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Resources for Ski Mountaineering Racing Training – Instant Download


Stano Faban and Eric Carter are the authors of the skimo resources on this page:

  • Stano is the owner of SkinTrack, has represented Canada at three Skimo Worlds, skied 7500m Muztagh Ata, and completed several remote multi-day ski traverse.
  • Eric is a professional coach and a sponsored mountain athlete. He has represented USA at two Skimo Worlds and placed as high as 15th in Pierra Menta.

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Manual For Ski Mountaineering Racing

$39.00

Our popular 100-page skimo “bible”, published in 2014, is a practical tool for novice to intermediate skimo racers, and also athletes coming from other sports. For most, it will help speed up their learning progress by a few years.
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12-Week Novice Level Skimo Training Plan:
Start Progressing With 12-Weeks of Skimo Specific Training

$55.00

This training plan serves as a first step towards training for first ski mountaineering races for novice and beginner level athletes. It will help you develop a good base conditioning with usual weekly training of 6-8 hours.
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12-Week Intermediate Level Skimo Training Plan:
Keep Improving With Specialized Skimo Training And Intensity Workouts

$55.00

This plan provides intermediate level racers with daily skimo specific workouts that maximize their time in the lead-up to their goal single-day race or multi-day event. Prescribed VO2max, tempo and lactate tolerance intervals blend effectively with easy days and your races. Weekly training volume is 6-10 hours.
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8-Week Sprint and Speed Development Training Plan:
Improve Your Speed and Technique For Sprint Races and Beyond

$55.00

This unique sprint and speed development training plan is based around 16 skimo specific interval workouts and focuses to help you improve your speed, strength, technique and skills – and not only for sprint races. (This plan is not for novice endurance athletes.)
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Bundle: Skimo Manual + 12-Week Novice Level Skimo Training Plan

$85.00 ($94 when bought separately)

Great for athletes that are new to skimo and also new to more structured endurance training.
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Bundle: Skimo Manual + 12-Week Intermediate Level Skimo Training Plan

$85.00 ($94 when bought separately)

Best for athletes in good shape that are looking to improve with more focused skimo specialized training. Also, great for experienced endurance athletes coming from other sports.
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Bundle: Skimo Manual + 8-Week Sprint and Speed Development Training Plan

$85.00 ($94 when bought separately)

This bundle is for athletes with great endurance base and are already proficient skimo racers. The training plan included will help them to fully develop their engine and skills specifically for skimo.
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Travelling through snowy mountains on skis is like flying… and experiencing life at its core.

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SkinTrack.com, created by Stano Faban, was born out of passion for ski mountaineering and ski touring. Over the years, it has become one of the most popular ski mountaineering blogs in North America.

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