Learn
Everything we know that is worth knowing before you go uphill, written down and given away. Avalanche education, how uphill policies work at a resort, how to behave on a skin track, and how touring actually works. None of it is behind a signup and none of it requires you to book anything.
If you only read one thing on this site, read the avalanche education page. It is the page most likely to change what happens to you, and it will also talk you out of spending a thousand dollars before you need to.
If you have ten minutes, read them in this order
- Avalanche education, even if you never plan to leave a resort. It is the one that changes what happens to you.
- How touring actually works, so the equipment makes sense before somebody hands it to you.
- Uphill etiquette, which takes three minutes and is the difference between resorts keeping uphill access open and closing it.
- Uphill policies at our four mountains, once you know which one you are going to.
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Avalanche education and AIARE
Why gear is not enough, what an AIARE 1 course actually covers, what it costs, and where to take one if we cannot fit you in.
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Uphill policies at our mountains
What an uphill ticket is, what each of our four mountains charges, and how to find the policy at any resort in the country.
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How to behave on a skin track
Where to walk, who yields, why single file matters, and the handful of things that annoy ski patrol. Short, and worth reading once.
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How touring actually works
Skins, bindings, kick turns, transitions and pacing, explained in words before anybody hands you equipment.
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Stories
The people on the skin track, in their own words. One story a month from our participants and volunteers.
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Our six print guides
Gear, layering, packing, rentals and sizing, lodging, and a Northeast touring guide. All free, all downloadable.