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Miles Smart Steep Skiing Camp

Miles Smart Steep Camp (ages 16+)

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January 9-11, 2009
3-day camp: $466
Camp with lift tickets: Adult: $631 Youth: $616

Includes light breakfast and lunch each day and an Aprés gathering with snacks and video analysis on the second day. An optional group dinner at the Alpine Inn restaurant is also offered the first night (please let your coach know if you’d like to go). Dinner not included.

A condensed version of the classic Steep Skiing Camps created by legendary skier, Doug Coombs, this 3-day camp is aimed to prepare skiers for the week-long camps in locations such as La Grave and Chamonix, France and Verbier Switzerland. The focus of the camp is to have fun and to ski hard, while learning about the mountains and backcountry travel techniques throughout each day. This is not a program spent standing around, but an adventurous and exciting two days of skiing that will tire you out, get you closer to the descents of your dreams, and send you home with incredible memories.

What to expect during the Steep Camp

Lots of steep skiing in Crystal’s fantastic terrain.
Time skiing with UIAGM Mountain Guide and Coomb’s Protégé, Miles Smart
Basic single burial Transceiver Search
Coaching in steep skiing techniques
Basic terrain assessment and travel techniques for backcountry skiing
The use of a climbing rope to access ski terrain (if conditions allow)

Client Level

Am I good enough… or am I too good?
Clients range in age from 16 to 75. You should be able to handle expert (black diamond) trails with control and confidence. Otherwise, the camps may be too challenging for you. We do not ski intermediate runs or groomed trails. Our guides can provide plenty of challenges for even the most accomplished skiers.

Miles Smart’s Biography

Miles Smart is an IFMGA/UIAGM mountain guide. He is the 2004 recipient of the AMGA Guide of the Year award. Miles guides around the world with his two guide services, Steep Skiing Camps Worldwide and Smart Mountain Guides. Outside of Miles’ professional guiding career his accomplishments include numerous ski mountaineering descents and speed climbing ascents. He has skied lines from the Gervasutti Couloir and the North Face of the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix to the Grand Teton in Wyoming and Fuerer Finger on Mt. Rainier. He has climbed El Capitan in Yosemite 18 times via 14 different routes and established one of the most difficult routes on El Capitan, Disorderly Conduct. Other climbing exploits include climbing the Trango Towers in Pakistan, winter ascents in Chamonix and speed records on El Capitan and Half Dome.

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