Abstract
Journal of Physical Fitness, Medicine & Treatment in Sports is an interdisciplinary open access peer reviewed journal that publishes original research, reviews, short communication, case reports, news, commentaries etc., in the field of sports medicine, treatment and exercise medication.
Highlights
Back country skiing gained increased attraction probably as a consequence of the improved material allowing the broad mass to absolve nice ski tours [1,2]
Snow conditions have a direct influence on the friction of skis and the necessary physical work that must be performed to move forward [13]
The initially stated hypothesis that there is no effect on course time of Material and environmental conditions seems to be falsifiable [26]
Summary
Back country skiing gained increased attraction probably as a consequence of the improved material allowing the broad mass to absolve nice ski tours [1,2]. In this study the most popular ski-mountaineering race of Switzerland (PdG) is addressed. From the 2006 race two start fields (Thursday/Friday and Saturday/Sunday) were necessary to at least somehow satisfy the constantly increased demand to participate [5]. General conditions such as weather, temperature and wind have an influence on physical capacity to absolve a ski-mountaineering race [6,7,8,9,10,11,12]. Taking the most popular backcountry skiing race in Switzerland, the Patrouille des Glaciers (PdG), we addressed the question as whether Material and environmental conditions determine average course times
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