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Backcountry Introductory Tour
Highlights
- Experience tailored guidance on your first backcountry adventure with Alpine Access, ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable outing.
- Learn essential snowcraft skills and safe travel techniques while exploring stunning alpine landscapes in a small group setting.
- Discover the right touring equipment and techniques suited to your ability, enhancing your confidence in the backcountry.
- Enjoy a personalised day that adapts to your fitness level and interests, making every moment in the snow memorable.
For those wanting to be guided on their first backcountry experience, Alpine Access offer introductory days. The focus is on making it as enjoyable and informative as possible, and the day will be tailored to your ability, fitness and what you want to get out of it. You will learn about touring equipment and technique, route selection, safe travel in the backcountry, and snowcraft skills. They will assist you with organisation of equipment for the tour.
Itinerary highlights
Experience the backcountry
Get immersed in the breathtaking beauty of the backcountry, make fresh tracks, learn new skills and go to new places.
Tour details
- On demand
This business does not currently offer accessible facilities.
Operation information
Alpine Access Australia
Kickstart or take further your backcountry ski and snowboarding experience in the breathtaking beauty of the Australian high country. Gain valuable skills and knowledge.
Get back safely with the passion to do it all again!
Alpine Access can take you beyond the resorts to ride untracked lines in the backcountry. They offer backcountry intro tours and avalanche skills training (AST1).
An AST 1 course is a must if you venture out of bounds, off the trails or into the backcountry. Alpine Access provides Avalanche Canada AST1 training, designed for the recreational backcountry skier/snowboarder. You will learn to recognise avalanche terrain, reduce avalanche risk and perform companion rescue, as well as backcountry touring skills, technique and etiquette.
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