Skiing
Skiing is rhythmic movement across winter terrain, and the aerobic capacity to keep that rhythm from the predawn skin track through the last descent home.
At Uphill Athlete, we coach the aerobic base, leg strength, and durability that hold up across full days in winter, season after season. We work with skimo racers, backcountry skiers, and cross-country skiers.
Skiing
Skiing is rhythmic movement across winter terrain, and the aerobic capacity to keep that rhythm from the predawn skin track through the last descent home.
At Uphill Athlete, we coach the aerobic base, leg strength, and durability that hold up across full days in winter, season after season. We work with skimo racers, backcountry skiers, and cross-country skiers.
Skiing
Skiing is rhythmic movement across winter terrain, and the aerobic capacity to keep that rhythm from the predawn skin track through the last descent home.
At Uphill Athlete, we coach the aerobic base, leg strength, and durability that hold up across full days in winter, season after season. We work with skimo racers, backcountry skiers, and cross-country skiers.
Why we ski
Skiing is repeated, rhythmic movement: the slow climb up, the patient transition, the focused descent. It rewards endurance over fast efforts, and judgment over force.
Our coaches have skied haute routes, ski-mountaineered in the Alps and Andes, and raced all the big skimo events. They know what holds up across long winter days and what fails. We coach you toward the aerobic base, leg strength, and recovery habits that turn ski seasons into ski lives.
Success in
Skiing
Aerobic Base
Durability
Recovery
Strength
Education
Why Skiing Builds Better Mountain Athletes
The Joy of Ski Training
The Scandinavian Arctic Traverse: Lessons and Learnings with Branden Joy
Tragedy on the Haute Route: A Conversation with Steve House
Backcountry Skimo 2022
Quick and Efficient Transition from Downhill Skiing to Uphill Skinning
Fast Transition from Skinning to Skiing
A Simple and Inexpensive Workbench for Touring and Skimo Skis
How to Choose and Prepare your Skins for Skimo
5 Reasons Why a Strong Core Makes You a Better Ski Mountaineer
Thinking about training?
Skiing well in the mountains takes an aerobic base that holds up across long days, legs that handle the descents, and the endurance to keep your judgment clear when you’re tired. Training starts months before the snow flies. Coaches, training groups, and training plans exist to make that off-season work specific enough that it shows up in your skiing.
Train Your Way
Do you want 1:1 Support?
Coaching
Uphill Athlete coaching is built to deliver structure and guidance so you can train with confidence. Our coaches are all experienced mountain athletes prepared to help your training be more effective.
Gabe Joyes
Johanna Marcoz
Ben Morley
Genis Zapater
Looking for a way to take out the guesswork?
Training Groups
Training Groups are built for athletes who want guidance, accountability, and clarity through coach Q&As, expert lectures, and a private WhatsApp for athletes.
Rather do it on your own?
Training Plans
Built for mountain athletes who want to train independently.
Nordic Ski
Haute Route Ski Tour
Advanced SkiMo Racing
Hut-to-Hut Ski Touring
Basic SkiMo Racing
Freeride Steep Terrain
Skimo Grand Traverse
Focus on the basics?
Programs
Strength and recovery made easy. On-demand video guidance for mountain athletes.
Yoga for Recovery
Chamonix Mountain Fit
The Uphill Athlete approach to training.
Training is more than just working out.
Our evidence-based approach looks beyond exercise alone. It accounts for sleep, stress, nutrition, and the demands of real life while progressively building sport-specific fitness on top of base aerobic endurance.
This methodology has helped thousands of people move better, last longer, and go farther. From Everest summits to first finish lines, the principles are the same.
If you’re ready to build true mountain fitness, this is where it begins.
Need help deciding?
Buy a one-time consult with one of our coaches, physical therapists, or registered dietitians to find out what option is best for you. There’s no obligation, just real advice.