Winter sport combining cross-country skiing with orienteering
Ski orienteering
Ski orienteering
Highest governing body
IOF
Characteristics
Equipment
skis, skipoles, map
Venue
snow
Presence
Olympic
no
World Championships
yes
Paralympic
no
Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical skiing skills with the ability to navigate and make the best route choices while skiing at a high speed.
Standard orienteering maps are commonly used, but since 2019, a separate mapping standard ISSkiOM[1] has been produced which recommends a subset of the symbols used in other disciplines. Ski-orienteering maps uses green symbols to indicate trails and tracks and different symbols to indicate their navigability in snow; other symbols indicate whether any roads are snow-covered or clear. Navigation tactics is similar to mountain bike orienteering. Standard skate-skiing equipment is used, along with a map holder attached to the chest.[2] Compared to cross-country skiing, upper body strength is more important because of double-poling needed along narrow snow trails.
^"International Orienteering Federation Mapping Specifications". The International Orienteering Federation Mapping Committee. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^"Ski Orienteering". The Canadian Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
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