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Whether you love winter or seek the thrill and solitude of skiing
in the backcountry, this course will teach you how to live in
a world of snow. Winter camping in the Northern Rockies is challenging
and demands hard work, but the rewards are amazing—you'll
leave with a new set of skills for traveling competently in a
harsh and beautiful environment.
Skis are your main tool in deep untracked snow. You'll begin
your winter adventure with two days of expert instruction at our
local ski area, Grand Targhee—world famous for its powder
skiing in open glades. You'll work with experienced ski instructors
to learn basic cross-country technique, emphasizing the telemark
turn, complete with videotaping. In the evening you'll review
the day's ski videos and learn about cold injury prevention and
avalanche awareness.
Then you'll heft a pack and ski into the mountains for the ultimate
winter skiing experience. For nine days you'll learn to be a competent
winter camper in a classroom of big mountain terrain covered in
deep untracked powder. Few places on Earth are more dramatic or
beautiful.
Classes teach you responsible, comfortable outdoor living, whether
it's 30°F above or 30°F below. You'll build and live in
snow shelters, creating a home with a shovel and teamwork. The
skiing can be excellent, with a continual focus on risk management
in avalanche terrain. By the end, you'll have a new set of skills
for achieving your winter or mountaineering goals on future expeditions.
The course progression for 23 and over participants is similar.
However, the first two field nights of the course are spent
in a yurt—a unique man-made shelter complete with a wood
stove. This allows participants to ease into winter and gain
quick access to untracked skiing. The course then spends six
nights camping.
Skiing
23 and
Over
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| Duration: |
12 days |
| Age: |
23 and Over |
| Tuition: |
$1,745 |
| Dates: |
February 5-February 16, 2006
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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) |
| Note: Some
of your time for the 23 and over course will be spent
in a yurt - a manmade shelter complete with a wood
stove for quick access to untracked skiing. |
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Meet NOLS Skiing alumnus, Archie
Clemins -- For 34 years, Admiral Archie Clemins has been giving
orders and instruction, and watching some of the U.S. Navy's finest
training others. But as a student on a NOLS winter skiing
course in 1999, Clemins witnessed the teaching of "two
of the finest instructors I've ever seen."
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