Touring skis
Off the piste
Touring & freeriding skis
Safety on powder snow pistes
Freeriders usually like to ski off the groomed pistes, love deep snow and, of course, need the right free ride ski or touring ski.
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Touring skis
What is important for touring skis? At Sport Lohmann, you will get detailed advice.
Touring skis
What is important for touring skis? At Sport Lohmann, you will get detailed advice.
Of course, skiing off the groomed slopes requires the skier to be very experienced and adventurous. However, he also needs to be able to rely on a high-quality ski, just like the ones he will find, along with comprehensive ski equipment, at Sport Lohmann’s not snowbored store.
If you are skiing in deep snow, you need skis that are much wider than conventional skis. This means that freeriding skis can have a width of up to 130 millimetres, giving the skier a good lift as the skis are virtually swimming in the snow. Generally speaking, the wider a freeride ski is, the better it is suited for off-piste skiing.
Suitable or not suitable?
Freeride ski
The skier can also buy freeride skis with a width of around 80 to 90 millimetres, which can then be used conditionally on the slopes, among other things. These skis can then be used as so-called touring skis, which is due to the fact that the rider must also first make the ascent to the top with these skis. Very wide freeride skis are not necessarily suitable for such a climb, as they are not only wider but, above all, heavier.
These skis are also suitable for spectacular stunts, including jumps in deep snowy terrain, because they are very light. Of course, the right length of the skis is also crucial because the optimal length of such a ski is well above the skier’s body height.
Advice by Sport Lohmann
Allrounder or specialist?
In this way, every skier can find a suitable model for their own requirements and demands because the manufacturers leave nothing to be desired. Interested sportspeople will, therefore, quickly find what they are looking for at the Style snowboard shop by Sport Lohmann.
Some touring ski and freeriding ski models now also have so-called all-round qualities because there are skiers who like to ski in deep snow and on the piste. Changing skis is then no longer necessary in this case, and the skier can run wild on the piste and also off-piste.
Edmund Hillary