ALL-MOUNTAIN SKI TRAINING

Expert Instructors
at the Best Resorts and Ranges
in the World

BASED IN LAKE TAHOE SINCE 1994

Custom Mountain Adventures

At NASTC, you truly improve your skiing – a full level! And you get to do this at the best resorts and mountain ranges in the world. Enjoy focused clinics in a group of adventure enthusiasts like yourself, led by the top instructors in the world.

Lake Tahoe Training Clinics

The North American Ski Training Center (NASTC) is a unique performance ski school offering multi-day, full immersion and adventure ski training clinics for intermediate through expert skiers. All clinics are taught by members of the PSIA National Demonstration Team and AMGA-certified guides. Based in Lake Tahoe, CA, NASTC offers all-mountain free-skiing clinics all over the world.

The NASTC Methodology

NASTC’s methodology towards ski improvement is based on a holistic approach that addresses fitness, equipment, skiing technique and tactics. The total immersion teaching approach is not a quick fix or band-aid approach. It is a multi-layered process that not only results in better skiing but positively affects the body, mind, and spirit.

About Us

We draw from the top guns in the world of ski instruction — the teachers of teachers. These “PhDs of ski instruction” have made careers teaching skiing and helping people improve, and further enjoy this great sport. With over three decades running advanced ski clinics behind us, we know how to deliver a top-notch adventure travel experience! We chose the best resorts, hotels, and leadership to help you finally bring your skiing to the next level.

We are also Tahoe’s oldest AIARE school — the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education. And we are a Donner Summit backcountry guide service, offering private arrangement day tours.

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Personalized Training

When you come to NASTC, you don’t just “take a clinic” and leave. You become part of a plan (your personal ski improvement plan) and part of a family. You will find you truly improve and leave with a road towards further improvement. 

Our trainers strip apart your skill package to its essentials and build you back up with all the right fundamentals of good advanced skiing.

We don’t pick our resorts at random.

Our Approach

Chris and Jenny Fellows, along with the late Mike Sodergren, had a dream to create a total immersion ski school along the lines of the great Austrian and French Academies where students immersed themselves for multiple days. Both Chris and Mike attended the Austrian “Bundessportheim” in the 1980s. In order to improve, our bodies need to repeat new patterns over and over. This was the antithesis of the “quick-fix” approach.

In 1993, as the three were supervising and teaching for the Squaw Valley Ski School and climbing the ranks of PSIA, they realized upper-end skiers were left without much guidance in their continued progression.

In 1994, NASTC was founded with 6 courses at 3 ski areas: Donner Ski Ranch, Sugar Bowl, and Whistler. The next year we added Portillo, Chile, and Kirkwood, CA. The dream was quickly becoming a reality as intermediate, advanced, and expert skiers flocked to the popular courses led by PSIA Alpine Team members.

We succeeded in creating a high-performance ski school where “students of the sport” could get the advanced training they sought and have the opportunity to experience greater adventure and excitement at ranges around the world. For over 3 decades we have taught thousands of skiers just like you…looking for improvement and adventure. Bring your passion to NASTC, we can’t wait to ski with you in the best mountains of the world!

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Come Join Us

Not sure where to start? Call us anytime, and let’s figure out how best to improve your skiing. Come join us – and see your world in skiing, the mountains, and deep snow open up like never before.

— Chris and Jenny Fellows, Founders/Directors

“Incomparable”

“I was stuck at advanced intermediate. This is the best clinic I’ve ever been to! It felt like I discovered a secret. Highly recommended!”

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Kaylan Patel

“Why Did I Wait?”

“The personalized treatment at NASTC is unique. The ratios are tiny, and you get to ski with the best in the biz! Call NASTC!”

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Chantel Freeman

“So much fun!”

“I love skiing and travel. NASTC’s adventure skiing camp at Portillo in August was the coolest experience! I’ll be back for sure.”

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Jim McAllister

Contact Us

We’d love to hear from you! We’re here to answer your questions or help you plan your next mountain adventure.

Get in touch

NASTC

P.O. Box 9119
Truckee, CA 96162

(530) 386-2102

[email protected]

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