From meadow skipping to extreme descents, telemark long had one binding platform–the 75mm Nordic Norm. Now several norms and sub-norms proliferate, muddying the free-heel gear paradigm. But has this ...

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Telemark gear–especially its bindings–has long evolved between the ...

Bishop’s skis mark the return–arguably the modern emergence–of the telemark-specific model. And the 2025 Chedi is the real deal. Modern, conventional wisdom has eschewed the telemark-specific ski. To ...

Telemark has long been judged. But some of those critiques have been instrumental to the sport’s evolution. Have you noticed people aren’t saying “no one cares you tele” much anymore? That refrain–a ...

This one goes out to the newcomers–a group whose promise may render them the most important force in all of telemark, no matter how hypothetical their free-heel participation may be. We need you, and ...

Cross-country skiing is growing, thanks partly to three-time Olympian Jessie Diggins, who has become an icon of athletic excellence. It’s a sport that’s also an alternative to crowded alpine slopes ...

Long before the days of shredding pow or double backflips, skiing was used as a method of transportation. Dating back to 4000 BCE Norway, skiing was the most efficient way to move across snowy terrain ...

There’s no debate that Lake Tahoe is an incredible ski destination. There’s more than a dozen ski hills in and around the basin and that’s saying nothing of the countless number of backcountry options ...

A 100-mile journey along the country’s Troll Trail includes stunning vistas, snowbound mountain hotels and waffles.

Cross-country skiing-Norwegian skier Klaebo achieves 100th World Cup win Five-time Olympic champion Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo reaffirmed his status as the favourite for next year's Winter Olympics on ...

Exploring technique as much as the coalescing free-heel philosophy, Cross-Country Downhill and Other Nordic Mountain Skiing Techniques, written by polymath Steve Barnett, captured the sport’s very ...