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ANCHOR BUILDING WITH BLACKBIRD MOUNTAIN GUIDES

FOR 2024 ROCK CLIMBING RESERVATIONS PLEASE CONTACT: Blackbird Mountain Guides We have exciting news: we sold our NASTC rock climbing school to Truckee-based Blackbird Mountain Guides. We are very pleased to be selling to them. They run a highly respected backcountry ski, avalanche, mountaineering, and rock climbing school. We have known the owner Zeb Blais for many years, respect him very much, and they are a standout company in the mountain guiding world. Zeb is a IFMGA full certified…

Kicking Horse, BC - All Mountain & Heli-Skiing Adventure

Kicking Horse, BC Feb 19-22, 2025 Powder & Steep Skiing Adventure

The dream trip and ski clinic for every serious skier and powderhound! Kickinghorse is one of those destinations that is talked about in hushed whispers because those that have been there can’t contain their excitement, yet don’t want to spread the word too far! This resort is one of British Columbia’s true skiing gems, typically off the beaten path for most skiers the area has successfully preserved the true essence of what draws skiers to the sport and to…

AIARE AVALANCHE LEVEL 2 (TAHOE/TRUCKEE)

Dec 17-19, 2024 (Tu-Th) Jan 24-26, 2025 (Sat–Mon) Price: $695, to book please email jennyNASTC@gmail.com or text 530-386-2102 Add the 1-day RESCUE COURSE on Jan 11, 2025 (Sat of MLK), or Jan 23, 2025 (day prior to L2 course so 4 consecutive days) L2 + Rescue = reduced price of $895 total (4 consecutive days) Location: Donner Summit, CA Pay via VENMO @jenny-fellows-3 or via Paypal link below: The AIARE 2 course is a 3-day program that provides avid…

St Anton am Arlberg, Austria Heart of the Alps All-Moutain Adventure

ST ANTON MARCH 1-8, 2025

Heart of the Alps, All-Mountain Adventure in NASTC’s European birthplace! We’ve run many camps here and spent entire seasons working here. Itinerary: Friday Feb 28 – depart US, arrive Zurich or Munich Saturday morning, take train to St Anton, walk across street to Grieshof, check in after 3pm Saturday Mar 1- group meeting at 5:45pm. Dinner at 6:30pm. Sunday – Friday Mar 2-7- guided skiing for 6 full days at St Anton+surrounding resorts. Breakfast and dinner daily at Grieshof. Saturday…

Andermatt March 8-15, 2025

ALL MOUNTAIN STEEPS AND POWDER SKIING CLINIC Off-piste/All Mountain adventure skiing was born in Switzerland. Improve your technique in the steeps, powder and other off-piste conditions and terrain in the idyllic setting of the Swiss Alps. Explore a unique destination, and eye-opening experience, while receiving personalized coaching from some of the best instructors and coaches in the industry. You will have a memorable skiing experience and your skiing will improve tremendously. Step away from mainstream in beautiful Andermatt. Located…

ASPEN JAN 25-30, 2026

Travel days: Jan 25 and 30 / Ski days: Jan 26-29 Price: TBA in August 2025 (includes 5 nights lodging, 5 breakfasts, 4 full days small group instruction, tech talks and no-host group dinner planning) Reservations: open now, very popular NASTC course Aspen Snowmass doesn’t need much of an introduction to the serious skier. The four mountains of Aspen, Highlands, Buttermilk and Snowmass have just about every kind of terrain and excellent snow consistency. NASTC will give you the insider…

INTRO TO BACKCOUNTRY SKIING (TAHOE/TRUCKEE)

Are you new to the backcountry? This one-day class will give you a solid introduction to the equipment and skills you need to get out safely. Choose your day and meet at the trailhead and spend a full day immersed in this beautiful landscape away from the crowds. Learn how to use your ski equipment, choose terrain, skin, kick-turns, setting a track, basic mountain navigation/route-finding, how to use your avalanche beacon, and of course do some great skiing! FULL DAY…

ROCK CLIMBING THIS SUMMER?

Dear Climbers, we don’t know yet when we will resume climbing on Donner Pass but when we do we hope you’ll be up there with us! Privates and groups will join our certified guides hopefully by July? August? Your guess is better than mine likely! But rock climbing is what we do all summer and fall (and usually part of spring, depending on the snowpack up on Donner Pass, which is 7000′. In the mean time, here are some exercises…

GRAND TARGHEE FEB 2026

Grand Targhee sits in a beautiful setting in the Tetons mountain range. It is filled with Western charm and hospitality and known for it’s abundance of fresh light powder snow (over 500 inches annually). Grand Targhee has 600 acres of pristine powder reserved just for cat-skiing. You will be delivered by a snow cat to powder filled tree glades, open faces and exhilarating gullies. This course is ideal for skiers looking to raise their adventure level up a notch and to…

SNOWCAT SKIING (TAHOE/TRUCKEE)

PRIVATE CATSKIING GROUPS Call our office to book your groups’ day at beautiful Homewood Mountain Resort on Lake Tahoe and enjoy early access to reservations on the cat. Groups of up to 8. Price varies based on your group size. You will enjoy over 750 acres of backcountry terrain on the flanks of Ellis Peak, above the resort’s ski area boundary, including a wide variety of options from perfectly-spaced tree runs to steeps, powder bowls and intermediate-level glades all leading…