Eastside Classics - Advanced Women’s Weekend

If you’ve ever driven CA Highway 395,

you’ve seen the dramatic peaks and wild geology of the Eastern Sierra. For experienced skiers and riders, it’s impossible not to “mind surf” those open alpine bowls and long granite hallways — imagining turns that drop thousands of feet from the high alpine to the desert floor. This terrain is serious — steep, exposed, and variable — but that’s what makes it so rewarding. If you’re an advanced skier or rider with backcountry touring experience, ready to take your mountain travel and decision-making to the next level, this weekend is for you.

A person climbs a snowy, steep mountain slope with rock formations on the side, surrounded by snow-covered trees in the background.
Snow-covered mountain slope with ski tracks and evergreen trees in the foreground under a clear blue sky.
A woman in a blue ski jacket, black ski pants, and blue goggles stands on snow with skis and ski poles, smiling in a snowy mountain landscape with trees and snow-covered peaks in the background.
  • Snow-covered mountain trail descending into a valley with sparse trees, rugged rocky slopes, and a distant lake.
  • Person hiking in snow, carrying skis on their back, using trekking poles, wearing a hat and sunglasses, in a mountainous snowy landscape with trees and a cloudy sky.
  • Group of five people with backpacks and skis standing in snow-covered mountain landscape, with snow-capped peaks and sparse trees in the background.
  • View from a snow-covered mountain slope showing a pair of skis and ski poles in the foreground, rocky cliffs on the right, and tall, snow-capped mountains in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
  • A person snowshoeing in a snowy mountain landscape with rolling hills, rocky outcroppings, sparse trees, and distant mountain peaks under a partly cloudy sky.
  • Snow-covered mountain landscape with rocky peaks, a valley, and a partly cloudy sky.
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Trip Details

Friday March 6, 2026 - Sunday March 8, 2026

We’ll spend Friday and Saturday in a specialized Advanced Mountain Movement Course, focusing on the when, where and how of movement in steep, complex mountain terrain. We’ll:

  • Refine your movement, transitions, and route-finding in complex terrain

  • Build confidence and flow for traveling on steeper slopes (uphill and downhill)

We’ll put our skills to practice Sunday with an Advanced Tour — aiming to ride an unforgettable line in the heart of the Eastern Sierra (conditions permitting).

  • 5 - 10 Tours Experience

    Moderate Fitness

    Intermediate - Advanced Skier/Rider (comfortable skiing/riding blue/black terrain off-piste)

  • See our Gear List

  • $865 Per Person

RESERVE YOUR SPOT

“This isn’t your typical ski or splitboard mountaineering course. It’s about mastering the how, when, and where of movement in steep, complex mountain terrain — and then applying those skills in real time, in a supportive environment, under the guidance of a professional female guide, and with other capable women.” - Lead Guide, Sammy Rubin

You’ll learn the fundamentals of ski and splitboard mountaineering, but this program goes so much deeper. It’s a comprehensive, hands-on progression designed to build confidence, awareness, and flow in big terrain.

 FAQs

  • Lodging is not included - but we can connect trip participants with one another and they may go in on lodging together. There is also plenty of camping in the area, if conditions permit.

  • Read our specific PRE REQUISITES drop down tab above. If you still have questions, reach out and we can converse more about it.