Our 2024/25 AIARE Level 1, 2, and Avalanche Rescue courses are posted! We have 13 Level 1's and Avalanche Rescue courses, and 1 Level 2 posted for the 24/25 snow season in Mammoth Lakes. If you missed your opportunity this past season, now is the time to start thinking about booking for next season as these courses will continue to be in high demand. We're looking forward to a great 2024/25 season with all of our students once again!
Sierra Splitboard Program Wrap Up!
Well we did it! We just wrapped up another round of our Sierra Splitboard Program, sponsored by our good friends over at Weston Backcountry, Volcom, Electric, and Ridge Merino. While the tide is still relatively low in the backcountry, that didn’t deter from our guests having an epic weekend of split education and avalanche training. Big thanks to everyone who attended our Sierra Splitboard Program this year and as always, a big thanks is owed to GSG Guides Trevor Husted and Michael Cariello for facilitating another great course for our guests. Couldn’t do it without our GSG fam. And a large shoutout to our awesome friends and partners over at Weston, Volcom, Electric, and Ridge for supplying us with the goods and the support to make this happen. Photos courtesy of the talented Finn Kirkpatrick @finnkirks
Sierra Spring Touring Camps are back!
Golden State Guiding is excited to announce our 2024 Sierra Spring Touring Camps are officially open for registration! Join us for a 3 day, overnight Spring Touring Camp in the beautiful Eastern Sierra as we dive into essential backcountry skiing & splitboarding topics such as travel and time management planning, track setting and route finding, uphill travel techniques using ski/splitboard crampons, utilizing mapping software while in the field, avalanche terrain discussions, basecamp setup, spring camping tips and tricks, and much more. And of course, we’ll boot up some epic terrain, and get some great spring skiing and riding in along the way!
Sierra Splitboard Program
With the support of Volcom and Weston Backcountry, Golden State Guiding will be rolling out our highly anticipated Sierra Splitboard Program in the Mammoth Lakes area for the 2023/2024 snow season! The programming will be multifaceted and will cover a wide variety of topics including familiarizing yourself with your splitboard setup and how to properly transition from tour to ride mode, learning how to set an efficient skin track, kick turn techniques, hands on use of avalanche equipment and how to properly use it, trip planning software reviews, basic backcountry etiquette, and much more. The overall goal of our Sierra Splitboard Program will be to introduce snowboarders to a new medium in their activity, to familiarize them with the current equipment in the market, give them entry level tools to access the backcountry, and most importantly, lay a foundation for good practices in the future to make the best decisions possible when traveling in avalanche terrain. Click the button below for more info and to register for our Sierra Splitboard Program in Mammoth Lakes today!
