Ski · Snowboard · Snowmobile

SNOW SPORTS

Big mountain craft for riders who take snow seriously: reading a face from the air, managing your own sluff on steep ground, spines and pillow lines, and the professional conduct of a filming day. The full progression sits underneath it, so a solid resort skier has a path all the way to the heli.

Curriculum
23 lessons
Free Preview
6 lessons
Modules
5
Status
In production

Skills You Will Develop

Edge Control & PressureWeight DistributionReading Snow & TerrainPowder TechniqueBackcountry AwarenessAvalanche FundamentalsOff-Piste Line ChoiceSnowmobile Control

Who It Is For

beginnerNever been on snow, or want a solid technique reset before your first trip.
intermediateComfortable on groomers but want to progress off-piste, into the park, or onto a sled.
advancedChasing heli, spine lines or deep backcountry - safety and decision-making modules.

Gear Covered

  • Skis (fat vs all-mountain) or board
  • Boots: fit beats brand, always
  • Helmet & goggles: lens per light, strap under or over
  • Shell vs insulated: the layering call
  • Base layers (x3) - wool vs synthetic
  • Gloves vs mitts, plus a spare pair
  • Avalanche beacon, probe & shovel
  • Airbag pack for backcountry days
Fifteen Years In

All 23 lessons below are written, and every one of them came out of riding this terrain rather than reading about it. Film is shot on the trips we run, so each lesson is captured where it is taught. Book a trip that runs this discipline and its full library comes with your booking.

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Want it coached, not just read?

We run in-person coaching in your home town before your trip - a fraction of what a day costs once the flights, hire and lift passes have started. Groups on the same trip split the travel.

Coaching for snow sports
Shared safety training

These lessons from other libraries apply here too. Complete one anywhere and it shows green across the whole platform - done once, counted everywhere.

Full Curriculum

Foundations
Choosing Skis and Boards: Brand Character, Shape and the Boot Truth12 minRead freeGear Decisions: Skis, Boots, Layers and the Powder Kit12 minRead freeYour First Day on Snow - Technique Foundations8 minRead freeGear Selection & Fitting Guide6 minRead freeFalling Safely & Getting Back Up4 minRead free
Intermediate
Carving: Edge Pressure & Timing11 minFullSteeps: Body Position & Speed Control9 minFullReading Off-Piste Terrain10 minFullPark Introduction: Jumps & Rails12 minFull
Advanced
Powder Technique: Float & Flow13 minFullPillow Lines & Spines10 minFullBackcountry Decision Making15 minFullHeli & Cat Ski Preparation8 minFull
Snowmobile
Machine Familiarisation & Controls8 minFullAvalanche Safety Essentials12 minFullSidehilling & High-Marking9 minFullGetting Unstuck: Self-Recovery7 minFullNight Riding & Cold Weather Prep10 minFull
Big Mountain
Reading a Face: Line Selection From the Air10 minRead freeSlough Management: Skiing Away From Your Own Snow13 minFullSteep Skiing: Jump Turns, Edge Sets and No-Fall Terrain13 minFullSpines, Pillows and Sluff-Ridden Lines13 minFullFilming Days: Working With Guides, Sleds and Cameras13 minFull

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Whether you want to surf Japan's legendary powder, ride the Old Telegraph Track to the tip of Cape York, or chase a New Zealand winter - tell us what you're dreaming about and we'll build the trip around you.

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These sports kill people. Not rarely, and not only the reckless - every season they kill riders who were experienced, fit, well equipped and doing everything properly. That is the honest starting position and everything else we do sits on top of it.

The mountain does not know who you are. Snow releases on people with twenty years in it. Machines roll on riders who have done that line a hundred times. Water, rock, trees and other people are indifferent to how good you have become. Every time you go out you are accepting a real chance that it goes wrong, and no amount of skill removes that chance - it only changes the odds.

What that looks like in these disciplines, plainly: avalanche burial and asphyxiation, being crushed under a machine, head and spinal injuries from falls and impacts, drowning, hypothermia, and collisions with trees, rocks and other riders.

We work in remote country, so distance is part of it. A serious injury usually means hours before a helicopter can reach you, and weather sometimes means no helicopter at all. Help being close is not a feature of any trip we run.

This is exactly why we prepare the way we do. Training before you ride, gear standards, minimum party sizes, people who know the ground, and a willingness to call a day off. All of it is about improving your odds and making the group capable of looking after itself. None of it makes anything safe, none of it makes anyone competent, and passing our training is not a qualification. Anybody who tells you they can make this safe is selling something.

Everyone out there is relying on everyone else having been honest about what they can actually do. If reading this has made you hesitate, that is worth listening to rather than talking yourself out of.

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