Telejoring

Telejoring is a cross between telemark skiing and skijoring. It involves using telemark skis to travel over snow while attached to a dog. The main difference between telejoring and skijoring is telejoring allows climbing and descents of more mountainous terrain. The modern advances of telemark skis like climbing skins and bindings with adjustable climbing bars allows access to all types of back country terrain not typically traveled by ordinary skijorners. Northern breed of dogs like the Siberian Husky are best suited to telejoring because of their boundless energy, strong work ethic, strength and adaptations to the cold.
The set-up required for telejoring is a harness worn by the skier and a dog-sledding harness worn by the dog that is attached by a rope. Typically a shorter rope is used for climbing (10 feet) and a longer rope for descents (up to 100 feet). Next is a pair of telemarking skis and climbing skins. The reason skins are needed is because the practicers of telejoring are not aware of any ski areas that allow dogs using ski lifts. The solitude and peacefulness of being away from a designated operating ski area is also valued by telejorners.
Locations to practice telejoring is any place that is accessible by regular telemark skis. Among the best places to enjoy telejoring are ski resorts that are not operating. This could be a former ski resort that has been closed for economic reasons, a ski resort that is in the off-season period but still has snow cover or a ski area outside of normal operating hours (typically the early morning.)
Telejoring was founded by Dan Pain a native British Columbia, Canada and his husky Brodie in early 2010. Video of telejoring in action is available on youtube. Video of telejoring

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