Following the success of the UCPA e-biking courses during the summer of 2017, Action Outdoors has introduced the world’s first ‘Electronic Ski Touring’ course (AKA e-touring) in Chamonix, France.
Like an e-bike, the e-touring skis are battery operated and allow for a much easier ascent of the mountain than traditional ski touring, where the skier needs to walk up unaided. A specially designed battery pack (2.5 kg’s) that powers the e-touring ski can be charged like a mobile phone at home or on one of the new electric car charging stations found in Chamonix town centre.
Controlling the speed is easy, either by an integrated app on a mobile phone, or by the in-built voice recognition system, SkiRi.
The courses run for a week and are based out of the UCPA Centre, Chamonix with all-inclusive packages offering full-board accommodation, equipment hire and instruction by specially trained e-touring teachers.
“It’s so easy going up that you can take time to take advantage of making phone calls, send some text messages, check your emails and update your social media – this truly is the way to ski tour for the Millennial. Now it’s easy to keep up with your friends when ski touring, you can go a whole day without breaking into a sweat,” said David Robertson, Managing Director of Action Outdoors.
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