€ Sign in
Contact
Hiking
Camping
Trail
Mountaineering
Climbing
Survival
Road biking
Mountain biking
Canyoning
Running
Lifestyle
Snow activities
Alpine Skiing
Ski touring
Cross-country skiing
Snowboarding
Telemark equipment
Choose your telemark equipment from the best brands - Express delivery
Looking for new sensations? Discover telemark skiing with Alpinstore! Telemark skiing is a fast-growing sport. Thanks to Alpinstore, you'll find the equipment you need to enjoy this Nordic sport to the full!
A little history?
Telemarkskiing is a set of Nordic skiing techniques adapted to downhill skiing with the heel free (not attached to the ski), enabling the skier to execute harmonious turns known as "telemark turns". The telemark turn is made by bending the inside leg. It's one of the oldest skiing techniques, invented in 1868 by Sondre Norheim, a carpenter from Telemark County, Norway.
What equipment?
In addition to a good pair of thighs, telemark skiing requires specific equipment. You'll need suitable boots and bindings.
- Boots
A telemark shoe is a specific type of boot that has a gusset on the front of the foot so that it bends when you take the telemark step. There are different standards: The 75mm standard, the traditional standard, is a duckbill boot that only works with standard 75 cable bindings. The NTN standard, the new standard, the boot hooks onto the binding from underneath, the foot no longer moves sideways and provides greater precision. The NNBC standard for Nordic tourers. You'll find quality Telemark boots from Scarpa on Alpinstore.
- Bindings
Telemark bindings come in 2 categories: 75mm standard bindings, cable bindings, which provide softness and flexibility, are the traditional standard. NTN standard bindings, the new standard, hook under the foot for better ski control and greater precision. Other advantages: these bindings release the skis laterally and are all equipped with a touring mode.
- The skis
Telemark skis are ideallysuited to slopes, freeride and freestyle, with a wood core and flexible heel. There are different schools of thought on the choice of ski size for telemark skis, but we recommend that you choose the right size.
Would you like 2 or 3 tips?
- To begin and progress in telemark skiing (also known as free-heel skiing), you also need to choose the right telemark accessories. Poles, for example, are shorter than those used for classic downhill skiing.
- And don't forget: toe, jaw, flexible or rigid cable and plate bindings protect you in the event of a fall.
