Backcountry Skiing Clinics

Develop fundamental steep skiing, technical climbing, and glacier travel techniques on a comprehensive ski mountaineering and backcountry skiing course in Colorado’s San Juan mountains, centered around Red Mountain Pass. Our AMGA certified guides are expert skiers and splitboarders with decades of experience skiing steep lines in big mountains - we are passionate about sharing our knowledge and helping skiers and boarders develop the safety systems, skills and confidence to climb and ski big lines. Learn essential skills for safe travel in avalanche terrain, efficient uphill movement strategies and insights into advanced level technical ski mountaineering. Whether you're preparing for bigger objectives or looking to explore deep powder in one of the best backcountry zones in North America, this course offers hands-on education in a stunning alpine environment.

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Intermediate ski mountaineering clinic

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Previous backcountry skiing experience required

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3 full days (8 hours each)

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San Juan mountains (Ouray), Colorado
Red Mountain Pass
11,018 ft / 3,358 m

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Intermediate 3 day ski mountaineering course

Skyward Mountaineering offers guided backcountry skiing clinics in the San Juan mountains of Colorado. Our access to this incredible backcountry skiing terrain combined with our decades of experience recreating and guiding in the mountains provide the backbone for all of our clinics. Skyward’s backcountry skiing clinics are customized to provide skiers with the unique skillset necessary to ski and snowboard safely in mountainous and diverse conditions.

  • Skyward Mountaineering is an AMGA Accredited Business, that means we’ve gone through rigorous third party auditing to ensure the highest quality risk management, customer service, ethical business practices, and professionally trained guides.

  • Our guides are expert skiers and climbers with extensive training and personal experience on challenging ascents and descents around the world.

  • We are a small guide service offering customized programs based on decades of guiding and instructional experience.

  • Unparalleled logistics support from start to finish. Our office staff are skiers, climbers and mountain guides so when you call or email us we’ll give you honest and helpful information to increase the success and enjoyment of your trip.