Need a team mate??

One of the great things about The Tour and one of the reasons why I think it has had so much interest is the fact that it is a teams race.

First, the way the teams race works is very similar to a regular day of ski touring, when you and a mate would head out into the backcountry for some turns, touring and skiing together and looking out for each other.

While the teams format is a huge plus (all the biggest, most popular and most fun races in Europe are teams races), one of the draw backs is finding a suitable team mate.

While there are a huge abundance of people going ski touring, finding a team mate with a similar leave of fitness, skills and goals can be difficult.

So, if you are looking for a team mate, leave a comment stating so!

Hopefully we can pair a few folks up.

Speaking of popular team's race's, here's one of the biggest of them all-

The Fast & Furious

"The Fast & Furious" is a article written by Andrew McLean that was published in "Coulior" magazine a few years ago.

Its a cool little piece and was the first time I read about a ski mountaineering race (its probably the first article write by a non Euro about a ski mountaineering race?).

Its well worth a read-

"With Backcountry skiing being such a peaceful pursuit, you might wonder why anyone would want to ruin it by turning it into a competition. The answer, as with thoroughbred horses or hissing cockroaches, is that racing improves the breed. True, not everyone sees touring around in emasculating skin tight suits as an improvement, but there are many other aspects of Ski Mountaineering racing that can directly improve your smiles per hour ratio." READ MORE