Ski mountaineering / Backcountry skiing

I like ski-mountaineering too, using both heel-free (telemark) and bondage (classical Alpine-touring randonee) equipments. I love winter outings because there are less people -- I want solitude -- and you need to use your brain to navigate and in general to survive. So, all in all, I have four pairs of skis and three pairs of ski boots, plus winter climbing boots. For that matter, I probably have half a dozen pairs of rock climbing shoes that can be called usable, all with their own purposes (mountain multi-pitch routes, sports routes, indoor training, etc.)
Eating up the untouched snow on the south face of Nishi-adzuma dake, Fukushima, Japan. I was on Alpine-touring gear at the time. (1997)
Telemark ski touring near Nishi-adzuma yama (西吾妻山). Note the heel of the boot; you can walk with your heels free on telemark skis. We carry avalanche beacons to find people, in case your partner or you are buried in avalanche. We of course carry shovels (T-shaped handle is visible on my back) to dig out the victims found by the beacon, hopefully alive! (January, 1996) 
Wonderful powder shot! I am on a pair of telemark skis, and skiing somewhere in the mountain range bordering Kusatu (草津) and Shiga (志賀). February, 1996. 
Backcountry skiing near Hiuti-yama (火打山) in Kubiki region (頚城山魂) in early April, 1996. It snowed heavily the day before and the trail breaking was tough. I am on alpine-touring/randonee skis, in which heels are locked on the boards, like regular in-bound alpine skis. . 
The work was rewarded with first tracks on powder snow. I am tasting the sweet stuff on a pair of alpine-touring boards. In-bound skiers rarely see these sweet fluffy stuff. (Pity them in-bound skiers.) (Backcountry skiing near Hiuti-yama (火打山).) 
Hiking up Shisi-daki (獅子岳) with crampons on, a pair of alpine-touring skis on the back, in the Northern Alps of Japan, near Goshiki-gahara. May,1996. (Taken on an aborted attempt to traverse from Tateyama (立山) to Kamokochi (上高地) through Yakushi-dake (薬師岳) and Yarigatake (槍ヶ岳). The trip was to take four to five days if weather was perfect.)