View between drying skis and climbing skins at the Terri hut (2170 m) to resting ski alpinists in the sun. Tessin, Switzerland.

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Ski touring, also referred to as ski mountaineering, ski randonnee, and alpine touring (or AT), is a form of backcountry skiing (off-piste skiing) involving trekking from place to place in the wilderness, that has parallels with hiking and backpacking. Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia mountaineer, climb climber, sports, nature, landscape, mountain, mountainscene, scenery, wild terrace huette profile tire skipole

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Location: Europe Tessiner alps Switzerland
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