Field trip: Introduction to Backcountry Travel for Skiers
Basic Manuevers Field Trip - Yodelin
Instruction and practice in the field: Operation of backcountry equipment, safe travel, efficient skinning, kick turns, skinning on steep sidehills, route finding, construction of emergency shelters.
Contacts
Thomas Demshki
Primary Leader
- Sat, Feb 3, 2024
- Foothills Backcountry Skiing Committee
- Backcountry Skiing
- Adults
- M1 Intremediate Ski
- Moderate
- Mileage: 6.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,800 ft
- FULL (5 capacity)
- FULL (7 capacity)
- Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 5:51 PM
- Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Students will travel in several groups. Final group assignments will be made during the course - it is not necessary to register for this field trip when enrolling in the course.
We will meet in the Yodelin parking lot (on Stevens Pass) at 7:30AM. Directions and final logistics will be discussed during the preceding classroom sessions.
Route/Place
Yodelin
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Green Trails Alpine Lakes West (Stevens Pass) No. 176S
USGS Labyrinth Mtn - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
Beacon, probe, shovel, skis, boots, poles
Trip Reports