Have you noticed people aren’t saying “no one cares you tele” much anymore? That refrain–a phrase that for years easily left the lips of The Turn’s many disparagers–had long been a trusty ...

This one goes out to the newcomers–a group whose promise may render them the most important force in all of telemark, no matter how hypothetical their free-heel participation may be. We need you, and ...

Where does telemark fits into the mix when time marches on, the knees creak, and the plate gets full?

Interested in trying to telemark? Nice! And doing so on a budget? How free-heel dirtbag of you! You’ll fit right in. Well, except some may accuse you of killing telemark. Much has been made of ...

View post: I Love My Friends. But Skiing Alone Is My Guilty Pleasure. Learning the telemark turn is to reimagine edging a ski. Though styles and teaching paradigms have changed, many an alpine skier ...

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Telemark skiing’s essence is epitomized by the free-heel binding. It is ...

Is telemark’s modern gear paradigm–feature-laden and aggressive–losing something as it moves forward?

“I know its volume,” Quintana notes. “But the point is, until you can buy a resort telemark binding that you want to learn on for two hundred bucks–and a pair of boots for under four hundred bucks new ...