The natural progression of our courses begins with our Freeride program where we cover the essential techniques necessary for the higher levels of riding needed for our Freestyle and Backcountry courses with our ‘Technical performance clinics’ and our ‘Off piste Perfromance clinics’

Our Freeride program
Our Freeride progression begins with our Freeride performance clinic, a 5 day course that concentrates on ‘perfecting technical performance’ introducing you to the ‘Science’ behind effective and efficient performance.

Our ‘Technical Performance Clinics’ are piste based, are available for Intermediate and Advanced riders and are available Autumn and Winter.

The next step in our progression is our Off Piste Performance clinic. Here we take the essential techniques learned in our ‘Technical performance clinic’ and progress into the ‘Off Piste’ and ‘Backcountry’ environment. Our ‘Off Piste Performance clinic’ introduces you to the ‘Artistic’ side of Snowsports performance teaching you how to apply the ‘Science’ of perfect technique to the natural terrain of the mountain. 

Our Off Piste Performance clinic is a 5 day course based in Chamonix that runs Winter only. We recommended this course to anyone planning to attend one of our ‘Backcountry’ courses or for those that would like ‘Technical development’ in the Off Piste environment.

Our Off Piste Performance clinics bridge the gap between our Freeride and Backcountry programs.

Our Backcountry program
Our unique ‘Backcountry program’ is designed for experienced ‘Snowboarders’ who feel the need to explore the challenges posed by the untamed natural terrain of the high mountains.

Our Backcountry courses work ‘beyond technique’ and do not specifically include technical tuition. Our Backcountry program focuses on the safety aspects and ‘Artistic’ side of performance within the Backcountry environment.

Our Backcountry program begins with our Backcountry Intro course. Here you learn about the safety aspects of Backcountry riding and become familiar with the equipment and techniques necessary for safe passage in this untamed environment.

On completion of our ‘Backcountry Intro course’ the doors are then open to all our other Backcountry courses such as our Backcountry freeride course, the next logical step in our progression, one of our ‘Specialist’ Backcountry courses such as our Advanced Backcountry Freeride course a BC expedition to a distant location such as Greenland, Kashmir or Norway  or our popular Russian Heli week to Kamchatka. Plus new for 2011 we have our BC Freeride Splitboard course and BC Splitboard touring course and for those with a insatiable quest for Adventure and high mountains we offer our Mont Blanc summits week.

All our Backcountry courses, demand a high level of technical ability and fitness please read carefully the ability and fitness requirements for your chosen course.

Course prerequisites
In order for you to be able to participate fully and get the most out of your chosen course we ask that you meet the prerequisites for that course. Each course requires that you have a good level of fitness and the recommended level of experience or expertise (guidelines to these levels can be found below).

Fitness and ability
Technical ability levels are scored on a scale of 1 to 6 where 1 is a beginner with little or no experience (up to 3 days) and 6 is someone very experienced and able to perform at the highest level, anywhere on the mountain. A 4 on the ability scale might represent a rider with at least 5 or 6 weeks riding experience. 

Fitness is also graded on a scale of 1 to 6 where 1 is a person with a very basic fitness level and 6 represents someone with a very high level of fitness.

If you have any questions as to your ability or as to which course might be for you please don’t hesitate to contact us by phone or e-mail.

Please Note
For safety reasons ‘Riders unable to meet the required criteria for their chosen course may be unable to complete that course at the discretion of the course leader’.