Tips & Tricks for Uphill Travel
@ Coldsmoke
February 23, 2025: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Fighting for your life on a steep kick-turn? Feeling like a loose cannon skiing in walk mode? Friends lovingly (but impatiently) waiting for you to complete your transition for the ski down?
Welcome to Ski Touring 101! This inbounds clinic is the perfect learning environment for trying out ski touring to see if you like it, pick up some helpful techniques to make you more efficient on the skin track, and meeting some fellow touring partners. Whether you are curious about ski touring and want to give it a go or want to dial in your skills a bit more, this is the clinic for you!
*Please note: this course is NOT an Avalanche Safety Training (AST) course. Content covered is for tips and tricks for travel, not decision making in avalanche terrain. Please take an official AST course before entering the backcountry.*
Meeting Location: Hummingbird Lodge Cafe
Cost: $60
What You'll Learn
Uptrack tips & tricks: Master the art of a perfect kickturn, steep sidehilling, bootpacking and keeping your grip on slippery skintracks
Transitions: Step by step process for nailing an efficient transition on varied slope angles and snow textures
Gear: Discussion about touring gear (benefits of different types of skis, bindings, avy gear)
Packing: Essentials for what to pack in your back for a day of ski touring
Prerequisites & Packing List:
What to pack: Please bring skis with touring bindings, skins, warm layers, snacks, and a notebook for taking notes. Avalanche gear (shovel, probe, beacon) is not required, as the entire clinic will take place within Whitewater's controlled boundary. However, if you have it, you may bring it for the bag packing discussion.
Prerequisites: This clinic is designed for intermediate to advanced skiers, with little to no prior ski touring experience. Touring skis and skins are available for rent through Whitewater Rentals for those without gear. Email for to reserve touring gear for the clinic.
