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Advanced Backcountry Skiing Mentorship

Provided by Utah Mountain Adventures
Salt Lake
Friday, December 12, 2025
Season-long Backcountry Mentorship for backcountry skiers and split-snowboarders. Assessment Tour is December 12, 2025. Tours will be Fridays January-March 2026. Cost is $1600 plus tax for the season-long program.
This is a season-long backcountry touring series meant to bring off-piste enthusiasts together over a common passion for skiing & riding outside the confines of the resort.
This mentorship program is spread out over a full winter season, allowing participants to analyze the changing snowpack, develop a broader knowledge of backcountry terrain in the Wasatch, practice and implement decision-making skills in avalanche terrain, bond with fellow backcountry tourers and build a deeper connection with experts in the field.
Check out our Website for more details or Register here.

After the required assessment tour, our guides will create compatible groups. You will be invited to join a group of 4 participants with similar goals and comparable uphill and downhill ability. The program includes the assessment day plus 5 of the 6 days listed below, giving you the option to miss a day should you have a conflict or be sick. If you choose not to join the program after the assessment, you will only be charged $239 plus tax for the assessment. If you join the program, you will be invoiced 50% of the full rate minus the cost of the prepaid assessment. The balance is due upon completion of the program.

2025-26 BACKCOUNTRY MENTORSHIP TOUR DATES

Mandatory Assessment Backcountry Tour:

  • Friday, December 12, 2025

Choose 5 of 6 Dates Below:

  • Friday, January 16, 2026
  • Friday, January 30, 2026
  • Friday, February 13, 2026
  • Friday, February 27, 2026
  • Friday, March 13, 2026
  • Friday, March 27, 2026

If you attend the first 6 days and would like to attend the 7th, you are welcome for an additional $239 plus tax.

This 6 full-day field series takes place in the canyons of the Central Wasatch east of Salt Lake City. Expect to be touring for about 8 hours each day. Participants will need to bring their own snacks, lunch and water (2 liters).

The usual meeting time and place are 7:30 am at the Big Cottonwood Park & Ride lot, but these are subject to change. Exact meeting times and locations will be provided to enrolled participants before each tour.

GUIDES

Our most experienced senior guides lead this program. You will receive a reminder with the contact information for your guide. They will contact you ahead of each tour to confirm meeting time and location, as well as weather considerations and equipment needs.

TRANSPORTATION & PARKING

Transportation will not be provided. We encourage carpooling to help mitigate traffic in the canyons and crowded parking areas. Most canyon parking lots require a parking fee.

HOW TO REGISTER

Register Online

Call us at (801) 550-3986

Email us at uma@utahmountainadventures.com