ASI - Youth Ski Mountaineering Camp

Skiing Ability Level:

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Client/Guide Ratio: 6:1

Includes:
All backcountry ski and mountaineering equipment, all rental gear listed on Equipment List (reservation required), 5 breakfasts, 5 trail lunches, 4 dinners, all GROUP camping gear, campsite fees, boat taxi (if needed) and van transportation from The Back Country (in Truckee).

Does not include:
All personal gear listed on Equipment List. Restaurant meals before and after the course.

Operating on a non-discriminating basis under Special Use Permit, Inyo National Forest.

Youth Ski Mountaineering Camp 5 Day
Tioga Pass & Yosemite, Sierra Nevada

This 5-day program, is designed to take strong skiing young athletes (age 12-18) into a high alpine backcountry environment to practice travel, climbing with skins, steep skiing and mountaineering technique to help increase safety and security.

The camp will be based from a vehicle (walk-in) campground near Tioga Pass at over 9,000 feet. It will include day trips from base camp, then a 2-day overnight tour with a high mountain, light-weight camp.

We will visit high glaciers including the Conness Glacier and the Dana Glacier practicing alpine, rock and snow climbing and descending skills, camp craft and camping techniques. There will also be afternoon/evening Top-rope rock climbing sessions.

The guides will be Eric DesLauriers , Peter Mayfield. All are exceptionally qualified professional ski mountaineering guides with great experience teaching and coaching young skiers.

We will have 3 groups:

Group A: Age 15-18 yrs. who are return students skiing and climbing at a more advanced level.

Group B: Age 15-18 yrs. who are advanced skiers, but new to ski touring and ski mountaineering.

Group C: Age 12-14 yrs. who are advanced skiers ready for adventure.

Cost: $TBA

Dates:

TBA

This course is particularly valuable for young skiers who:

are venturing into big mountain terrain where good decision making skills become apparent
have an interest in backcountry skiing and steep descent techniques
are looking to enhance their climbing and mountaineering skills
looking to extend their seasons with techniques appropriate to the high mountain experience
are learning to appreciate a wilderness setting and the beauty of the High Sierra environment

Skills covered will include:

Expedition style basecamp technique
High & Light bivouac camp technique
Route planning and preparation
Equipment selection
Packing technique
Climbing ski/skin travel
Use of avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel
Avalanche and hazards assessment
Risk management and decision making
Climbing with ice axe and crampons
Using harness and rope on rock and snow
Controlled steep skiing skills
Leave No Trace backcountry principles

Course Learning Outcomes

To recognize, assess and mitigate risks and hazards associated with ski mountaineering
To develop skills and techniques to help create more options to manage risks
Develop a framework for decision making in a mountain environment
Develop an appreciation of a high alpine environment with multiple days spent in High Sierra terrain

Prerequisite Skills

Strong, advanced alpine skiers in excellent physical condition
Previous ski touring (with climbing skins) and rock climbing useful

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