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Lake Tahoe

THREE CAMPS AT Palisades DEC 9-10, JAN 29-31, FEB 24-26

NASTC’s Jumpstart Your Ski Season and All Conditions All Terrain Camps   Jumpstart (levels 6-10) Dates: Dec 9-11 Price: $895 (2 days instruction in group of 6 or fewer + tech talk / Optional Banquet $60)  Join us to kick off your ski season right with lots of mileage under the careful tutelage of our top instructors!  This carefully crafted curriculum will look at the building blocks of your skill package while skiing you all over the early season terrain. We’ll work…

AIARE AVALANCHE LEVEL 1 (TAHOE/TRUCKEE) ONLY $550

Truckee/Donner Summit, CA NASTC is proud to be one of the oldest continuous AIARE school in Tahoe/Truckee, offering avalanche classes since 1996.   All AIARE Level 1 classes take place in Truckee/Donner Summit. Upon completion, students have their AIARE 1 certification. PRICE: $550 until Dec 1st, $650 after Send your $200 deposit (refundable until 30 days prior) via VENMO to @jenny-fellows-3 to hold a spot and get started on the online portion of the class!   You’ll receive the online…

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…

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…

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…

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…