"Just wanted to thank you for an awesome ski day yesterday. It was so much fun to get out in the backcountry and recognize that I had some of the skills to be a good skier back there, while also gaining more skills to make me solid."
Taylor C.
Intro to Backcountry Skiing & Snowboarding Course
February 2012
Learn To Ski And Ride The Backcountry
Tired of long lift lines, crowded parking lots, and tracked out slopes? Want to gain the skills to safely and confidently ski and ride the backcountry? Our Intro To Backcountry Skiing & Snowboarding Course will teach you how to access the backcountry in a safety-oriented and calculated manner.
Equipment Included Free Of Charge
We provide alpine touring skis, splitboards, touring boots, climbing skins, poles, and avalanche safety gear free of charge when you ski or ride with us. You will get to use top-of-the-line K2 Adventure Series skis with rocker tips, K2 Panoramic splitboards, Scarpa boots, and Backcountry Access beacons, shovels, and probes.
Taught By An AMGA Certified Guide
All of our guides are certified by the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) as Ski Mountaineering Guides and they hold AIARE Level III avalanche certification. We are the only guide service in the region that has an entire staff of guides with these credentials. Our highly regarded guides have the skill and experience to provide you with a thorough introduction to backcountry skiing and snowboarding. You will be on your way to a lifetime of safe and enjoyable backcountry skiing & riding!
Gain Skills For Backcountry Skiing & Snowboarding
This course provides an introduction to the following concepts, skills, and techniques:
- Equipment selection for the backcountry including an overview of tech bindings (Dynafit), step-in bindings (Fritschi), touring skis, touring boots, and splitboards.
- An introduction to the avalanche danger scale and the avalanche bulletin.
- Interpretation of the avalanche bulletin for effective terrain selection.
- Use of skins, touring bindings, touring boots, and splitboards.
- Techniques for uphill travel including striding, pacing, AVA turn and kick turn.
- Route selection and tracksetting for safety, efficiency, and observations.
- Use of snowpack tests such as tilt test, hand shear, and compression test to recognize avalanche hazard.
- Avalanche rescue and the use of avalanche beacon, shovel, and probe.
- Techniques for downhill powder skiing.
- And of course we'll make some great turns!
*The Peak Mountain Guides Intro To Backcountry Skiing Course is located on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests under priority use permit from the Forest Service, USDA. Peak Mountain Guides is an equal opportunity service provider.*
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