Telemark Turns

Telemark skiing involves skiing with free heel bindings. When making a telemark turn the heel of the boot on the inner ski must be clearly lifted from the ski. The inner ski must be the hindmost ski. The distance between the tip of the inner boot and the heel of the outer boot must be at least one boot length, measured in the direction of the ski.

The penalty for telemark skiers that do not execute a telemark turn is one second per infraction.
The host resort is responsible for judging and applying the penalty.

A penalty of one second is added to the total time of telemark competitors for each infraction. A complete telemark turn must be executed around each gate. The heel of the boot on the inner ski must be clearly lifted from the ski. The inner ski must be the hindmost ski. The distance between the tip of the inner boot and the heel of the outer boot must be at least one boot length, measured in the direction of the ski.