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Get signed up now for one of these very popular 3-day classes with us in Truckee! You don’t have to go farther than Tahoe for top-notch avalanche education, its all right here. We were one of the first AIARE (American Institute of Avalanche Research and Education) school in Truckee Tahoe. You’ll come out with your Level 1 certificate, knowing LOTS about avalanche safety. Everyone should take this class! Each year more skiers are venturing into the backcountry lured by the opening…

Check out this great blog by our friends at Tahoe Mountain Sports, author (and now good climber!) Siobhan Kenney: Rock Climbing with NASTC

Mountain Bike/ Ebike in Tahoe I have to admit, I was skeptical at first. Just the thought of riding my bike with a little help from an external power source made me pause and wonder, “Is this the right thing?”  I consider myself a core mountain bike rider, jeezz, I have been riding trails in Tahoe since 1986 when I bought my first real mountain bike,a Bridgestone MB1 from Steve at the Village Ski Loft in Incline Village. I remember…

Chris’s favorite off-piste ski runs in St. Anton: 1. Bachseite- This is a north facing wall of steep off piste skiing that is easily accessed from the Galzig lift. It drops directly into the easy skiing down route number 4 SteiBbachtal (the Happy Valley). Bachseite is very popular and can get tracked up quickly on a powder day. Best to get there early while avalanche control is being done on the upper mountain. Bachseite is the true mother ship of…

Friday March 6: depart US March 7-13: stay in and ski St Anton and surrounding resorts, (breakfast and dinner included daily) Sat March 14: depart by train to airport, fly home this evening or Sunday morning When non-skiers think of Austria, Mozart and pastries might come to mind.  But ask any skier what is the first thing that comes to mind when they think of St Anton, Austria…the Alps and POWDER! And lots of it! St Anton, Austria is a pipe…

Summer is upon us, go climb a rock! We offer beginner through expert climbing privates and groups on Donner Pass: face climbing, crack climbing, anchor building, self-rescue, lead climbing, multi-pitch, and more. And if you just want to get out with a family member who is neither the same skill nor fitness level, a day on the rock lends itself to that. We can cater a private to different abilities! Its a perfect experience for a family or group of…

March 12: Book Your Portillo Trip, make this your summer! We’ve been taking groups since 1995! August 11-17 (Aug 9/18 travel), base price $5995 Here’s how your morning goes when you ski Portillo, Chile with us: wake up (to powder), go downstairs for stretching and huge breakfast with the best dang coffee ever and warmed milk, walk back upstairs to get your ski clothes on, downstairs to boot up (friendly boot room attendant has brilliant memory for faces so he can match 400…

We want to wish all of our students a very Happy New Year! May 2019 bring you fulfillment is every way you dream, (including improving your skiing and traveling to new resorts)! We hope we see you at Squaw, Sugar Bowl, Kicking Horse, Big Sky, Portillo, Iceland, Chamonix, St Anton, La Grave, Aspen, Andermatt, or another of our carefully chosen host resorts and mountain ranges. We hope you come to our Avalanche School, an AIARE school since 2008, one of…

Its time to get avy savvy skiers and riders! We have 4 more dates on the calendar, don’t miss it. Here is guide and course leader and super cool guy Clinton Culp out in the field with another group last week. We base our classes in Truckee at the Cedar House Sport Hotel and do fieldwork on Donner Summit. Its an awesome experience to learn snow science! Each year more skiers are venturing into the backcountry lured by the opening up…