Looking for 1 rider to join in for 1 day Backcountry Basics Clinic in Island Park
Myself and 2 guys from Iowa have a 1 day clinic with Amber Holt of Backcountry Basics booked on Tuesday Feb 17th. She normally does longer clinics but we have asked her to do a condensed version of her clinic.
We have all taken Mike Duffy's basic avalanche training, so Amber has agreed to leave that part out and go straight into riding techniques for the day.
I am not certain of her full plan for curriculum but she will cover basic mountain riding techniques- counter steer, throttle control, keeping the sled on edge, downhill turns, side-hilling and getting un stuck.
I have pretty basic skills and the other two guys are completely new to powder riding, so the main goal of this is to get the basics down and enable us to function in the deep snow.
The clinic will be based out of Sawtelle Mountain Resort in Island Park. From what I under stand it is on private land on a pretty gentle slope near the resort.
Starting at 9:00 AM and going for most of the day.
We are not looking for guys to join our whole trip, just up to 3 guys to come to the clinic on Feb. 17th and share the cost. The total cost is $1500.00 and I have already paid a non refundable $750.00 deposit.
The cost will be split evenly between the end number of riders, (Maximum of 6) so do the math.
As of 2/4/15 we have 5 people committed and 1 maybe.
To make the most out of this class would prefer that anyone who wants to join up with us is ready to learn, have fun time, be respectful and take the class serious, at least knows how to ride a sled, has taken a basic avy course, and is in fairly decent shape. None of us are athletes, but not in horrible shape either.
Here is Amber's web page:http://backcountrybasics.com/
She has alot of info there about the class.
Here is the Sawtelle Mountain Resort web page:
http://www.sawtellemountainresort.com/
Myself and 2 guys from Iowa have a 1 day clinic with Amber Holt of Backcountry Basics booked on Tuesday Feb 17th. She normally does longer clinics but we have asked her to do a condensed version of her clinic.
We have all taken Mike Duffy's basic avalanche training, so Amber has agreed to leave that part out and go straight into riding techniques for the day.
I am not certain of her full plan for curriculum but she will cover basic mountain riding techniques- counter steer, throttle control, keeping the sled on edge, downhill turns, side-hilling and getting un stuck.
I have pretty basic skills and the other two guys are completely new to powder riding, so the main goal of this is to get the basics down and enable us to function in the deep snow.
The clinic will be based out of Sawtelle Mountain Resort in Island Park. From what I under stand it is on private land on a pretty gentle slope near the resort.
Starting at 9:00 AM and going for most of the day.
We are not looking for guys to join our whole trip, just up to 3 guys to come to the clinic on Feb. 17th and share the cost. The total cost is $1500.00 and I have already paid a non refundable $750.00 deposit.
The cost will be split evenly between the end number of riders, (Maximum of 6) so do the math.
As of 2/4/15 we have 5 people committed and 1 maybe.
To make the most out of this class would prefer that anyone who wants to join up with us is ready to learn, have fun time, be respectful and take the class serious, at least knows how to ride a sled, has taken a basic avy course, and is in fairly decent shape. None of us are athletes, but not in horrible shape either.
Here is Amber's web page:http://backcountrybasics.com/
She has alot of info there about the class.
Here is the Sawtelle Mountain Resort web page:
http://www.sawtellemountainresort.com/
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