Hok Skis from altai - useable as both ski and snowshoes?

I am still on the pursuit to find the perfect a working solution for my winter outdoor tours in the forest and mountains.
I find snowshoes work all right on deep, light snow, they work quite well on steep ascent, but on icier parts and on the descent, they can really slow you down. Meaning, as long as there is not deep snow, good crampons might work just as well.

Then, I'd love some way of sliding down steep hills.
Carrying extra skis, poles, and ski boots is not an option - too much weight, too much volume.

I am still looking for some form of mini skis - like solid short skis (for me, under 100cm) sturdy enough but also soft enough, with some type of binding that would either make it possible to use comfortable skiing boots (which I have) or preferably regular mountaineering boots.

Today I came over these:

Altai skis - I hadn't heard of them.
Today I was looking for good crampons, not for climbing and glacier touring, but just for when I want to ascent those snowy/icy steep hills around here. Like yesterday.

I came over an article by Andrew Skurka, about early-season backpacking, and he basically describes the challenges I face around here in the winter.

Anyway, the altai skis deserve further investigation from my side!
Some more pictures, they look quite nice:

I'd say have a further look at Altai's web site and find out more about their ideas on those skis!
I know I will, I'm always glad to find out I am not the only one looking for a more suitable solution for my steep winter outdoor endeavours 😄

Those magic moments...

In addition to all my strength training, I'm again trying to improve my fitness, meaning, my endurance.
So I have started interval training, mainly running, either on the track or running up a hill (and walking down).

I really like running on a track, it's easy, measurable, predictable, effective, you can just turn on the music, start the clock and do your workout.

Last friday though, I wasn't so sure whether the track would be the best place to do my intervals on. It was sunny, the sky didn't show a single cloud. And that was something that hadn't happened too often the last months.

So... I decided to turn my running intervals into hill sprints/lactate threshold interval/steady state or whatever workout, packed a small bag with extra warm clothes, a few slices of polarbread, a bottle of sports drink, a beanie, gloves... got Lukas ready, got dressed, got my poles, and went off.

Up my favorite training mountain top in the neighborhood.
I call it training mountain top because this one is truely not suitable for enjoying the hike up to the top. The path through the dense wood is quite steep all the way up, the trees are mostly hiding the view and the sun, but all that, I don't mind.

I just go.
It's a workout.
The last 500m or so, after the one and only flat part on the way up, you can actually turn around and enjoy the first view. Then the trail leads through a dense part of rocks and trees and there it is - the top!

The reward for the dripping sweat, the skyhigh heartrate, the burn in your calves and thighs, the mental game of just going on and not thinking too much, just going up - the view!

Hattefjell moutain is a faboulous mountain for me to climb up onto.
Since I don't own a car, I can just walk from home, and it takes me a bit more than an hour to get to the top.

It's simple. It's doable. And if I am lucky, and went early enough in the fall or spring, I catch the last rays of sunshine, which I did last friday.

Was I lucky...