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Altai Skis Backcountry Ski and Hok Festival 2024

Altai Skis Backcountry Ski and Hok Festival 2024

Altai Skis Backcountry Ski and Hok Festival 2024 Saturday, February 24th 10AM to 3 PM Looking North at Boulder Pass Details to follow soon! PLACES TO STAY IN FERRY COUNTY Airbnb in the Curlew area  Vrbo in the Curlew area  Ferry County Lodging Page Curlew is pretty much a one horse town. There is a drive […]

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Altai Skis Adjustable Ski Poles

We just go our new ski poles in. We have been working on these for the last year as many of our users still prefer to use two poles rather then our single poles (Tiaks) for skiing the Hoks. Our view is that two poles work great for cruising around on low angle terrain and […]

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New Boots! Three models of 75mm (3pin) boots from Alico.

                                          Altai Skis Alico Boots, the Mountain, BC, and Tour. We have been having a hard time finding a good selection of 3pin boots over the last few years so last year (after some testing) […]

Making a fresh trail on Boulder

Altai Skis Backcountry Ski and Hok Festival 2023

Saturday February 18th from 10AM to 3PM on Boulder Pass Altai Skis Backcountry Ski and Hok Festival 2023 Events and Activities Saturday, February 18th from 10am to 3pm – Demos of Altai Skis Hoks with universal pivot bindings (will fit any flexible soled shoe) as well as Hoks with 3 pin bindings, some 3 pin […]

Making a fresh trail on Boulder

Altai Skis Backcountry Festival – Boulder Pass in Northern Ferry County – Saturday, February 15th.

Event Schedule and Activities Saturday February 15th -10AM to 3PM Altai Skis will offer demos of our Hok skishoes and Kom Skis. Bindings include universal bindings (any flexible soled boot) and 3 pin (75mm) bindings. We will have some boots at the pass for the 3 pins as well.There will be some tips and mini […]

Welcome to Altai Skis

Altai Skis was conceived by Nils Larsen and Francois Sylvain in 2009.   We both have had extensive ski industry experience and had worked together designing nordic and backcountry skis for over ten years. We felt there was a great potential for skis designed for what we like to call ‘pocket backcountry’, the skiing many […]