Complete Marker M Tour backcountry skiing binding shown above. Binding is in tour mode with heel lift up. Click here for massive enlargement.
I got an email from a guy saying he had a pair of Marker M-Tour bindings that would fit well in the WildSnow collection. I emailed back and said “sure, we need those, how much for shipping? Reply: “I live two blocks from you, I’ll bring ’em over!” Sheeesh, at least some things in life are easy. (Note, later we received another donation of these bindings, in new condition, that we’ve stored away, thanks goes to Richard for the additional donation.)
Check out our Marker M-Tour museum display.
With the advent of Marker’s n Duke binding finally providing a touring binding that is also a full-on alpine downhill binding, it’s interesting to see what came before from the German ski binding company. Not only is the M-Tour a beefy binding with step-in step-out, but it also has a fore/aft adjustment for your boot position in relation to the ski. As far as I know no other consumer AT bindings have that feature (perhaps a few demo bindings do).
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
