Season Long Mentorship Program

Become the backcountry partner everyone wants on their tour.

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Three women dressed in winter gear, standing on snow with ski poles and skis, smiling in a snowy mountain landscape with tall pine trees and snow-covered mountain peaks in the background.

Ok, so you’ve learned the fundamentals.

You’ve been touring for a season, maybe 2, and you’ve taken some sort of Avalanche Level 1 Course where you learned the basics of snow science, terrain ID, and decision making. Awesome! But now what…

Our Season Long Mentorship Program, that’s what.

Practice the skills you’ve learned under the guidance of an experienced, femme+ mountain professional.

Form good habits, fix bad habits. Spend the season progressing, expanding and refining your skillset, and emerge as a reliable, self-sufficient, well rounded backcountry partner.

This program includes an AIARE 2 Certification!

In this one of a kind program, we’ll spend 2 weekends (*option to include a 3rd) over the course of the season focused on the following:

  • Building competence, confidence, and community

  • Taking ownership of our backcountry experiences

    • what we want/value in a day in the BC

    • personal strengths and weaknesses

    • goal setting

    • realistics

  • Beginning the metamorphosis from backcountry user to backcountry leader.

Homework Assignments between sessions will help us maximize learning outcomes!

This Program is led by our Lead Guide, Sammy Rubin. She’s got a decade’s worth of experience working in the mountains, and is a Professional Avalanche Forecaster, AMGA Certified Splitboard Guide Candidate, and Certified Avalanche Instructor.

  • Welcome Zoom Session + Homework (1 hr)

    Weekend 1: Fri - Sunday (3 days)

    Jan 8 - 10, 2027

    We’ll meet at Trailheads each day @ 8 am, tour/complete learning objectives in field all day, have some fun wiggles!!, and plan to be back at the cars around 3 pm for debrief/apres.

    Small Homework Assignment before Weekend 2.

    Weekend 2: Sat - Sunday (2 days)

    Feb 20 - 21, 2027

    We’ll meet at Trailheads each day @ 8 am, tour/complete learning objectives in field all day, have some fun wiggles!!, and plan to be back at the cars around 3 pm for debrief/apres.

    OPTIONAL - Weekend 3: Sat - Sunday (2 days)

    Jan 30 - 31 , 2027

    Winter Wilderness First Aid Certification/WFR Recert + CPR Cert

    We’ll meet each day and from 8 am - 4 pm, practicing backcountry skiing/splitboarding specific first aid skills and scenarios in the field (on snow!). We’ll earn a WFA Certification/WFR Recert and CPR Certification. This course also counts towards CEs.

  • Welcome Zoom Session + Homework (1 hr)

    Weekend 1: Fri - Sunday (3 days)

    • Establishing our Own Season Snowpack History (Info Gathering & In Field)

    • Terrain Mapping & ID (Online/Apps & In Field)

    • Tour Planning (beyond the guidebook!)

    • Navigation + Setting the Skintrack

    • Advanced Decision Making and Communication

    • Group Dynamics & Leadership Workshop

    • Advanced Avalanche Rescue Practice & Scenarios

    Weekend 2: Sat - Sunday (2 days)

    • Planning to Travel in Avalanche Terrain

    • Up/Down Movement in Avalanche Terrain

    • When, Where, How to Set A Bootpack

    • Ski/Ride with an Ice Axe

    • Putting it all together and going for a bigger objective

    We’ll be sharing leads throughout our time touring together so everyone gets time practicing leadership and teamwork from the front and the back of the pack.

    OPTIONAL - Weekend 3: Sat - Sunday (2 days)

    • Winter Wilderness First Aid Course/Cert + WFR Recert + CPR Cert + CEs

      • first aid and emergency protocol for cold/snow/avalanche related traumas, how to stabilize and immobilize a patient with a ski related injury, how to get help efficiently!

  • Who this course is for:

    • Femme+ Humans with at least 5, recommended 10+ Backcountry Tours under their belt.

