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Alpine
ski touring
With modern Alpine or Telemark touring equipment, you can travel
almost anywhere on snow. When going uphill, you use 'skins', which
stick to the bottom of your skis and stop you sliding back. Going
downhill is hopefully a series of beautiful turns! Alpine skis can
be released at the heel for walking upwards, but clip down for the
descent. Telemark skiers have a free heel the whole time. The Eagle
Ski Club arranges a several ski tours every year, typically in the
Alps, Pyrenees or North America. These are usually based in pensions
in the valley or catered Alpine huts.
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Ski mountaineering
As a ski mountaineer, you use your skis to reach peaks
and other mountaineering goals. Often there will be more technical
climbing involved and scaling peaks may involve leaving skis or
carrying them on your back for the last part of the ascent. The
base for a ski mountaineering trip may be a mountain hut (catered
or otherwise), a camp or a series of camps. Recent Eagle trips have
included ascents of Mount Waddington in Canada (4019m), Tesi Lapchal
in Nepal (5755m) and a traverse of Corsica as well as the more popular
Ötztal and Chamonix-Zermatt high circuits.
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Nordic
ski touring
Using narrow skis with wax bases or skins, and often
carrying tents and other gear on a pulk (a small sledge which you
pull behind you), you can travel very long distances. Many nordic
tours use the well-organised network of huts in Norway, whilst recent
Eagle trips have included a traverse of Svalbard and an ascent of
the highest mountain in the Arctic.
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Instruction
Some trips are dedicated to instruction, either in basic
off-piste skiing or telemarking skills, or in snow and mountain
craft, avalanche and crevasse rescue, glacier travel, navigation
and first aid.
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Other ESC events
There is also a programme of UK events, including ski weekends
in Scotland, walking and climbing weekends throughout the UK, and
a slide show. These events provide an excellent opportunity to meet
people and plan future trips. The AGM and supper party is held in
London in October or November, (8th Nov 2008 @ 19:00.)
Members' guests are always welcome at these meetings
(although only members may take part in tours).
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Membership benefits >>
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