Snowbike · Backcountry · Moto Crossover

SNOW BIKING

The dirt bike skill set, translated to deep snow. Built for moto riders making the jump to a track and ski, from first laps to sidehilling backcountry terrain sleds struggle to reach. Written with the Queenstown snowbike programme and refined on the terrain it teaches.

Curriculum
18 lessons
Free Preview
4 lessons
Modules
5
Status
In production

Skills You Will Develop

Ski Pressure & Front-End FeelThrottle-Led BalanceEdge-to-Edge CarvingSidehillingDeep Powder MomentumSolo Stuck RecoverySnowpack AwarenessCold-Weather Systems

Who It Is For

beginnerConfident on a dirt bike, never ridden snow. This is the exact transition path.
intermediateDone a snowbike day and want to carve, sidehill and pick real backcountry lines.
advancedChasing technical trees and steep terrain, riding alongside sleds in avalanche country.

Gear Covered

  • Snowbike vs moto-plus-track-kit: the buy-in call
  • Moto helmet & anti-fog goggles: the breath problem
  • Gloves: insulated vs moto with bar mitts, x2 pairs
  • Layering for a sport that is both moto and snow
  • Boots: moto vs sled-specific on a snowbike
  • Avalanche beacon, probe & shovel - on the body
  • Tow strap & hand warmers
Fifteen Years In

All 18 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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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
Gear Decisions: Kit, Conversion and Staying Warm on a Snowbike12 minRead freeFrom Dirt to Snow - What Changes9 minRead freeMachine Setup: Track Tension & Ski Pressure8 minRead freeBody Position: Why You Stand Taller7 minFull
Riding Technique
Throttle Is Your Balance10 minFullCarving: Edge-to-Edge Transfers11 minFullSidehilling Fundamentals12 minFullDeep Powder: Momentum & Line Choice10 minFull
Backcountry
Reading Snowpack From the Saddle11 minFullStuck Solo: Recovery Without Digging Your Grave9 minFullRiding With Sleds: Group Dynamics & Comms8 minFull
Preparation
Cold-Weather Riding Systems: Layers, Hands, Feet8 minFullTrip Prep: Spares, Fuel & Field Fixes9 minFull
Elite Snowbike
Stop Riding It Like a Dirt Bike10 minRead freeCarving and Countersteering Under Load13 minFullDeep Powder Climbs and the Trench Problem13 minFullTrees and Technical Terrain13 minFullSnowbike in Avalanche Terrain: What Is Different13 minFull

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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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