#(L)earnYourTurns: Intro to backcountry skiing
- Leaders
- Alexia Lochmann (coB coS), James Hermus (A coC coS), Kathy Camenzind (C S), Paul Lilin (A coB coI S)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Backcountry skiing
- Terrain level
- A
- Trip date
- Sunday, January 15th, 2023
- Difficulty rating
- Moderate
- Prerequisites
- Downhill ski experience (can ski blacks) + some uphill hiking experience - it's not that easy to hike up with all that metal strapped to your feet!
Do you love skiing and would like to explore what's beyond the resorts?
Come join us and learn safely how to "earn your turns" in the backcountry! We'll be headed to King Pine, a local downhill ski resort in Madison, NH - a safe place to learn and practice the basics of backcountry skiing. It's a 350 ft mountain, meaning we can rip up and down as many times as our legs and lungs hold up, practicing everything from preparation, to skinning up, switching from uphill to downhill mode, and skiing down. We'll have energizing hot chocolate breaks in between, and make sure to do our snow dances to get some fresh snow, so in the next weekends we can practice our skills in the actual backcountry!
Please note that this trip is at a resort, so there is an additional $10 fee to buy an uphill ticket.
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 7
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 11, 2023, noon
- Signups closed at
- Jan. 12, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
- Notes
- What is your downhill ski experience?
- What is your backcountry skiing / alpine touring experience? What is your hiking experience?
- Do you need to rent MITOC gear? If so, what is your preferred boot size and ski length?
- Let's compose a "snow dance song": what is your chorus line?
- Do you have any dietary restrictions?