Thanks Braeden, glad you are enjoying. That’s a great question, I’d love to help. Having an outdoors background like backpacking is a great start toward ski mountaineering. I’d recommend starting by taking an avalanche level 1 course. It’s a good way to learn the basics of backcountry skiing and start to improve your decision making skills. From there, I would try to get as much time in the backcountry on skis as possible, especially on low angle, low consequence terrain. Build your experience with snowpack and route finding. Hiring a ski guide for a couple days is always a good idea. You can pick their brain and see their decision making process first hand. I think the most important thing is experience. Get as many miles as possible before moving into consequential terrain.
@@rockymountain_stickbug Thank you so much for all the insight. That is exactly what I was looking for; the steps to SAFELY get into this. Got a lot of learning to do, but I'm excited to start.
Solid effort and excellent edit!!!
Thanks dude! We had a blast out there
looks like paradise to me :)))
One of my best ski days ever!
Great edit!
Thanks dude!
Love your videos man. What resources do you recommend for someone coming from backpacking, to learn how to get into this? Thanks!
Thanks Braeden, glad you are enjoying.
That’s a great question, I’d love to help. Having an outdoors background like backpacking is a great start toward ski mountaineering.
I’d recommend starting by taking an avalanche level 1 course. It’s a good way to learn the basics of backcountry skiing and start to improve your decision making skills. From there, I would try to get as much time in the backcountry on skis as possible, especially on low angle, low consequence terrain. Build your experience with snowpack and route finding.
Hiring a ski guide for a couple days is always a good idea. You can pick their brain and see their decision making process first hand.
I think the most important thing is experience. Get as many miles as possible before moving into consequential terrain.
@@rockymountain_stickbug Thank you so much for all the insight. That is exactly what I was looking for; the steps to SAFELY get into this. Got a lot of learning to do, but I'm excited to start.