Backcountry Skills

Our Backcountry Skills course is one full day of professional instruction in all things backcountry skiing/splitboarding. We'll learn the basics of our backcountry equipment and progress into improving our efficiency, which ultimately results in more skiing and riding.

Topics covered include:

• Clothing/layering
• Packing considerations
• Putting on and taking off (ripping) skins
• Basic skinning technique
• Advanced skinning techniques
• Skin track setting
• Group management/communication basics
• Dealing with challenging snow
• Gear failure remedies
• Emergency response

This course is focused on bringing participants "up to speed" with their equipment and the mechanics of ski touring. That said, we''ll be doing as much skiing as possible in alignment with the abilities of the group (a.k.a. fun, low-stress skiing).