• Use on steep uphills.
• faster than side step.
• It gets its name from the way the tracks resemble fish bones.

To herring-bone

• Splay your skis out in a duck walk position.
• Walk uphill jambing the edges of the skis into the snow.
• You are less likely to fall if you put alot of weight on your poles.
• If you can step farther forward you don't have to straddle as far appart.