Is skiing a good exercise?
Casual skiing burns about 405 calories per hour for someone 150lbs. You can use a calorie counting webpage such as this to figure out your calorie-per-hour use. http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_bur… I think it’s kind of skewed and doesn’t take into account time spent on a ski lift. More agressive skiing, such as skiing moguls, doing jump turns on steep terrain, and telemark skiing will burn more calories than just skiing downa trail and then riding the chair back up. Cross-country skiing and backcountry ski touring obviously burn even more because you are not using a ski lift at all. Done properly, skiing will give you a great lower body and core workout. It can tone and even build muscle if you ski often enough. Similarly, agressive skiing, skiing in deeper snow, telemark skiing, cross-country skiing and backcountry touring will increase aerobic capacity over the long run. Additionally you are out in the fr
