The Ultimate Guide to Backcountry Ski Mountaineering
skills for a long and rewarding career skiing in the backcountry
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Welcome To The Jackpot of Backcountry Skiing Instruction and Training:
Untracked waist deep powder, cresting ridgelines to see what's on the other side, and endless life experience deposits are a few key reasons why skiing in the backcountry is the best.
You just discovered the best the Internet has to offer to shed light on how to
-Get geared up light and fast
-Rappel with skinny ropes
-Build snow anchors
-Use GPS to navigate through trees and glaciers
-Move efficiently
-A lot more too...
All accessible within this entertaining video based online course.
You will learn from several elite experts that have gained this understanding after years of intense backcountry skiing, guiding skiing, and professional development (IFMGA Mountain Guide & AAI Avalanche Level III certifications & PSIA Level III).
Four Parts:
Movement: Next, we move on to a comprehensive spectrum of cool techniques to help you move better in the mountains. Ski touring up, booting, skiing steep lines, hucking, and ice climbing. You will be eager to practice, and then apply these skills in real terrain.
Gear: Feeling flooded with massive amount of products you can blow your money on? We cut through the fluff, and you get gear recommendations that work the best for the people that use them the most. Eliminate any buying confusion you might have, see gear you need to take you places you've never been, and upgrade gear that is holding you back.
Anchors: These skills, when applied correctly, will open the door to an amazing world of steep lines, more untracked powder, and first descents. When you can build a solid anchor in rock and snow, you have the keys to the castle! Learn these skills with minimal gear to keep your pack as light as possible.
Expedition Skills: Want to ski in Alaska, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Chamonix or Norway? If you don't yet, you will. Learn some crevasse rescue techniques, navigation anywhere in the world with your smartphone, and more.
Your ambition and talent + this course = skiing bigger lines more confidently. This learning experience will be fun, applicable, and practical...No bull$&!+
Access to this course is yours forever (no time limit, no ongoing payments), plus free updates, plus download the content for offline viewing if you want!
Course Curriculum
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Start10 Commandments for Backcountry Skiers (1:55)
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StartSetting An Amazing Up Track (3:36)
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StartKick Turns - A Simple Way To Change Directions (6:59)
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StartBooting Up - Avoid Soul Destroying Wallowing (7:04)
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PreviewWhen Your Skins Ice Up (1:47)
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StartUp to Down...Like A Rando Racer (3:11)
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StartUp to Down...Like A Mountain Goat (5:12)
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StartSki School - Perfect These Four Turns & Ski Anything (18:54)
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StartSeeing Your Line (2:17)
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StartHucking Your Meat, Without Hitting Your Deductible (2:43)
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StartWhipit Good...or Not? (3:21)
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StartIslands of Safety (6:06)
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StartFight the Fear with Cody Townsend (1:42)
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StartPowder - 3 Tips To Avoid Face Planting (2:49)
Your Instructor
Mark Smiley's passion for adventure has taken him around the world on more than 30 expeditions to places like China, Peru, Ecuador, Africa, Chile, Argentina, Across Europe, Canada, and Alaska.
He and his wife, Janelle, are the only people that have attempted to climb all 50 Classic Climbs of North America (48 successfully). Additionally, he was part of a team to set a world record skiing across the entire Alps Mountain Range (1100 miles and 292,000 vertical feet) in a mere 36 days.
His teaching style is fun, mellow and easy to understand. As an IFMGA Certified Mountain Guide, Mark is among the world's elite guides to reach this status. More important than this certification, is his candid style of conveying to you the best techniques that will help you the most. Through this course you will tap into his expertise and knowledge for real-world learning.
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Anyone lucky enough be taught by these two steep skiing experts only has good things to say. In this course they share their magic with you! You will take away actionable tips that will make a difference, without the "private ski instructor" price tag.
Steph Schmitt is a top tier ski instructors at one of the best ski resorts in the world. She goes in depth on the core skills needed for confident steep skiing.
Cody Townsend is a household name in the ski industry. He etched his name in the history books from countless incredibly steep descents around the world. Currently, he is working on skiing the 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America. During his cameo appearance he drops several game changing nuggets of knowledge to help you ski bigger lines.
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"Thanks a ton for the mentorship, it's really changed my skiing for the better." -Ian Johnston