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Earliest Opening Day in Tahoe in over a Decade!

Tahoe has been steadily blanketed with a hefty layer of early November snow! And its cold! This snow is going to stay! Ok so it doesn’t look QUITE as good as this photo YET but Alpine Meadows had its earliest opening in over a decade last week and Squaw opened Saturday.
Sugar Bowl will open Thanksgiving week!
Join us at Sugar Bowl starting in December!
Join us at Squaw and Alpine Feb 7-9!

 

International Ski Adventures

Join us this year in ST ANTON OR NISEKO! It’ll be NASTC’s 2nd year skiing the epic, snowy, powdery island of Hokkaido. This is an internationally ski adventure at its best: stay in a locals’ favorite hotel, eat at carefully chosen restaurants to sample a variety of cuisine and experiences, and ski with instructors who know the mountains super well! This won’t be a secret much longer: when there’s little snow and no pow elsewhere, there always is at Niseko’s four well-developed resorts!
St Anton is skiers’ paradise! Enjoy stepping out your hotel door in this picturesque village, being swept up to the top of a lift you can’t actually believe they were able to build, and skiing all day from one resort to the next, breaking for delicious lunch and libations along the way! We’ve been taking groups to St Anton for 20 years.

 

AIARE Class Going on Right Now
First AIARE Avalanche Level 1 course of the year underway right now!
Join us and get certified Level 1 either Jan 16-18 or Feb 19-21.

A lil’ Silverton anyone? Silverton Changed My Life

Silverton, CO is big mountain skiing at its best. This course is for serious powder skiers, no groomed terrain is available. You ski helicopter skiing type of terrain here in the Colorado backcountry without the expense and take your off-piste/side-country skiing skills to the next level without a doubt. Silverton is not your typical resort: you leave all the glitz and hustle of resort-skiing behind. What you get is fresh, untracked powder in a quiet and beautiful setting. While Silverton is a lift-accessed mountain (count it: one lift), there is some hking involved, especially to get to the really good stashes.
Do not be intimidated. Silverton Mountain is for advanced AND expert skiers. You must be comfortable on black diamond slopes, in variable snow conditions and hiking 5-20 minutes along ridgelines. All guests need an avalanche beacon, shovel, and probe in order to ski/snowboard. We can rent those to you, or you can rent at the mt. No avalanche training is required. ! If you’ve skied some powder before, are in fairly good shape, and are excited to learn, you will enjoy Silverton. Its an amazing experience.
We stay in downtown Silverton, a 15 minute drive from the mountain (did we mention the “resort” is at the end of a dirt road, after a curvy mt drive up to it?) You will enjoy lovely accommodations and gourmet meals after a full day of shredding around the huge expanse that is Silverton Mountain.
You’ll be in a skill/fitness-appropriate group, no more than 5 in your group with your personal trainer and guide. You will get top-notch guiding and personal instruction. On this NASTC course – perhaps more than any other – the terrain AND the staff both teach you. You will improve, its an amazing experience.

Why Ski NASTC

At the North American Ski Training Center or NASTC, we believe that ski improvement comes through total immersion in a fun and supportive learning environment that is skill specific and thorough. Our trainers carefully guide each individual in accomplishing skills and techniques that will stay with them for a lifetime. All of our ski courses includes a step by step progression designed to bring your skills up a level – making measurable improvements in your skills set and tactical choices on the mountain – and also enjoy skiing a new resort!
The NASTC mission is to provide comprehensive ski training experiences with the best trainers in the nation at the best locations around the world. Our methods allow each individual to maximize their learning bu! t also to indulge in the mountain environment and camaraderie of the sport of skiing.
Every skier dreams of being able to ski steep or bumpy terrain effortlessly and in absolute control. For many NASTC students this ha! s become a reality.
The NASTC staff is comprised of nationally ranked instructors, they are the teachers of teachers. Your skiing will improve in a safe and fun environment under their watchful eyes.
Come ski with NASTC this year, you won’t regret it!

GREAT Powder Mag article: Human Factor 2.0
Powder Mag Human Factor 2.0

In Memory of Those Who Perished
We end this week’s NASTC News extending our hearts to all those who lost friends or family members in Paris and Beirut and Nigeria and Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria and…so many places in our world. We are so terrifically lucky if we remain untouched by these horrible tragedies, and we extend the kind hand of help to those in need.