SPLITBOARDING 101 COURSES
WITH WESTON BACKCOUNTRY
Golden State Guiding is excited to announce that registration is open for our Winter 2025 Weston Backcountry Splitboarding 101 Courses in Mammoth Lakes!
With the support of Weston Backcountry, and our friends over at Volcom and Electric, Golden State Guiding is hosting multiple Splitboarding 101 Courses this winter in Mammoth Lakes! The Splitboarding 101 course is a 6 hour program in the front country of Mammoth Lakes that consists of multiple intro topics surrounding splitboard equipment and how to use it, beacon and partner safety checks, fundamental touring techniques and best practices for putting in a skin track, mapping software and resources to help plan your own personal tours in the backcountry, all with our professionally trained Splitboard Guide’s.
By the end of your Splitboarding 101 course you’ll have a general understanding of how to use a splitboard and will feel confident in your ability to tour in the front country. You’ll have an understanding of avalanche equipment and the appropriate safety checks you should be administering. And lastly, you’ll possess the knowledge to begin creating trip plans for the backcountry utilizing the mapping software we expose you to during the course.
SPLITBOARDING 101 MAMMOTH LAKES GENERAL INFO
COST: $295
LOCATION: Mammoth Lakes, CA
Course LENGTH: 6 hours
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January 16th, 2025 (part of our Sierra Splitboard Program)
Additional 2025 course dates will be added in Fall, 2024
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Any participant who registers for our Split 101 course in Mammoth Lakes will have the option of demoing a Weston Backcountry splitboard which will include Spark R&D or Karakoram bindings, climbing skins, and ski poles. We will also provide avalanche equipment (beacon, shovel, probe) for those in need. All participants will be required to bring their own snowboarding boots and backpack.
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Please note, any guest registering for our Splitboarding 101 course in Mammoth Lakes must be a competent inbounds/ resort snowboarder. Being competent means being able to snowboard blue/black to single black diamond runs inbounds at the resort. Our Splitboarding 101 course is focused on equipment, avalanche safety, trip plans, and touring techniques. The course is not focused on teaching our guests how to snowboard. Please take this into consideration before registering, we want to ensure we set the group up for success!
If you have any additional questions concerning our Weston Backcountry Splitboarding 101 courses in Mammoth Lakes, please fill out the form below and we’ll get right back to you!
