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Ski Mt. Shasta?

29 Mar 2013, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

When one considers a 14,000ft peak, it is usually for climbing or mountaineering.  What about ski mountaineering?  Combining downhill skiing with mountaineering.  NASTC offers a ski mountaineering trip on Mt. Shasta in the heart of the spring, when conditions are at their peak for this kind of adventure.  No mountaineering experience required.  What?! Genuinely, you do not have to have any mountaineering skills to do this trip, in fact it is a great introductory trip to ski mountaineering – think Haute…

NASTC Update: Winter is not over! Snow is on the way & more.

14 Mar 2013, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

  After a week of some warm temperatures and great spring skiing, it looks like the weather will be changing course.  The forecast shows that things will dramatically change early next week, with snow starting Tuesday through Wednesday and lingering snow showers on Thursday. Looks like conditions are going to be fantastic for the ski improvement camp at Northstar next week, March 22-24.  We still have space available in the course.  It should be a great 3 –days on snow. …

Finish the Season Strong!

14 Mar 2013, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

Some of you skiers out there, may have given up on the season already even though the resorts haven’t closed their doors yet.  It’s not hard to do, the temperatures are warming up, the time change makes the days longer and your bikes are calling or the temptation to do anything else but get up to the mountains.  You may be doing your skiing a disservice.  There is still time to get coaching and make changes in your skiing and…

Vote for Truckee Chef as New Best Chef in Food & Wine Awards

12 Mar 2013, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

Vote for Truckee local, Jacob Burton, chef of Stella Restaurant at the Cedar House Sport Hotel as People’s Choice for Best New Chef.  If you haven’t tasted Jacob’s creations, they are divine, he produces some of the freshest food combination and gets his inspiration from the Sierras and beyond.  Make a reservation for dinner with Stella and be thoroughly delighted with his culinary creations. http://www.foodandwine.com/peoples-best-new-chef/california

Science, the Human Body and Skiing

08 Feb 2013, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

Updated February 8, 2013, 12:10 p.m. ET Betting Big on Nitrogen U.S. Ski Team Pins Hopes for Sochi on Science By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN Reuters Ted Ligety, above, Sarah Hendrickson and Mikaela Shiffrin are strong medal contenders for the U.S. at the Sochi Games. Park City, Utah Most People who saw the footage of American all-everything skier Lindsey Vonn somersaulting over the snow on an Austrian mountain this week, shredding her knee ligaments and breaking her tibia in the process, figured…

Project Zero

07 Feb 2013, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/8904946/project-zero-aims-drastically-reduce-avalanche-fatalities

NASTC in Sierra Sun, Squaw is soon!

05 Feb 2013, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

JUST around the corner folks: All Conditions/All Terrain at Squaw Valley, USA!  Feb 26-28.  Our staff know this famous mountain like the backs of their hands!Come ski, eat, video, improve, and vacation with us at this clinic! You deserve this break, and this focus on your own skiing. Its time. ALSO check out NASTC’s Alpine Meadows group (are you in this picture?): http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20130205/COMMUNITY/130209977/1051&parentprofile=1051On a sober note, keep Lindsey in your heart, airlifted from Schladming. Stadium silent.

Are We Lulling Ourselves into a False Sense of Security in the Backcountry?

01 Feb 2013, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

Are we missing the message being delivered in Avalanche Safety classes? Are we lulling ourselves into a false sense of security because we are armed with rescue procedures and safety equipment?  While having the knowledge and the gear is essential, the fundamental process that needs to take place is good decision making.  Learning how to interpret information and make good decisions is at the heart of Avlanche Safety classes, as that it the only strong preventative measure that we have…