Learning to Tele: An Alpine Skier Sets Heels Free

Gliding and traversing across the mountain in a telemark stance.
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Starting to link telemark turns.
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The telemark journey began at Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin for a lesson from “Tele Tim” Stroh.
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Learning to tele ski may or may not be as awkward as it looks.
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This is what the beginning of the telemark skiing learning curve looks like. It gets easier.
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