Ski-running

In Davos, Katharine Furse’s first skis had bindings she couldn’t adjust and boots that slipped inside them. She went straight downhill, sat down when they slid, and decided skiing was a poor game.

In the Alpine winters of the early twentieth century, Furse watched skiing grow from an unfamiliar pastime into a sport with clubs, coaches and competing schools of technique. In this 1924 guide, she draws on decades in the Alps to help beginners avoid her own ungainly start: choosing the right place, getting suitable equipment and learning how to travel across a slope instead of simply charging down it. A first ski holiday could mean wasted time, cold clothes and little pleasure—or the beginning of a lasting passion. Where should a novice go to find their footing?

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