    • Completed Avalanche Level 1 Training or equivalent training*

    • Must be confident skiing off groomers on blue runs. Black Preffered.

    • Moderate level fitness (able to be outside, moving at a conversational pace for multiple hours a day)

      • expect 1000’ - 3000’ vert up and down over the course of multiple laps each day, conditions/learning objective dependent

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Snow-covered mountain landscape with rocky peaks under a partly cloudy sky.
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Snow-covered mountain landscape with a clear blue sky, rugged peaks, and a person walking through the snow leaving tracks behind.
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A person wearing ski gear, including goggles and gloves, is smiling and holding a snowboard in a snowy forest with snow-covered trees around.
Snow-covered mountain slope with ski tracks, scattered evergreen trees, and a rocky outcrop at the top under a clear blue sky.
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A group of people snowshoeing through a snowy forested mountain landscape on a sunny day, dressed in winter gear with backpacks and poles.

Things you’ll gain from this Course:

  • skills progression, expanded terrain options, increased confidence

  • the ability to lead groups on beginner/intermediate level tours with competence that stems from real knowledge and confidence

  • the ability to participate and thrive in group tours at the advanced level

  • a cohort of femme+ humans to continue learning, growing, and touring with!

Five people wearing ski gear and helmets taking a group selfie on a snowy mountain with pine trees in the background.
A woman snow skiing in a snowy mountain landscape with pine trees and a blue sky.

“You’ve [Sammy] been an incredible mentor to me this season and I am so grateful for your presence in the backcountry community.”

Madeline R., Multiple Experiences, Winter 2026

  • Included:

    • AMGA trained/certified guide/Certified Avalanche Instructor

      • Guides carry first aid, repair kit, and emergency response equipment

    • 5 Days of Guided Ski Touring/Splitboarding

    • Option to include a 2 Day Winter WFA Cert/WFR Recert (25% off)

    • 1 hr zoom session meet up

    • Specially designed homework assignemnts to help maximize learning outcomes

    • AIARE 2 Certification

    • Wilderness Permits

    Not Included:

    • Transportation & Lodging

    • Personal Food/Water

    • Gear

      • see Gear List

      • we have limited rentals available!

    • Trip Cancellation Insurance/Evac coverage

  • For this program, you’ll fill out the questionnaire @ checkout, and pay $0. We will do our best to confirm you’re a good fit for this program/reach out with further communications within 48 hours.

    Once we confirm you’ll be a good fit, we’ll send over an invoice with various options for payment!

    After payment has been received, we’ll confirm your spot and send over a welcome email with

    • information about the program

    • gear lists/rental info

    • waivers to sign

    • etc.

    We’ll have a zoom meet up before our first weekend, and distribute a small homework assignment.

    A week before each course weekend we’ll follow up with logistics details, like weather and trailhead specifics.

  • We recommend purchasing trip insurance to protect your purchase from unforeseeable circumstances. If you wish to cancel your trip for any reason, a request must be made in writing via EMAIL. 

    GENERAL:

    • Trips are refundable minus a 20% admin fee until 60 Days before departure once paid in full. Trips are NON REFUNDABLE 60 days or fewer before trip departure.

    • If you’d like to inquire about putting down a deposit, we can accept a 30% non-refundable deposit for courses and trips. Reach out via Email, and we will set this up. Full payment will be due 60 Days before departure. Trips are NON REFUNDABLE 60 days or fewer before trip departure.

    TRIP INSURANCE can be purchased to help cover the trip fees and other costs incurred under the policy. Regardless of which plan you purchase, make sure you have adequate coverage. Tracks of Her Own is not responsible for poor weather and bad and or closed road conditions. We run trips in inclement weather! Unless specifically canceled, please assume the trip will run and arrive at the program venue on time.

    Travelex Select Insurance

    World Nomads

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    In the event of unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, we reserve the right to reschedule, alter the trip’s itinerary, or cancel the trip. Trip cancellation is the last resort and every effort will be made to run the trip in some facility. 

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