I would be very keen on a ski mountaineering rather than skimo program, as I’m most interested in big days in the mountains (8ish hours of constant touring, climbing and skiing) for multiple days. I ski out of Australia, so our hills aren’t that big (but sometimes the walk to the snowline is). I compensate by doing lots of vertical, and have seen my fitness improve thanks to using the methods outlined in New Alpinism.
My other issue is finding a cycle that works for me – due to my job, I do 10 weeks at home, and then usually have 2-4 weeks where I can go ski mountaineering (either in Aus, NZ or Japan). My year is essentially 4 cycles like that, and in addition, in the southern winter I go out ski mountaineering every second weekend plus some other extended trips.
Can I achieve improvements in a 10 week cycle, or should I make it a 20 week cycle? I don’t have an objective in mind, but I just want to keep improving my fitness as my skiing ability and passion for skimo increases (I was more of a rock climber / ice climber in previous years).
I’ve got a good base level of mountain fitness, and I don’t see anyone else logging the vert I am in my local mountains. Looking forward to seeing the touring fitness plan, and loving the website!
Thanks,
Dan
