Whats the difference between Telemarking and cross-country?
If you click on to our Ski Info page and then the article titled: ‘Nordic or Telemark?’ this explains the differences between Telemark and Nordic/cross-country skiing and also the various differences within ‘cross-country’ skiing e.g. competitive ‘cross-country skiing’ is related to the racing you see in the Winter Olympics but very different to say, ‘Nordic mountain touring’; compare with bike racing in a stadium versus road touring. The skills in each type of freeheel skiing do cross over, like in touring cycling and mountain biking. When our Nordic tourers want to improve their downhill skills (so that they can go on more difficult tours), they will come on a trip in the Alps to specifically hone their downhill on freeheel skis. Also, whilst on this website, look at some of the photo galleries for Norwegian and alpine trips. Go to any of the trips under ‘Telemark Trips’ and the ‘Nordic Trips’ in the side-bar menu and you will find photos of these two types of skiing to help illustra
