Freeride Ski Course

Freeride Ski Course

Focused on alpine skiing and mountain skiers who want to learn or improve their technique in the off-piste descent or large slopes of virgin snow. 

This course is intended to improve off-piste skiing to move safely and reliably in cross-country skiing.

The course day is usually developed at the ski resort in the area that at the time of coming, have better snow conditions, Panticosa, Formigal, Piau Engaly….

In descent we will develop all the existing techniques and correct the mistakes made by each of you that do not allow you to apply the technique well. Before starting with the practical part, we would stay in a cafeteria in the area to show you a small powerpoint to prevent avalanches and draw suitable lines in descent. This would take us 30 min. Then we would go on to conduct a search for victims of avalanche with the ARVA, the PALA AND the PROBE and then start skiing.

Course Development.

Virgin snow requires the application of specific downward turning techniques. The powder snow, the crust, the icy snow and the spring snow, pose to the skier a specific transition in each movement to get to enjoy a pleasant descent, with self-control over all the elements that are involved in this activity.

OBJECTIVE

For all those skiers who have a good level of descent in treated snow and who wish to make a qualitative leap in the development of the descent technique to be able to address those variable snow conditions existing in the “off-piste” of ski resorts or in mountain skiing.
We will learn to descend through high mountain terrain. The avalanches and the different slopes of the mountain, keep secrets that we must try to know and understand to safely practice this exciting sport.

CONTENTS

• Improvement of descent techniques applied to the environment. Specific "freeride" techniques; driven turn, flexion-extension turn, use of the stick, jump turn, curve phases ...
• Planning of the descents in mountain.
• Identification and cataloging of objective hazards.
  ● Specific equipment and material: handling, maintenance and repair.
  ● We will deepen our knowledge of the environment and risk prevention; performance in case of avalanche.
• Reading of the terrain of descent and fractioned methods.
• Advanced Nivology: the metamorphosis of the elements.
  ● Self-arrest techniques with skis.
• All those techniques for descent of moderate and strong slopes.