Overview of Val Thorens in winter
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Ski Touring: Freedom Lies Beneath the Skins

What is ski touring?

Ski touring combines the pleasures of skiing with the joys of hiking in the heart of nature.

On the way up, it's very close to cross-country skiing. On the way down, it's almost downhill skiing.

Walks in the forest, walks on groomed trails or raids lasting several days with the scent of adventure, there is something for all motivations and all levels.
You just have to take the plunge and try.

Ski touring requires specific equipment:

Where to go ski touring?

Off-piste skiing is practiced outside the marked trails on slopes accessible by ski lifts.

Ski touring overcomes all these limits. Anywhere there is a slope and snow, it is possible to cross-country ski, including on marked trails when local legislation allows it.

Ski touring is freedom and the future

It is a gentle and accessible sport, which does not require a good technical level to start.
Your SKI PROGRESSION instructor will precisely meet your needs by developing a program well suited to your physical and technical potential and your motivation.

Is ski touring dangerous?

You can start on a green track or on a small path in the forest, where the danger is almost non-existent.

When venturing further, the precautions to be taken are the same as for off-piste skiing. They must be all the more reinforced as one ventures into remote regions.

As with off-piste skiing, if you respect all the safety rules and have a very good experience of the discipline and the terrain, it is not a dangerous activity.

Wearing an A.R.V.A (avalanche victim search device), a folding shovel and a probe are essential safety equipment for any outing far from the slopes in winter.

SKI PROGRESSION provides this material free of charge to its customers.

There are also some completely secure marked ascent routes in the forest.

In this specific context, ski touring, in addition to the pleasure it provides, is even safer than traditional alpine skiing on congested slopes. It is an excellent activity for the health, particularly peaceful and very relaxing.

What is the minimum technical level required for ski touring?

Ski touring is not limited to long-distance, committed raids:

A good command of the snowplow is enough for an initiation on a green slope.
Hors-piste en famille au lac du Lou

At altitude, a magical world.

Breakfast in the refuge was a quiet affair — the thick fog dampened more than just the view, and we geared up without much enthusiasm.

But just minutes after setting off, the clouds began to tear apart, letting through floods of light that unveiled the landscape in all its splendour.

Mark wrote:

Dear Eric,

I hope this finds you well and you have had an enjoyable season. Our plans to return to la tania did not pan out this year and we ended in St Gervais over half term- too busy by far. We also grabbed a few days in kitzbuhel. On each occasion we have had an instructor for a day or half days here and there. It has made us realise more clearly what a great time we had with you. I look back at your professionalism and energy for ski instruction and remember well hiking for half an hour to ski steep couloirs. You effortlessly showed me what I could be doing to improve my steep skiing and as soon as we were back on the piste meeting the rest of our family and taking my 5 year old boy under your guidance to develop a bomb proof skiing stance which he maintains today. The girls remember your instruction and Eva s skiing has gone from strength to strength but her tidy style developed in the week we spent in la Tania. I never got round to write to thank you for those few days. I look back on that week with great memories helped in part by the magic weather we had but mainly by your tireless efforts to ensure we got the best out of any ski time available combined with your inspired coaching and capacity to keep us all motivated for the next adventure. We will be booking again and I could not recommend your ski school more highly.

Thanks again and best wishes
Mark

skieur dans une neige profonde avec une mauvaise visibilité

A Peaceful Forest Tour with Laure.

Introductory session on the woodland trails of La Tania:
The effort is moderate, the learning curve especially gentle and progressive, and the safety far superior to even the best-prepared alpine ski slope — simply because there's no risk of being crashed into.
Try it at least once: whatever your skiing level or fitness, far from the crowded pistes, you’ll enjoy the calm and serenity of the moment.