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Backcountry Touring

Backcountry Touring

If you’re ready to leave lift lines and lift tickets behind, you’re in the right place. Our Backcountry Touring Course was designed for skiers and snowboarders looking to make the most of every day and every turn in the backcountry.

Our Backcountry Touring Course is designed to prepare you with the skills to have better days in the backcountry sooner. 

With Edgeworks, you’ll ski with guides that live to ski. Besides teaching you the basics: how to use your equipment, how to stay warm, how to find the softest, best snow, they will also show you how to make the most of every day and every turn.

The Backcountry Touring Course can be taken before or after an AIARE 1. Folks that take a Backcountry Touring Course before AIARE 1 will be more comfortable with their touring equipment and backcountry skills, which will enable them to engage with the AIARE 1 curriculum more fully. Our goal is to offer all backcountry travelers better days and better turns sooner.

On this course, students will learn:

  • Essential equipment for backcountry travel: skiing or snowboarding

  • How to lay an efficient skin track to save energy for the fun part: going downhill

  • Navigation tools and strategies

  • How to read & use an avalanche bulletin

  • How to plan and execute simple tours


Location: Snoqualmie Pass, other options exist.
Duration:
2 days
Price: $625

Prerequisites

  • Intermediate to advanced ski or splitboard ability
  • Able to descend most black runs in a resort smoothly without falling

Custom Courses & Wait List
Contact us at guiding@edgeworksclimbing.com to arrange a custom course or to be added to the course waitlist.

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June 23, 2026
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