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Expedition Clinics @ Kirkwood
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888 817-3862 |
Kirkwood |
Snowboard Clinics
Our 1-day camps specialize in helping develop skills and techniques needed to tackle any mountain and all terrain aspects. This is a fun paced camp with your comfort and ability in mind. Our coaches will work to improve your overall riding with focusing on stance, body alignment and the curial mental game of progression snowboarding. Demo equipment will be available as well as special pricing on equipment packages through Kirkwood Mountain Sports.
Our 2-day co-ed camps specialize in helping develop skills and techniques needed to tackle any mountain and all terrain aspects. Spend 2 days training with our coaches working to improve your overall riding, with focus on stance, body alignment and the crucial mental game for progression snowboarding. Equipment analysis and custom boot fitting done by our professionals at Kirkwood Mountain Sports. Demo equipment will be available as well as special pricing on equipment packages through Kirkwood Mountain Sports.
Steeps One Day Clinic
Successful steep skiing and riding involves two things, skills and confidence. Certified guides offer tips on finding the right line, having a backup plan, how to read a slope, steep skiing/riding and terrain selection. Participants learn to take on Kirkwood's legendary terrain with free flowing style and grace. Open to strong intermediate through expert level skiers and riders only.
Clinics start at 9:30am sharp and are 5 1/2 to 6 hours long. Clinics include lunch and video analysis (weather permitting). Minimum of 6 and maximum of 24 participants.
Dates: December 30, 2006, January 3, 2007, February 3, 2007, March 3, 2007 and April 7, 2007.
Cost is $125 for passholders; $155 includes all day lift ticket.
Steeps Two Day Clinic
This is a great clinic for strong intermediate through expert skiers and riders who are looking for added poise in the steeps or the control to ski and ride with complete confidence. Our Expedition Guides use the unique terrain of Kirkwood to reinforce basic principles and add sophisticated techniques needed to master technical terrain.
Participants are grouped according to ability levels, promoting camaraderie among participants and assurance that everyone is ready for similar techniques and terrain. Our guides lead participants into some of the best terrain Kirkwood has to offer, and provide useful tips and techniques to tackle any mountain condition. Safe terrain travel, slope safety and mountain etiquette are covered along the way.
Clinic meets at 9:30am sharp each day and is 5 1/2 to 6 hours long. Clinic includes goodie grab bag, lunch and video analysis
(weather permitting); wine tasting, trunk show and film fest follow the Saturday session, along with huge raffle featuring prizes fro Burton, Rossignol, Nordica, Marmot, DaKine, Anon, Red and more. Open to intermediate thorough expert skiers and riders. Minimum of 6 and maximum of 24 participants.
Date: March 17 - 18, 2007
Cost: $225 for passholders; $275 includes all day lift tickets
Lodging packages available.
All Mountain One Day Telemark Clinic
Kirkwood is long known as a favorite among the telemark community; in addition to big, wide open bowls, the mountain offers plenty of harder to reach stashes that free-heelers are perfectly equipped to pursue. Telemark skiing requires unique skills; these clinics teach the techniques and tactics needed for progression and offer individuals the opportunity to free their heel and discover the freedom it allows them to explore and the world beyond. Learn basic techniques as well as more advanced skills, such as backcountry techniques, steeps and bumps.
Groups are determined according to ability levels and current conditions. Whether you're at a level to work on gaining proficiency off-piste or ready to focus on mastering the terrain that makes Kirkwood so famous, this is a great way to increase your telemark skills.
Clinics start at 9:00am sharp and are 5 1/2 to 6 hours long. Clinics include lunch and video analysis (weather permitting). Minimum of 6 and a maximum of 24 participants.
All Mountain Skills Clinic
Not sure how to handle what's on the mountain today? Wishing you had a little more skill skiing or riding powder, wind buff, spring snow, or whatever else awaits you on the day you arrive? These two hour, hard charging clinics are terrific for people wanting to brush up or learn to master the skills needed to handle the conditions of the day.
Clinics will focus on the conditions of the day. Our guides lead by example and use the chairlift for instructional time. Don't be intimidated by what lies in front of you; in just two hours you will learn the skills needed to make the rest of your day on the snow much more enjoyable.
Dates: Weekends and Holidays; 11:00am
Cost: $50 per person; two hour clinic.
One Day Co-ed Burton Snowboard Clinic
Kirkwood and Burton have teamed up to offer you the best way to quickly develop your riding. Our one day snowboard clinics specialize in helping riders develop the skills and techniques needed to tackle any mountain and all terrain aspects, and are designed with each individual's comfort level in mind. Each group will be organized to meet individuals' needs and interests.
Our guides will teach you to improve your overall riding with a focus on stance and body alignment, efficient muscle usage and the crucial mental game of progressive snowboarding.
Slide right past any lift lines and discover the unique terrain Kirkwood has to offer every level of rider. Burton gear available for complimentary demos; special pricing on equipment for all participants also available.
For intermediate through expert riders only. Clinics start at 9:30am sharp and are 5 1/2 to 6 hours long. Clinics include lunch and video analysis (weather permitting). Minimum of 6 and maximum of 24 participants.
Dates: January 14, February 27 and April 27, 2007.
Cost: $125 for passholders; $ 155 includes all day lift ticket
Women's Specific Clinics
Women's One Day Ski Clinic
If you are a strong intermediate to expert female skier looking for the camaraderie of an all female environment and the confidence to tame some of the rowdiest terrain in Tahoe, Expedition: Kirkwood's One Day Women's Clinics are for you. Join Kirkwood's top female guides as they share their secrets to all mountain skiing and success
One day clinics focus on skill development; providing participants with tools to overcome a variety to terrain and snow conditions, as well as tips for terrain selection, finding the best line and off-piste skiing etiquette. Each group will tackle terrain based on ability levels and snow conditions.
