route Dolomiten Südtirol (8) Haute Route Graubünden (8) Haute Route Imperial (8) Haute Route Swiss Glacier (8) Hohe Tauern (8)

Inspiration

Hochtor and Lugauer, panorama from Hide notes

Tips for skitours

Mountain Huts in the skitouring area

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