Ready to take your backcountry skiing to the next level? This comprehensive backcountry ski mountaineering course combines backcountry skiing with mountaineering to get you higher into more alpine ski terrain. Learn to ski couloirs, steeps and wide open glaciers.

Located in the California's alpine skiing mecca in the Sawtooth Range and Northern Yosemite National Park of the Sierra Nevada. The Sawtooths has all the ski mountaineering terrain you could ask for without the crowds.

Ski mountaineering instruction includes:

• Skiing Steeps & Couloirs
• Snow Anchors & Rappeling
• Crevasse Rescue on Skis
• Navigation & Route Planning
• Snowpack Stability Evaluation

Join us on a high and light ski mountaineering adventure this spring!

View the Itinerary for this trip.

For other backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering tours check out our main ski touring page.

Location: Sawtooth Range - Bridgeport, California, East Side of the Sierra. Only 4 1/2 hours from the S.F. Bay Area and and one hour north of the resort town of Mammoth Lakes.

For area information view our Bridgeport Travel Page

Food: At California Alpine Guides we strive to provide healthy and delicious gourmet backcountry meals. Breakfast and dinner are provided by your guide / backcountry chef while in the field. Special diets can be accommodated.

Prerequisites: Advanced skiers with some previous backcountry skiing experience. Good physical condition and the ability to carry an overnight pack all day on skis. Level one avalanche course recommended, but not required.

Dates 2008: Apr 17-20
Custom Dates Available

Cost: $675.00
Guide to guest ratio of 1:4

Included: All group camping equipment and avalanche safety equipment (backcountry ski rentals available). Breakfast & dinner while in the backcountry. Professional AMGA-trained backcountry ski mountaineering guides.