Whether you're a Kirkwood veteran or new to our incredible terrain, learn to master steeps, negotiate trees, navigate chutes and bury your body in powder in a positive, fun safe learning environment.
Women specific gear available for complimentary demo, along with special pricing on the purchase of women-specific equipment for all participants.
For strong intermediate through expert women skiers only. Clinics start at 9:30am sharp and are 5 1/2 to 6 hours long. Clinics include lunch and video analysis (weather permitting). Minimum of 6 and a maximum of 24 participants.
Dates: December 29, 2006, January 27, 2007, February 17, 2007 and April 7, 2007.
Cost: $125 for passholders; $155 includes all day lift ticket.
Women's Two Day Ski Clinic
Looking for a weekend getaway full of adventure, skiing and fun? Look no further than our women's only two-day ski clinic, designed for basic intermediate through expert female skiers.
The Women's Two Day Clinic has been designed by women for women. Join Kirkwood's top guides as they enthusiastically share their secrets for big mountain skills and success! We will work to create an environment hat allows a group of women with similar goals and reservations to work together to overcome challenges.
Our certified female guides offer tips on technique, finding the best line, how to read a slope and terrain selection. The natural camaraderie that occurs between women adds a cooperative spirit and motivates participants to push themselves to new levels.
Women specific gear will be available for complimentary demo from Rossignol and Nordica, along with special pricing on women-specific equipment for all participants. Equipment analyze and custom foot fitting available from our professionals at Kirkwood Mountain Sports, as well as discounts on tuning packages at our repair shop
Clinics meet at 9:30am sharp each day and is 5 1/2 to 6 hours long. Clinic includes goodie grab bag, lunch and video analysis (weather permitting); wine taking, trunk show and film fest follow the Saturday session, along with huge raffle featuring prizes from Rossignol, Nordica, Marmot, DaKine Anon, Red and more. Minimum of 6 and maximum of 24 participants.
Date: March 17-18, 2007; intermediate through expert female skiers only.
Cost: $225 for passholders; $275 includes all day lift tickets.
Lodging packages available.
Women's One Day Burton Snowboard Clinic
Kirkwood and Burton have teamed up to offer women the best way to quickly develop their riding. Our one day snowboard clinics specialize in helping female riders develop the skills and techniques needed to tackle any mountain and all terrain aspects, and are designed with each individual's comfort level in mind. Each group will be organized to meet individual's needs and interests,and everyone will be motivated to push their limits as the natural camaraderie that exists between women encourages them on.
Our guides will help you improve your overall riding with a focus on stance and body alignment, efficient muscle usage and the crucial mental game of progressive snowboarding.
Slide right past any lift lines and discover the unique terrain Kirkwood has to offer every level of rider. Burton women specific gear available for complimentary demos; special pricing on women specific equipment for all participants also available. Clinics start at 9:30am sharp and are 5 1/2 to 6 hours long. Clinics include lunch and video analysis (weather permitting). Minimum of 6 and maximum of 24 participants.
Dates: December 29, 2007 and January 27, 2007
Cost: $125 for passholders; $155 includes all day lift ticket.
For intermediate through expert female riders only.
Women's Two Day Burton Snowboard Clinic
Kirkwood's top guides and Burton Snowboards have teamed up to create a fantastic learning environment designed just for the intermediate through expert female riders. A non-competitive and non-pressured environment focuses on individual needs; the camaraderie between women is what pushed the learning curve, not the staff. With the right training, becoming a batter rider is easer than most people think. If you have mastered the green runs and are looking to start shredding the blacks with confidence, then this is the experience for you.
Slide right past any lift lines and discover the unique terrain Kirkwood has to offer every level of rider. The "Burton Mobile Women's Lounge"will be onsite with women specific gear available for complimentary demos; special pricing on women specific equipment for all participants also available.
Clinics meet at 9:30am sharp each day and is 5 1/2 to 6 hours long. Clinic includes goodie grab bag, lunch and video analysis (weather permitting); wine taking, trunk show and film fest follow the Saturday session, along with huge raffle featuring prizes from Burton, Marmot, DaKine Anon, Red and more. Minimum of 6 and maximum of 24 participants.
Dates: March 17-18, 2007; intermediate through expert female riders only.
Cost: $225 for passholders; $275 includes all day lift tickets.
Lodging packages available.
Women's Three Day Burton Snowboard Clinic
Burton and Kirkwood have partnered up to bring you an exciting, action packed three day women's snowboard clinic; the only on the west coast!
Top pros deliver an exclusive program designed to help you become a better rider, with a primary focus on skill development and equipment usage. You will receive individual and group feedback to help improve skills and achieve a breakthrough in your current riding. We are unconcerned with competition, and the clinic runs at an individual non-pressurized pace.
Our coaches will work with you on two intense days of instruction and improvement, while leaving the last day for free riding with feedback. There is absolutely no way you won't improve your riding!
Burton will be on hand with the "Burton Mobile Women's Lounge" so you can try out all of the newest and hottest gear. Burton is the leader in the snowboarding industry, so why not ride with the best? Swag bags from Burton and Expedition: Kirkwood will be handed out to all participants. Saturday night apres includes a wine and cheese party, Burton fashion show, raffle and much more.
This is the women's only snowboard clinic you don't want to miss!
Dates: February 9-11, 2007
Cost: $329 for passholders; $400 includes 3 days of lift tickets
Please call 888 817-3862 or visit Kirkwood's website below for more information.
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