Touring skis
Why should you buy your touring skis on Glisshop?
We select the best brands and manufacturers and offer touring skis for all kinds of style: light touring, allround touring, freetouring. If you already own your touring bindings, then you're in the right place. Glisshop has a large selection of skis to match them. Feel free to contact us to make sure your bindings work with our skis: size, style, safety, brake width... Our knowledgeable staff will be happy to guide you through our range and help you narrow it down to what you really need. From the leading brands like Black Crows or Dynafit to smaller high-performance manufacturers like Zag, our touring skis match all tastes, skills and budgets. You can also discover our men touring skis and women touring skis. Read more Show less
Recommended price
£500.41
-32%
£336.61
The Atomic Backland 85 touring ski is lightweight, versatile and offers excellent skiability. Ideal for intermediate and experienced skiers.
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Recommended price
£727.91
-30%
£509.51
The Backland 85 UL from Atomic is a versatile touring ski. It will surprise you with its lightness, which will help you climb for hours.
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Recommended price
£636.91
-30%
£445.81
The Backland 89 SL is a lightweight and versatile ski from Atomic's Backland range, ideal for intermediate and advanced skiers looking to have fun on backcountry powder.
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Recommended price
£636.91
-30%
£445.81
The Atomic Backland 89SL W ski is an ultra-lightweight, versatile and manoeuvrable option for intermediate and advanced level female skiers seeking a ski that is easy to handle and performs well on various types of snow.
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Recommended price
£727.91
-33%
£482.21
The Atomic Backland 107 is lightweight, stable and versatile, aimed at advanced to expert skiers for amazing backcountry runs.
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Recommended price
£545.91
-33%
£363.91
The Atomic Backland 88 is a lightweight, efficient and versatile touring ski, recommended to intermediate and advanced skiers.
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Recommended price
£636.91
-34%
£418.51
The Atomic Backland 95 is a lightweight and versatile touring ski designed for advanced and expert freeriders seeking amazing floatability and optimal manoeuvrability on deep snow.
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And touring was born again
The oldest picture we have of a man on skis is….4000 years old, on paintings discovered in Norway. That turns skiing as we know it, with resorts, lifts, parks etc, into a very small part of what is called history and of what was originally designed to carry people on snow. Despite the young age of alpine skiing, the sport quickly replaced touring and turned it into an old-fashioned way of using skis.
Not trendy enough, perhaps too difficult as well as it requires a tough physical condition, touring was underestimated and sadly forgotten for years. But the eco-friendly debates rising and the environmental problems we have nowadays brought touring back in the game. Touring means protecting nature and the mountain. No lifts, no resorts, touring is for nature lovers who like it when there’s no noise and no people around.
Touring, Backcountry or approach ?
There are different ways of touring :
Touring :
The original way of skiing. Before descending, you need to climb and it is the favorite part of a tour for most skiers. Touring means be as one with nature. They need to know how it works (weather, conditions, type of snow, etc) and they mainly use an equipment that’s as light as possible on order to be able to tour for a few days in a row.
Backcountry or freetouring :
If touring is uphill-oriented, freetouring prefers the downhill. To get the best tracks on the untouched slopes, freeriders don’t mind climbing a bit. Be aggressive and charge hard when descending is the main goal which is why they focus on performance more than on lightweight.
Approach :
This is only when you want to reach a close spot near the resort. Not very steep and not very long, this kind of ‘tour’ does not require any specific gear and skiers ride equally on groomed or soft snow. Discover our wide selection of Armada, Atomic, Black Crows, Black Diamond, Blizzard, Dynafit, Dynastar, Elan, Faction, Fischer, K2, Movement, Rossignol, Salomon, Scott, SkiTrab, Volkl, Zag touring skis without bindings!