Backcountry Skiing!

 

Intro BC Skiing is a beginner course. Learn about skins, how they work, and how to use them to ski uphill. This course covers touring basics, using risers, switching boots from touring to ski mode, and downhill transitions.

This is the perfect course to take before your AST 1 course to prepare you to use your equipment in he field. No avalanche training is required. Receive 10% off AvCan AST 1 by booking both courses with VMG.

 

Itinerary

Saturday - Field Day

Meet at Cloudburst Cafe, Squamish at 8am. Meet your instructor and group. Fill your thermos with coffee. Proceed to Diamond Head parking lot in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

8am - 4pm

 

Pre-requisites

  • Comfortable skiing/boarding down blue runs

  • Skinning uphill 3km and 300m elev. gain.

  • No avalanche skills training required.

 

Waiver

We require you to sign and verify our electronic AvCan Waiver before participating. Please carefully read and understand the waiver before signing.

 

Rentals

All Access Adventures - VMG participants receive 10% off.

 

Goals

  • Choosing backcountry skis, length, width, sidecut

  • Touring bindings: how they work, switching modes, using risers, troubleshooting

  • Touring boots: ski/touring modes, stepping into pins, DIN setting, adjusting size

  • Touring uphill, using risers

  • Setting the skin track, steepness, breaking trail, choosing terrain

  • Transitions: stomping a platform, peeling skins, storing skins, switching binding/boot modes

 

Ratio

8:1  (min 4)

Participants : Instructor

Note: VMG offers private courses for groups. Please contact us to book your group today.

 

Equipment

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  • Ski touring kit, splitboard kit, or snowshoes (including skins)

  • Helmet

  • First aid kit with blister kit and tape

  • Headlamp, lighter, whistle, emergency blanket

  • Ski goggles

  • Sunglasses

  • Cell Phone (charged 100%) download GAIA GPS maps.

  • Lunch and snacks

 

Fee

$199 +GST (1 Day)

 

Note: We book private groups for courses. Please contact VMG.

 

Dates

Nov 29 Feb 21
Dec 20 Mar21
Jan 17

 

Questions?

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Learn to use touring skis, boots, and skins!

This is the perfect introductory course to backcountry skiing. Learn the tips experts use to skin efficiently and quickly transition from touring to downhill.