{"id":2935,"date":"2022-09-01T09:50:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanakamountainguides.co.nz\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:21:28","slug":"which-ski-touring-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/which-ski-touring-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Ski Touring Course?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Which ski touring course is right for me? The first step in many’s journeys into the world of ski and splitboard touring is a course with a professional ski guide. There is a steep learning curve with managing equipment, transitions, efficient travel, staying safe, and finding the best snow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A course can provide the tips and tricks to fast-track the learning and get going with your own ski and splitboard touring adventures. It can be difficult to work out where to start so W\u2019naka Mountain Guides provides a range of backcountry ski and splitboard touring courses for all levels of previous experience.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The right course for each person depends on their prior experience, backcountry aspirations, and time available, and over time, a progression of courses can allow tourers to have the skills and confidence to take on more challenging and complex adventures. Between courses we recommend a period of skills consolidation and seeking out mentorship from more experienced people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Introduction to Backcountry Ski Touring Course and Splitboard Course<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The 1-dayIntroduction to Backcountry Skiing and Splitboard Touring<\/a> Courseis usually the start of people’s backcountry learning. For those who haven’t yet committed to buying their own equipment, it is possible hire it for the course. This way they can learn about what works and doesn’t work in order to make good decisions on what to buy themselves down the track.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Combined with the 1.5day Avalanche Skills Course 1this would be the minimum for heading out on simple local adventures. It is also useful to get introduced to some of the local terrain and build on the knowledge and practice of the touring skills. This can be a good pathway for working locals as the days can be spread out over a number of weeks.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Backcountry Ski and Splitboard Touring Course<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The 3-dayBackcountry Ski and Splitboard Touring Course<\/a>covers the same topics as the Introduction to Backcountry Course above and includes the Avalanche Skills Course.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The longer format courses include more travel days to explore the local area so provide more opportunity to put into practice the newly acquired touring and avalanche skills before embarking on your own adventures.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Glacier Ski and Splitboard Touring Course<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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TheGlacier Ski and Splitboard Touring Course<\/a>takes place on the glaciers of the Aoraki \/ Mount Cook or Westland National Parks. This is the next step up from the previous 2 courses and introduces the additional safety skills to undertake glacier ski trips including basic ice axe and crampon use, glacier travel, route finding, and crevasse rescue. There is also an opportunity to develop trip planning and avalanche knowledge for bigger glaciated objectives.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue Course<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The short local Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue Course<\/a> prepare trekkers, mountaineers, or ski or splitboard tourers for carrying out travel over glaciers. It covers all the skills required for safely tackling glacier objectives including crevasse rescue skills.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This makes it a good progression for those looking to get started with glacier ski touring or looking to increase their rope skills for future objectives.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Ski Mountaineering Course<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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TheSki Mountaineering Course<\/a>course is also based on the glaciers ofAoraki \/ Mount Cook or Westland National Parks and is ourmost advanced ski course. The focus is the climbing and mountaineering skills required to ascend New Zealand\u2019s classic snow and glacier peaks for the purposes of ski and snowboard descents and utilising skis or splitboard to access more remote objectives. Some experience in mountaineering or rock climbing and with basic snowcraft is useful prior to undertaking this course.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Avalanche Skills Course 2<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Finally, the\u20194-day Avalanche Skills Course 2<\/a>\u2019is the highest level of recreational avalanche education available and focuses on developing avalanche skills for the identification and assessment of avalanche danger whilst on multi-day tours away from the public avalanche advisory. To undertake this course, participants must have already done the Avalanche Skills Course 1 and consolidated their skills on a number of self-led backcountry tours.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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For more information on these or other courses available, get in touch<\/a> with us so that we can give you the best advice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Our range of backcountry ski and splitboard touring courses cater for all levels of experience and aspirations. Try and choose the one that is right for where you are at.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220301930,"featured_media":1967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[734534157,734534113],"tags":[734533734],"class_list":["post-2935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses-and-training","category-ski-and-splitboard-touring-course","tag-ski-touring"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/220301930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2935"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41152,"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions\/41152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liyanitsolution.online\/wanakamountainguides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}