California Ski & Ride Day

Tours, Courses, Huts

Introduction to Ski Mountaineering

Introduction to Ski Mountaineering

$1,595.00 per person
Lassen Park / Mt Shasta – 3 Days 

Our Introduction to Ski Mountaineering Course is one of the most popular trips we offer. A three-day course designed to teach basic skills necessary to climb and ski in more complex terrain. Conducted in two great venues:  

Lassen National Park: Lassen Peaks offers lower altitudes. Ski Objectives in Lassen are shorter but provide a great variety of terrain and difficulty. 

Mt. Shasta Backcountry: Mt. Shasta has lots of great skiing to offer. Avalanche Gulch, West Face, Wintun Snowfield all provide unique challenges, fantastic lines, and varying degrees of challenge

Shasta Ski Clinic

Custom Backcountry ski and Ride Day Tours

$675.00 Fixed Group Price for 1-3 People.

This means your trip is always private, and it’s the same price for you, or you and 2 friends.

Mt Shasta / Bear Valley / & New for 2023-2024 Crater Lake National Park

Our Backcountry Skiing Tours is a fantastic introduction to the world of backcountry skiing. We have developed a fun backcountry skiing clinic for the intermediate to the advanced in-bounds skier who wants to go beyond the lifts and resorts. We work hard to help you refine your techniques and make adjustments to the new gear. Start on easy terrain while progressively moving to ground that we will experience on a backcountry ski/ride tour. We introduce basic uphill and downhill travel techniques. Receive instruction from your backcountry ski guide on strategies for backcountry skiing or riding in either Mt Shasta or Bear Valley.
Eastern Sierra Huts

NORTH LAKE HUT
Sierra Nevada – North Lake – 3 Days

$1,250 per person with 3-6 in your group

A North Lake Sierra Ski Huts trip starts by meeting in Bishop California and then heads up above the small village of Aspendell.  A 2-hour approach brings the groups up to the small hut where we drop all the gear except the essentials and head out for the vast terrain around us. Some of the best and most advanced ski terrain of any hut in California.  The North Lake Hut may be the most basic hut in the state but it more than makes up for it with some of the best terrain.  It is a fabric insulated building with bunk beds and a small cook and prep kitchen.

OFFICES

SWS Main Office: 
110 Alpine St., Mount Shasta, California 96067

Bear Valley Office &
Backcountry Ski Shop:

Across from the Lobby in the Bear Valley Lodge
P.O. Box 5104
265 Bear Valley Rd, Bear Valley, California 95223

Lone Pine Office:
120 South Main St., Suite 1.5, Lone Pine, California 93545