Sidecountry & Backcountry Skiing

Backcountry skiing has never been more available. Each year more resorts are lifting their boundary lines and -under the guidance of your NASTC trainer/guide- allowing us to take you to fresh lines and exciting terrain and then back down to the chairlift. This is a great way to get powder turns in well after the mountain is "skied out," and to find new terrain if you feel you've skied everything at your home resort. But if you have no backcountry skiing experience, it's still crucial to have a guide in the "side country" at resorts and NASTC has been taking you there for years! Now more terrain than ever is open to us! And, if you still want to "earn your turns" we teach all the important backcountry skiing skills: avalanche awareness, how to use the AT equipment, route-finding, and more. Plus we guide all the great peaks in California! Join NASTC for side country and backcountry adventure skiing and improve your turns while you're at it.

Sidecountry, Tahoe, CA
Dates: January 23, 2010; February 6, 2010; March 13, 2010

Backcountry Skiing, Tahoe, CA
Dates: December 12, 2009; January 9, 2010; February 27, 2010; March 27, 2010; April 3, 2010

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Tahoe, CA Backcountry Overnight Adventure

Enjoy improving your backcountry know-how (beacon use, touring techniques, route finding, and more) and your actual skiing. You'll ski off Donner Summit to the remote and decadent Lost Trail Lodge nestled deep in the woods near Truckee.

Dates: February 20-21, 2010
Price: $575

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MT. SHASTA, CA - CLIMB AND SKI A 14,162' PEAK

Experience the thrill of climbing to the top of Mt. Shasta (14,162 feet) and skiing down this famous California volcano, led by top guides from Shasta Mountain Guides. The adventure is a physical challenge as well as a great experience skiing winter powder at the top and spring corn from the middle down to the cars. Levels 8-9.

Dates: May 14-16, 2010

Price: $595 (includes 3 days instruction and guiding, 2 dinners, and group gear)

Call NASTC at 530-582-4772 or email ski@skinastc.com to book this trip
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Call the Backcountry Ski Shop in Truckee, CA for your equipment needs and get the NASTC Discount -- 530-582-0909.

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NASTC also offers a range of AVALANCHE courses click here to view

For avalanche advisories in the Tahoe area, take a look at www.sierraavalanchecenter.org and www.shastaavalanche.org for the Mt Shasta area.

NASTC has a relationship with its host ski areas and operates in and out of bounds within the ski areas with their permission. All of the above backcountry ski courses, with the exception of Mt. Shasta, are operated under NASTC's special use permit issued by the USDA Forest Service for the Tahoe National Forest. NASTC operates their Mt. Shasta course through a partnership with Shasta Mountain Guides under their special use permit issued by the USDA Forest Service for the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.