The present invention relates to a front unit of a touring binding, wherein the front unit comprises a bearing arrangement having a bearing element, wherein the bearing element is designed to hold a touring shoe on the front unit on a counter-bearing portion of the touring shoe so as to be pivotable about a transverse axis extending transversely to a glide board longitudinal axis, wherein a release path is defined on the bearing arrangement, along which path the counter-bearing portion of the touring shoe can exit the bearing arrangement, wherein the front unit further comprises a blocking portion designed to block the movement of the counter-bearing portion of the touring shoe along the release path when the front unit is in a blocked state, and to allow the movement of the counter-bearing portion of the touring shoe along the release path when the front unit is in a neutral state.