Intermediate Tours

For intermediate powder skiers who enjoy the deep - but perhaps not quite as much steep!  Our guides will give you some helpful powder skiing hints and a helpful hand when you fall, and we introduce you to tree-skiing gradually.  The natural beauty is the same, the camaraderie is the same, but there is no pressure to keep up with the group, so you can enjoy the day at YOUR pace!

Your day will start with gentle, wide open runs or runs with sparse trees, and depending on the group, will advance to skiing easy glades with widely spaced trees, and gradually steeper terrain.  The 10,000-foot vertical guarantee does not apply to the intermediate group, but is still quite achieveable.  We will help you work toward great powder turns, face shots, and the fun and camaraderie that skiing in a small group on ungroomed terrain provides.

Skiers and snowboarders at this level are those who:

• may have no powder experience.
• are confident on blue runs and will occasionally ski black runson a lift served ski area, but may fall regularly in the woods.
• are comfortable making smooth parallel turns.
  enjoy new challenges.
• seek to build their powder confidence.
• are reasonably fit, though sometimes not as fit as they used to be
  

Advanced Tours

Advanced skiers and riders enjoy diverse terrain including gladed areas, open bowls, steeper terrain and trees. We ski and ride at a comfortable pace, allowing everyone to enjoy their runs without a rushed feeling, and regroup a couple of times on the way down for a breather and a laugh.  Advanced skiers and riders:

• have previous powder experience.
• are comfortable on almost any terrain.
• divide their time between blue, black and double black runs on a lift served ski area.
• enjoy groomed and ungroomed terrain.
  know how to handle adverse snow conditions.
• are comfortable in gladed areas and tree runs.

Advanced - Expert Tours

At this level, we will ski non-stop, fast paced, challenging descents consisting mainly of steeps and tree runs. This group will constantly push our guides to ski and ride faster down steeper and longer runs in their bid for maximum vertical footage.   Sometimes we will ski runs that have greater risk - in which case your guide may send each person down 1 at a time.

Skiers and snowboarders at the expert level:

• have significant and extensive powder experience.

• are comfortable on any terrain at any speed.

• enjoy tight tree runs.

• ski and board black and double black runs with style.

• know how to handle any snow conditions.

• do not mind jumping here and there off of ledges, cornices and rocks (within reason of course)

This group is suited for ski patrollers, ex racers, freestylers, instructors, or locals of Rossland BC - who are without doubt the best skiers in the world!