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Telemark rental is back at the Arlberg after a long time — right in Lech. Plus lessons, technique training and guiding, all from one source. Free your Heels!
Telemark rental is back at the Arlberg after a long time — right in Lech. Plus lessons, technique training and guiding, all from one source. Free your Heels!
For a long time there was nowhere at the Arlberg where you could simply rent telemark skis. From this winter there is again: a small but carefully kept rental right in Lech, at Skibex.
Telemark isn't a nostalgia thing. Anyone who has tried it knows: it's the most elegant and maybe the most playful way to get down a slope. And it makes you better on every other toy — more precise, stronger, more mobile.
Whether you're freeing your heel for the first time or have been dropping a knee for years: with me you get gear, lessons and guiding from one source. Book three hours of lessons or guiding or more and the rental gear is included.
Lunge, knee bend, balance — sounds like the gym, but on the slope it feels like dancing once it clicks. We start on wide, gentle pistes and build up the telemark position step by step.
Experience on alpine skis helps but isn't a must. The gear comes from me.
You can already drop a knee but want more? Then we polish what makes telemark look really good: clean edge grip in the carved turn, rhythm and pressure in deep snow and changing terrain — and if you like, a bit of riding backwards too.
Video analysis on the slope is an option too, if you like — it shows you where things get stuck. Usually it's less than you think.
Telemark belongs off piste — that's where it comes from. I'll guide you on freeride descents and ski tours around Lech and Zürs, at the pace and in the terrain that suits you.
For that there's touring-ready telemark gear for women and men in all sizes: skis with skins, bindings with a walk mode and matching boots. We sort out safety gear beforehand.
You rent my telemark gear at Skibex in Lech — always through me, because it's my gear and Skibex can't be liable for it. I only rent out 75 mm equipment, the classic system, because I find it makes telemark easier to learn. NTN (New Telemark Norm) may follow at some point.
Best combine the rental with a session: book three hours of lessons or guiding or more and the gear costs you nothing. Renting without lessons works too, though.
And if you bring some tele kids along, I'll be especially happy: there's rental gear for them too. Just give me a bit of notice for that as well.
I'm at Skibex in person for every rental. So drop me a line a little in advance about when you need the gear.
You can also rent the gear without lessons. In that case you confirm beforehand that you've skied telemark before and know how to handle the gear. If you're new to it, I recommend a session with me — then the gear is included anyway.
Pick-up and return at Skibex in Lech. On request I'll also bring the gear to you, for example to Stuben.
Telemark thrives on its community. A few meeting points around the Arlberg — maybe we'll see each other there.
Warth-Schröcken, just over the Hochtannberg pass. The telemark festival with workshops, test gear and plenty of free heels. Last held in late January — 2027 date to follow.
Warth-Schröcken. Test skis and boards for the backcountry — and with a bit of luck telemark gear too: 22 Designs had a stand last time. Last held in early March — 2027 date to follow.
A bit further away, but a fixture for free-heelers in spring. 2027 date to follow.
Lessons, guiding or just the gear: tell me when you're in Lech.