Telemark Binding Mounting Patterns

Rottefella – NTN

Back in the day, in the 20th century, telemarkers lamented the limits of their gear compared to alpine touring. Not the turn, but myriad other features. The result was Rottefella’s development of a New Telemark Norm (NTN) that connected boots and bindings between the toe and the middle of the sole. The first binding Rottefella created was the Freeride. This was followed by the Freedom which enhanced touring performance with a slight degredation in downhill performance. Whereas the majority of 75mm bindings adopted the 4-hole mounting pattern, the NTN spawned lots of new patterns which precipitated this entire post of comparing what bindings have conflicts with others with regard to the location of the holes they demand.