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Winter Activities
Regional Alpine Resorts • Equipment Lists • Helpful Information • Winter Activity Courses
Regional Avalanche Awareness Information
Current Advisories
Bear River Range (Logan Area) Advisory Hotline: 888-999-4019
Jackson, Wyoming Area (Teton Pass, Teton Range) Advisory Hotline: 307-733-2664
Wasatch Mountains (Salt Lake Area) Advisory Hotline: 888-999-4019
Sun Valley Area (Galena Pass, Sawtooths, Boulders, Pioneers) Advisory Hotline: 208-622-8027
Gallatin National Forest: (Idaho Border, Cooke City, Bozeman) Advisory Hotline: 406-587-6984
Missoula (Lost Trail, Lolo, and Lookout Passes) Advisory Hotline: 800-281-1030
Avalanche Awareness
Avalanche Safety in the Backcountry
Avalanche.org
American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education
Backcountry Access
Regional Ski Resorts
Idaho
Pebble Creek
Pomerelle
Kelly Canyon
Sun Valley
Wyoming
Grand Targhee
Jackson Hole
Rendezvous Ski Trails
Utah
Brighton
Snowbird
Powder Mountain
Snow Basin
Solitude
Park City
Equipment Lists
Winter Day Trips: Close to the trailhead
Use this list to make sure you don't forget anything on your next day trip.
Winter Day Trips: Far from the trailhead
Use this list to make sure you don't forget anything on your next extended day trip.
Winter Camping
Use this list to make sure you don't forget anything on your next winter camping trip.
Helpful Information for your Winter Camping Trips
Winter Camping: Preparing the Camp and Getting Trough the Night
Click here for lots of good advice: selecting a winter campsite, erecting the tent, preparing the kitchen, cooking, minimizing impact, getting water, dealing with cold boots, staying warm (yes!), and more.
Winter Activity Courses Offered at ISU
PEAC 101A - Adaptive Skiing
Adaptive and corrective exercise program in snowskiing designed for individuals unable to participate in a regular activity class.
PEAC 108 - Instructor Training Adaptive Skiing
Methods and techniques of teaching snowskiing to people with disabilities.
PEAC 177A - Beginning XC Skiing
Designed for beginning skiers, this course introduces students to flat surface techniques and progresses to uphill and downhill techniques. Indoor lectures are combined with tours to local crosscountry ski trails.
PEAC 178A - Beginning Telemark Skiing
Fundamental skills of executing downhill turns on crosscountry skis. Telemark is primary emphasis, but wedge, stem christie, and parallel turns are also covered in relation to free heel skis.
PEAC 178B - Intermediate Telemark Skiing
Course builds upon the basic skills first introduced in the beginning course. Introduces additional techniques.
PEAC 178D - Telemark Workshop
Fundamental skills of executing downhill turns on crosscountry skis. Telemark is primary emphasis, but wedge, stem christie, and parallel turns are also covered in relation to free heel skis.
PEAC 188 - Winter Survival Skills
Designed to equip students with knowledge necessary for a 72 hour winter survival situation. Content includes winter shelter building, recognizing and treating frostbite, signaling, fire building, survival psychology, nutrition needs, clothing and equipment.
PE 280 - Winter Camping
Techniques, equipment and safety of overnight winter wilderness travel, backcountry skiing and snowshoeing.
PE 286 - Avalanche and Winter Sport Safety
A study of snow, winter hazards, avalanche safety and rescue. Topics include basic snow physics, crystal identification, metamorphic processes, factors influencing avalanches, use of transceivers, snow pack evaluation, and avalanche rescue techniques.
PE 287 - Snowboard Instructor Training
Classroom sessions will include mechanics of snowboarding, teaching progressions, effective teaching styles and snowboarding techniques. The snow sessions will include teaching progressions, snowboarding demos and snowboarding tips to make you a better boarder.
PE 288 - Ski Instructor Training
Classroom sessions will include skiing mechanics, teaching progressions, effective teaching styles and skiing techniques. On the snow sessions will include teaching progressions, skiing demos and skiing techniques to make you a better skier