Ski Joring

Skijoring—being towed on skis by a horse—seems simple enough. But when you add gates, big jumps, hanging rings, and 1,000-pound animals blasting through snow at high speeds, the real action begins. Sometimes, sadly, it’s tinged with tragedy.

For a sport that can be found almost anywhere there are horses, skis, and snow, it remains obscure. Here are the basics.

This just might be the toughest, and at times, most dangerous, event on snow.