Just as Mark Twight, Steve House, Rolando Gariboti and others ushered in the era of fast and light, single-push alpine mountaineering with mind-blowing repeats and enchainments of routes all over the world, ski touring and ski mountaineering sit at the threshold of a similar breakthrough. Due to the rising popularity of ski mountaineering racing, the industry has responded by engaging in a surge of technological breakthroughs in equipment and materials. These breakthroughs have then trickled down to the more modest touring sector creating a whole new quiver of superlight boots, skis and bindings. This equipment, combined with the skills developed while racing on ridiculously light gear, has created an environment where exceedingly long tours and traverses can be completed in previously unthinkable times.