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Backcountry Snowboarding
 

Are you seeking the exhilaration of a perfect ride in untracked powder? Want to learn the skills to transition from being an area rider to a backcountry boarder? Then come snowboarding with NOLS!

You’ll venture through the mountains on your split board, improving your snowboarding skills and learning to be comfortable and happy outside in the winter.

In this snow-covered playground, you’ll learn to travel responsibly in avalanche terrain—an increasingly important life skill for riders who are tempted out of ski areas into the untamed snowy wilderness. The adventure starts with snowboarding instruction at Grand Targhee Resort, but your course really happens in the backcountry. You’ll construct elaborate snow shelters, learn about working well with your peers and carve turns in fresh powder.

Camping and traveling in the winter is a lot of hard work, and surfing down the mountain in knee-deep powder is a pretty cool reward.

Backcountry Snowboarding
Duration: 14 days
Age: 17 and Over
Tuition: $2,010
Dates:

Jan. 4-Jan. 17, 2008
Feb. 17-March 1, 2008

College Credit:
(Optional)

2 Semester Credit Hours
2 Hours Skills Practicum

Course start/end: Driggs, Idaho
Equipment Deposit: $250
Fly in/out: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Downloads: Course Description (pdf)
Equipment List (pdf)

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