Exotic Skiing in Chinese Altai Mountains

A while ago Janne listed 10 places we would like to ski. There are very many interesting places to ski on this planet, and some of those places a very unique and exotic and I would really like to ski some of those exotic places, or even visit.

One very exotic place to ski is the Altai region in China. Imagine yourself skiing places where you see no other people and ski lifts, only huge fields of untouched snow. Surrounded by deep silence, you make your turns with no fear that someone is going ruin your powder field. In resorts like Chamonix you have to be quick in the morning just to taste the powder. By 10 am all powder snow near to lifts is skied.

Oh yes, skiing in central Asia would be awesome. Check out the video below. It would be nice to ski with locals and see how they make their own skis. Watch the video and see how a local man skis with his home made powder guns. I bet those bindings have not DIN adjustment screws…

See how much they have snow there in Chinese mountains. It looks like a secret powder heaven. Cool.

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Marko Pyhajarvi

I am an old-school alpine skier, snowboarder and telemarker, and I love writing. Therefore I founded Homeboy. I (too) enjoy powder, mountaineering and backcountry skiing as well as photographing. Nowadays, as an old fart, I mostly ski with my kids and focus on financing their hobbies.

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