During the past 150 years, alpine skiing has evolved and grown into a global sport which increasingly is impacted by changing weather, melting glaciers, warmer temperatures and changes in snowfall patterns. The relationship between outdoor sports and nature is in focus. The purpose of this study is to increase the knowledge about skiers’ perspective of nature as a site for alpine skiing over time and problematize how ski tourism activities have influenced professional skiing and recreation in nature. Ten alpine skiers, who work or have worked with alpine skiing as ski instructors or coaches, have participated in semi-structured interviews.Two parallel nature-culture perspectives emerge. A nature-culture dualism allows these skiers to talk about nature in a protective way and reflect upon human impact on nature. A nature-culture relationship enables them to carry out alpine skiingas a part of nature, by using it carefully and appreciating the interaction. They move between nostalgia and progressive thinking in their adaptation to nature’s terms for skiing, specifically about the changes of natural and artificial snow production from the 1960s to today. Alpine skiing as an outdoor activity is threatened, and a decontextualization (indoor skiing) risk losing important characteristics of skiing.