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 […]
Saturday February 19th from 10AM to 3PM on Boulder Pass Events and Activities Saturday, February 19th 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 boots available. Demos also on the Altai Kom […]
Saturday, January 26th Once again we are having our Hok festival at Sitzmark Ski Area in Okanogan County, NE WA. Grab your Hoks or Koms, your tiak (or poles), your (3 pin)boots and come out and enjoy some up down and around in the Okanogan Highlands at Sitzmark. Map of the Highlands with notable points […]
Many of you 3pin users may have wondered what those 3 sets of holes were in the base of the heel pieces. Well, our new climbing wire is done and just happens to fit in those holes…..We finished the wire design late last season and did our initial testing in the spring and early […]
I have become so enamored of skishoeing with the Hoks and a single pole that we will sell them this year on the website. A few of us have been out scouting and cutting this summer already (see pics) and are getting quite the stockpile. Lodgepole pine is the wood of choice, very strong and […]
A gallery: July 1st Sherman Ski 2011-07-07 01:59 PM (more…)
I have been working on some basic videos of the Hoks in action. They are posted here but you can see all related on our youtube channel. You can click on the little youtube icon at the bottom of the page and you can subscribe or bookmark it if you like. Also one of our […]
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 […]