Established in 1995 by Neil McNab, one of Britain’s most highly qualified and successful Freeride Snowboarders and one of the only Professional Snowboarders to hold both the (UIAGM) ‘High Mountain Guides’ qualification and the (ISIA) International ‘Ski and Snowboard’ Teaching diplomas, McNab Snowboarding were one of the first companies to run ‘Specialist Snowboard Courses’ and today offer an extensive year round program of ‘Technical Clinics’, 'Off Piste Performance clinics' and ‘Backcountry Courses’ both in Chamonix and around the World.
It is our mission to provide the very best on snow experience possible.
Our goal is to inspire and we are inspired by our goal!
The amazing winter of 2010 saw us hike and ride fresh lines in the Kashmir Himalaya, drop extreme lines from the Col du Entreves and Pointe Helbronner, saw yet another successful ascent and descent of the mighty Mont Blanc, had us exploring new touring peaks and Backcountry lines in both near and far off places, saw us score off-piste jackpot after jackpot in the trees of Courmayeur and etch first tracks into endless fields of powder right here amongst the towering peaks of Chamonix.
The 2010 winter season was all about inspiring and spreading our passion for the Fine Art of riding mountains and following our commitment in the endless search for the ultimate ride. We introduced a new format, delivered some new courses and ran at 100% capacity from December through to May.
So, after an amazing winter 2010 we are now proud to announce our new program for 2011.
Once again, in order to concentrate on giving you the best on the mountain experience possible we will run only one course per week at a maximum ratio of 1 to 6. As always, our fast paced Advanced Backcountry courses run at the reduced ratio of 1 to 3 and our Mont Blanc ascent at a 1 to 2 ratio.
We have also reduced our courses to 5 days, running Monday to Friday, to give you more flexibility with your travel arrangements, the option for you to warm up in advance and to avoid the fatigue levels that many suffered whilst following our previous 6 day schedule. Our 3 day courses remain unchanged.
The 2011 season sees us forming an exciting new partnership with Freeride legend Jeremy Jones’s new brand ‘Jones Snowboards’. With a freeride philosophy and outlook to match our own, this partnership promises great things for the future and the development of our New ‘ Backcountry Splitboard Courses’ and ‘ Backcountry Splitboard touring weeks’ come as a direct result or this alliance.
Our courses follow a detailed progression that runs from our ‘Technical clinics’, perfecting snowboard technique from Piste to Off-piste. Our ‘ Off-piste Technical clinics’, aimed at Off piste perfection through to easy access Backcountry riding. Followed by our extensive Backcountry program which then takes you ‘beyond technique’, starting out with our popular ‘Backcountry Intro’ course which on completion opens the doors to the rest of our Backcountry courses.
We conclude our 2011 season with our specialist Snowboard Expedition to ‘Greenland’. Heading further North than our previous trip to explore the Liverpool land peninsular we will once again venture into the unknown in search of virgin peaks and exciting un-ridded descents.
A fitting and exciting end to what promises to be another great and inspirational winter season!
Neil and Ruth.
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