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We are going to La Grave and YOU need to come! Good for intermediate through expert skiers, we have 2 groups going! There are 3 spots left on this epic trip. We only do it once every about 5 years. La Grave is unpatrolled, uncontrolled, inexplicably amazing terrain: over 7000 vertical feet off one chairlift! We stay at the charming Auberge Edelweiss and enjoy fine food and wine after long days of skiing this treasured valley. Hear about it from…

Greetings NASTC Nation! While its so far an unsually (read: painfully!) light snow year in Tahoe, NASTC students are enjoying deep powder cat skiing today and tomorrow in Schweitzer with Selkirk Powder Cats, next month in Snowbird, and in March in La Grave, France. Phew! Our AIARE Avalanche courses are also filling up. Of course anyday now its got to do the Sierra Nevada “thing” and dump…for days…and days. That would make us very happy. Keep your eye on our…

Even though I spend about 200 days per year on the snow, each time I get back on to the snow after having spent some time off, I go through the same process.  The first few turns are a little goofy as my body remembers what it’s like to play with gravity and how to fire certain muscle groups again.  By the third or fourth run, I do the same thing, I start to get impatient and freak out.  I…

Some days we need inspiration to work hard to be ready for the ski season. Here’s a gentleman we can all learn from. In honor of Veteran’s Day, and in the name of skiing as life: http://www.today.com/sochi/iraq-vet-heath-calhouns-new-battle-ski-sochi-paralympics-2D11577316 We are rooting for you Heath! We’ll see you in Sochi we’re sure. –NASTC Nation 

The World Cup season opener in Solden has come and gone.  While there was good skiing expectedly from the men, one of the interesting things to note was the strong performance by the French men’s team.  Five of the French men’s team placed within the top 10.  France’s golden child Alex Pinturault, skied a great run and placed ahead of last year’s overall winner, Marcel Hirscher.  However it wasn’t fast enough to beat Ligety’s time. Ligety has really mastered the…