Table 1.

Descriptive data regarding the ski route, heart rate, and perceived exhaustion of the recreational ski mountaineers during 5 days of ski mountaineering [Ski Tour 1 (ST1) to Ski Tour 5 (ST5)].

		ST1	ST2	ST3	ST4	ST5
	Group	(Mean ±SD)	(Mean ±SD)	(Mean ±SD)	(Mean ±SD)	(Mean ±SD)
Time (min)	High	94 2*	185 11#	157 6*#	125 7*	149 7*
	Middle	95 1*	176 4*	170 19	128 8*	150 11*
	Low	140 0	192 1	175 14	166 1	168 8
HR (bpm)	High	158 10*	133 11	134 10	139 11	129 9
	Middle	153 16	136 14	135 13	138 11	129 9
	Low	141 15	131 13	129 13	135 14	130 13
Ascent (m)	High	949 10	1134 19*#	1203 21*	1139 162	976 40
	Middle	947 10	1085 25*	1162 124*	1181 180	984 37
	Low	952 3	974 45	966 24	1225 298	976 47
Distance	High	4390 218*	6655 5	5600 934*	4545 835*	5645 566
	Middle	4217 36*	6612 134	5602 484*	4600 820*	5878 436
	Low	4968 323	6496 407	6644 1000	5914 959	5907 549
		ST1 (Median IQR)	ST2 (Median IQR)	ST3 (Median IQR)	ST4 (Median IQR)	ST5 (Median IQR)
Borg	High	2.00 0.25	2.00 1.00	2.00 1.00	2.00 1.00	2.00 1.00
	Middle	2.00 1.00	2.00 1.00	2.00 1.00	1.00 1.00	1.00 1.00
	Low	2.00 1.00	1.00 1.00	2.00 1.00	2.00 1.00	2.00 1.00

Time = ascent time, HR = average heart rate during ascent, Ascent = ascent altitude difference, Distance = ascent distance. ^#p < 0.05 compared to “middle,” ^∗p < 0.05 compared to “low.”