Abstract: A climbing aid attached releasably to a ski underside includes a flexible, strip-like carrier layer with a first longitudinal end connectible to a front tip ski section and a distally opposite second longitudinal end, an adhesive side adherable to the ski underside and a flat side opposite the adhesive side including at least one climbing aid section inhibiting backwards sliding and at least one sliding section with greater slidability. The ski has a front, upwardly bent front section, which is not in contact with flat ground in the unloaded state of the ski and extends over a longitudinal section of between at least 20% and 50% of the ski length. The sliding section extends from its first longitudinal end over a longitudinal section of between at least 20% and 50% of the length of the carrier layer and over the entire width of the carrier layer.