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ski touring

noun

: cross-country skiing for pleasure

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And this one is small enough to carry in via pure muscle power while enjoying activities like hiking to a viewpoint, backpacking, bikepacking, canoe camping or ski touring. New Atlas, 10 Nov. 2025 In Finnmark, skiing may offer an additional challenge — going off-piste by going ski touring. Susan B. Barnes, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 Colorado has many popular backcountry trails for ski touring and snowshoeing that traverse relatively flat terrain that will not slide, but those trails sometimes are located at the foot of slopes that could produce avalanches from above under the right circumstances. John Meyer, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025 In the heart of the Alps, the company has been developing and producing technologies for alpine, racing, ski touring, and cross-country skiing for more than 70 years. Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ski touring

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ski touring was in 1935

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“Ski touring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ski%20touring. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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