BMG teamed up with K&I to bring you the Efficient Alpine Ski Touring Course (EAST Course) educates skiers to choose backcountry skiing tools and techniques for specific conditions and styles of skiing. Finally, a course that brings it all together for backcountry. The EAST Course enlightens skiers how to efficiently use a variety of alpine touring equipment and get the most from your equipment. This course identifies the characteristics of equipment designed for various conditions and skiing styles.
This course introduces four backcountry skiing styles!
- Freeride
- Alpine Touring
- Speed Touring
- Ski Mountaineering (Skimo) Race
Go DEEP!
Consider this, you will gain knowledge on how to choose equipment according to your desired skiing style. In the field we teach Alpine Touring and Speed Touring uphill and downhill techniques. Goal objectives include track setting, group spacing and communication, skinning steep surfaces, booting steep surfaces, kick-turns, efficient transitions, rappel entries, ski belays, and glacier travel.
Other topics of the EAST Course include how to plan travel to unfamiliar locations, choosing destinations, tracking the seasonal snowpack, route planning, navigation, pack contents, food and shelter, choosing ski approaches and ski lines, and emergency preparations, for instance. Students will learn how to travel more efficiently to increase their confidence and range.
If you want to learn how to fly or drive into an unknown mountain range for a 5-day traverse with a 30-liter backpack, or just want to know how to increase your range during your day tours, this course is for you.
Considering purchase of your next set of gear? This course will help you match equipment to your style of skiing and take the guesswork out of the complex world of backcountry ski equipment.
Complete Avalanche Level 1 avalanche course (recommended). Proof of Avalanche Rescue course completion (required). Freeride and Race instruction are available upon request. So, wrap this up and schedule your EASCT today and get up to date!
COURSE DATES 2021:
April Course: 17th and 18th
May Course: 15th and 16th
Register today and reserve your slot. You won’t want to miss this course!
Course Locations: Taos and/or Santa Fe, conditions dependent. Must have two guests for course to run, max = 5 guests. Same rates at a guided outing, so REGISTER HERE!