This is a season-long backcountry touring series meant to bring off-piste enthusiasts together over a common passion for skiing & riding outside the confines of the resort.

This mentorship program is spread out over a full winter season, allowing participants to analyze the changing snowpack, develop a broader knowledge of backcountry terrain in the Wasatch, practice and implement decision-making skills in avalanche terrain, bond with fellow backcountry tourers and build a deeper connection with experts in the field.

Topics Include:

• Dial in your backcountry setup, review what to bring & what not to; learn how to stay warm, yet not overheat on the skin trail
• Implement beacon function and distance checks
• Get feedback, practice and hone avalanche rescue skills
• Methodize your tour planning - use systems to help formulate options and select appropriate tour plans (avi and weather forecasts, red light/green light terrain, etc.)
• Dig pits, practice on-the-go tests, and record daily findings
• Evolve your avalanche risk and terrain decision-making skills in relation to the changing snowpack
• Dial in skinning technique: kick turns, pressure breathing etc
• Learn to set an efficient, low-risk skin track
• Develop your downhill movement skills in a various snow types
• Test your limits - on steeps, trees, couloirs, distance and vertical
• Get a taste for ski-mountaineering - how and when is it useful climb on foot and to use sharps? Pros & cons of ice axe, whippet, ski & boot crampons, belayed skiing/riding
• Ride a novel line - as conditions permit. Apply new skills and push for a Wasatch Classic
• Learn how to be a leader and solid backcountry companion
• Work as a team, build each other up, be your best self, get fit, explore new terrain and celebrate being out in nature!

NOTE: Guides plan to cover the skills and objectives listed above as indicated by current weather, avalanche and snow conditions. For example, we don't want to waste a low-hazard powder day on rescue drills. Primary objectives will be announced a day or 2 prior to each tour.

How to Register:

• Register Online
• Call us at (801) 550 3986
• Email us