Serious SkiingSM

Students Per Instructor: 1, 2 or 3
Course Length: 2 Days (approx. 8 hours per day)
Seasons Offered: Winter
Alpine Mastery Method: Ski Mastery - Level III
Prerequisites: Telemarking: The Essentials or comparable experience

Course Summary: This course teaches advanced skiing techniques for the backcountry.

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Course Description:
The adaptability of the telemark turn to a wide variety of snow conditions makes it the most useful turn in a backcountry skier’s downhill repertoire.

In this course we’ll refine your basic telemark introducing step telemarks, two-step telemarks, lateral projection telemarks, leading ski telemarks and other variations.

We’ll also explore parallel turns with our free-heel equipment. On the second day we’ll apply our new skills on a tour chosen according to snow conditions and the students’ ability.

This course is ideally suited for people who are comfortable with the telemark turn when the snow is “just right” but have trouble otherwise.

Suggested Reading: Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques For All Conditions, Mountaineers Outdoor Expert Series, 2001.