ASI - Tahoe Backcountry Splitboard Tours

Riding Ability Level:

Ski Technical Difficulty:

Mountain Skill Rating:

Physical Condition:

Max. Class Size: 6

Includes:
The use of avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel.

Does Not Include:
Splitboard gear.

Operating under Special Use Permit, Tahoe National Forest.

Tahoe Backcountry Splitboard Tours 1 Day

These day tours are follow up application tours to do after our Intro to Backcountry Splitboarding or for anyone with previous backcountry experience who want to go on a great "Sunday Tour". It provides more application of skills with refinement through tips and coaching. We keep a more consistent pace and climb higher and farther with more descents than our "Intro" day. We continue important practice with our avalanche safety skills.

Skills covered will include:

Group assesment
Pre-tour planning
Developing a safety plan
Transceiver, probe and shovel review
Hazards assessment
Uphill and downhill splitboard coaching
Time management on a tour
Reviewing group dynamics
Avoiding heuristic traps in the backcountry

Cost: $179

Silver Peak
After meeting at The Back Country to gear-up, we will carpool to the Silver Creek Trailhead (near Squaw Valley) and begin a super fun day tour up this amazing terrain to the top of Silver Peak.
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Anderson Ridge Tour
From Mt. Lincoln at Sugar Bowl, we'll begin our route along Anderson Ridge and link up the best descents with pleasant skinups back to the ridgeline.
Does not include Sugar Bowl One-way lift ride ($30)
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Castle Peak Tour
From the SnoPark near Boreal, we'll begin this classic tour to Castle Peak Summit and choose the best skiing projects enroute.
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Prerequisites:
This program requires advanced snowboarding skills for riders ready to link turns in the fall-line in ungroomed snow conditions. Riders need to be in at least very good physical condition ready for properly paced uphills with climbing skins.

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