Overnight Ski Touring Weekend

Dates for Ski Touring Weekend 2025

• Jan 11-12, 2025 (* Wed, Jan 8 evening session)
• Feb 15-16, 2025 (* Wed, Feb 12 evening session)
• Mar 8-9, 2025 (* Wed, Mar 5 evening session)
• Mar 29-30, 2025 (* Wed, Mar 26 evening session)

All dates marked with an asterisk (*) are evening seminars held on Zoom from 6-8 pm. If you cannot attend these sessions, please notify our office in order to make alternate arrangements to cover the required pre-trip material, including logistics.

Students are responsible for getting to and from the course areas.

Our Overnight Weekend Ski Touring course includes an evening session in advance of the two field days. This first 2-hour session provides a chance for everyone to meet one another as well as an overview of the course including equipment selection and review, discussion of the specific location, hazard awareness, menu planning and food prep and logistics planning.

The first field day is spent touring into the backcountry to establish a base camp. Skills covered will include equipment use, route finding, track setting, avalanche safety, weather and snowpack observations, campsite selection, winter camp set-up and backcountry hazard awareness.

After camp is established on Day-1 there is usually time to head out and work on some skiing technique and get some turns in!

Day-2 will provide an opportunity to go for a 3-4 hour tour and work on more skiing technique, route finding, avalanche skills and generally gain more backcountry experience under the guidance of your Instructor.

Participants should plan on returning to the trailhead at approximately 4 pm at the end of Day-2