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SILVERTON, CO 2027

SILVERTON 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 as the terrain demands. 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….

Iceland Viking Ski Expedition APRIL 2026

Iceland SKI Expedition on the Orkin April 2026 The Iceland ski expedition in the West Fjords aboard the beautiful Orkin is a life changing experience. More than just bagging new peaks and first time ski descents, it is a journey of appreciation of beautiful landscapes surrounded by the fjords, amazing wildlife and rare marine mammals. The experience goes beyond skiing pristine fields of snow, it is also about uncovering Icelandic history, culture and tasty local meals. You will ski down…

FAMILY CLIMB 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…

AVALANCHE RESCUE 1-DAY (TRUCKEE, CA)

AIARE Rescue Course Dates: Jan 10 or Jan 23, 2025 (Note: Level 2 dates: Dec 17-19, 2024 and Jan 24-26, 2025. Also note, we offer a Level 1 on Jan 11-12.) Price: $240   This is a one day, stand-alone avalanche rescue course intended to be retaken on a regular basis in order to keep abreast of best practices in rescue techniques and gear. Skiers and riders new to the course will learn the basics of companion rescue, while return participants…

FROG LAKE BACKCOUNTRY GUIDES

You book the huts, we provide the guides. We are excited to join you at beautiful Frog Lake backcountry huts, and show you the epic skiing all around it. NASTC is proud to have been a part of the Truckee Donner Land Trust’s buildout of these amazing huts since the start. At 7600 feet in one of the snowiest spots in the western hemisphere, this European-styled backcountry hut adventure near Castle Peak (just north of Donner Summit) offers some of…