Peak Performance – Corn Camp
Can’t get enough of winter? Our answer: Spring dream skiing! We will be crust cruising through high alpine meadows beneath towering volcanic cliffs climbing and descending through unparalleled rolling terrain! No passport needed for this epic adventure on the continental divide of Wyoming.
Veteran coaches and guides, Scotty McGee, Virgia Bryan and Zeke Fashingbauer (see bios below), will guide you through the breathtaking and wild Togwotee Pass area during this spring cross country skiing adventure camp. Using skate, classic and adventure touring gear. Expand your skiing skills and become a more savvy backcountry traveler.
Daily routes will vary in length from 4-15 miles, with skill, fitness, conditions and ambition. We can accommodate more skill levels with more participants, so spread the word and invite your friends!
Routes will avoid avalanche terrain, until stability is extremely high, as it often is in spring melt-freeze conditions.
Curriculum includes:
- Light touring travel, and ultralight speed travel when crust conditions allow
- Route selection, navigation, and route finding skills to inform your future adventuring
- Uphill and downhill ski techniques
- Snow whispering and the art of Equipment selection and preparation
- Dressing for success, and carrying enough – but not too much
- Challenges and benefits of altitude training
Pricing:
Early Bird $1613 includes coaching/guiding/instruction, lodging (double occupancy), and meals.
Not included: air or ground travel to JAC, equipment/rental (we have a good selection, but not exhaustive), pocket snacks, beverages.
Register: scottmcgee@wyom.net
Logistics
Travel:
Arrive at Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) by 3pm on April 28. Ground transport to Heart 6 Ranch. Return flights after 1p on May 2.
Lodging:
Along the Togwotee Pass corridor
Equipment:
Rentals and Packing List
Day Tour: Small pack (+/- 25 liter) with water, personal pocket snacks, extra layer(s) and room enough for lunch.
Skate, Classic, and NNN BC setups. Larger baskets recommended for light touring days. Rental equipment available – please contact us with specific equipment inquiries or to reserve rentals.
Personal wear: Clothing for temps from 10℉-60℉. Base layer leggings, synthetic sun hoody, midweight fleece, light puffy, light fleece zip-up hoodie, lightweight Gore-tex or similar shell jacket; Shell touring or nordic pant, warm and cold weather gloves/mittens; nordie hat, ball cap, and buff, Sunglasses.
Casual spring mountain wear: long pants, big puffy, warm hat and gloves
Scotty McGee is a four term PSIA National Nordic Team member and two term coach. He teaches Cross Country (skate and classic), Telemark and Alpine Skiing. A veteran guide with over 80 summits of the Grand Teton, he holds avalanche training certifications and backcountry guiding credentials with the AMGA. He is an accomplished pioneer of new routes with over 25 Teton Range crossings, including ultra-light and -fast skate ski mountaineering routes.
Zeke Fashingbauer is a two term PSIA National Cross Country Team member and current Cross Country coach. Zeke has been skiing and racing since 75mm boots were cool. His snowsports lifestyle keeps him fit, fun, and fast. In the winter he is selling skis and educating skiers at Minocqua Winter Park in Northern Wisconsin. Early and late seasons find him chasing snow, spreading the stoke. He has completed 16 American Birkebeiners, 1 Birkebeinerrennet and many other ski marathons. He is a USSA certified coach and coaches the Lakeland Nordic Ski Team. He is an avid Telemark skier, snowboarder and waterskier.
About Peak Performance: Peak Performance is a locally owned and operated ski education business that has been providing high-quality outdoor experiences and education for over 14 years. Our team of experienced guides and instructors is dedicated to promoting safety, skill development, and a love for the outdoors. What we do best:
Providing top quality Cross Country Ski and Light Touring Instruction and Guiding, Efficient techniques for ascent and descent on Classic, Skate and XC Touring (metal edged waxless skis)
- Wide array of routes and terrain, from forested roads and scenic trails to gradual meadows and gladed descents
- Tour Selection Routefinding, Navigation and Avalanche avoidance – Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Winter and Spring through mid-June – specializing in skate ski crust cruising spring corn adventures
Peak Performance is a permittee of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and an equal opportunity service provider.
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