More toys
Extravaganza
The more toys you can handle, the more ways you have to express yourself on snow.
The more toys you can handle, the more ways you have to express yourself on snow.
Telemark, monoski, splitboard, powsurf: each of these makes you read the snow differently. And that's exactly what makes you better on your main toy too — more precise, stronger, more mobile.
The best part: book three hours or more and the rental gear for all these rare birds is included. Telemark gear I always have ready; for a splitboard, monoski or powsurf I need a bit of notice.
Certainly not the easiest, but probably the most elegant way to ski — and definitely worth a try. It'll make you smoother on alpine skis too, because you get more precise, stronger and more mobile.
I'm a telemark instructor and since 2020 I've been just as hooked on it as on every other way of playing in the snow. Technique training, guiding or touring — at the Arlberg, in Lech and Zürs.
New: telemark rental right in Lech.
Both feet close together and fixed on one board, and still a very special feeling of freedom. Full body, full attention — and guaranteed stares on the chairlift. Monoskiing is less nostalgic than it sounds: in soft snow, all that surface under your feet makes a real difference.
It also forces you into a clean, centred stance. If you can handle it, you'll take that with you onto any other toy.
Skin up, ride down on the board. For a tour with me you can borrow the splitboard for free.
If you come from snowboarding and want to head into the backcountry, this is the most direct way. It's not quite the same, though: the two-piece board with its touring bindings rides noticeably differently from your snowboard — a toy of its own, waiting to be discovered.
Loads of feel and nothing holding you on the board — apart from gravity and centrifugal force. Powsurfing is the most honest way to surf deep snow, and the most unforgiving when your technique isn't right.
For people who can already do it all and want to start again from scratch. Few things humble you this quickly and are this much fun at the same time.
You can rent telemark gear at Skibex in Lech — all the details are on the telemark page. That only works through me, though (enquiry), because it's my gear and Skibex can't be liable for it. Happy to combine it with lessons or guiding: from three hours on, you pay nothing for the rental.
Monoski, splitboard or powsurf? Just ask — whatever I've got, I'll bring along.
Telemark, monoski, powsurf: tell me what tempts you, and we'll see when and where it works.