California & Sierra Nevada Backcountry Skiing & Snowboard Adventures

California has some of the finest backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering in the United States. Between the Sierra Nevada and the Southern Cascade mountain ranges, California has the best backcountry ski touring and ski mountaineering terrain you'll find anywhere.

Our guided backcountry skiing & snowboard tours and ski mountaineering instruction is for everyone from the backcountry skiing novice to the experienced ski mountaineer. Our American Mountain Guides (AMGA)-trained backcountry ski guides are experienced avalanche professionals with many years of California backcountry skiing experience in the Sierra Nevada and Cascades of California.

Backcountry skiing safety gear such as avalanche beacons and ski shovels are included. So leave the crowded ski resort behind and discover a new world with a professional backcountry ski guide beyond the crowded ski lifts.

Ask us about ski peak descents throughout California!

For winter mountaineering trips check out our Alpine Climbing / Mountaineering page.

Introductory Backcountry Ski Tours:

Beyond The Groomers
Intro To Backcountry Ski Touring - Sierra Nevada
Sequoia National Park - 3 days
A snow camping based backcountry ski tour in one of the most beautiful locations in the California's Sierra Nevada. Leave the crowded ski resorts behind & receive professional instruction all the aspects of backcountry skiing on either telemark or randonee skis.
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Beyond The Groomers
Intro To Backcountry Ski Touring - Lassen Peak
Lassen National Park - 3 days
A snow camping based backcountry ski tour with a descent of California's Mt. Lassen, the cascades most southern active volcano. Leave the crowded ski resorts behind and receive professional instruction in all the aspects of backcountry ski touring on either randonee or telemark skis.
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Intermediate/Advanced Ski Tours:

Ski Mountaineering - Sierra Nevada
Sawtooth Range - 4 days
Ski & snowboard mountaineering in the Northern High Sierra. Receive professional instruction & training in all the aspects of ski mountaineering and take your backcountry skiing to the next level with our professional ski mountaineering guides.
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Mount Shasta Ski and board Descent
Mt Shasta - 3 days
Skiing Mt Shasta can be the ski & snowboard experience of a lifetime. Mount Shasta is considered by many to be North America's premier ski mountaineering peak. Join us this spring on a ski or snowboard descent of the famed West Face of Mount Shasta
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Mt Shasta skiing trips are operated by Shasta Mountain Guides, a company permitted by the Shasta/Trinity National Forest

Sawtooth Ridge Ski Tour - Sierra Nevada
Sawtooth Range and Yosemite National Park - 4 days
A classic backcountry ski tour through the spectacular alpine terrain of the Sawtooth Range and Northern Yosemite region. A must for the Sierra Nevada ski mountaineer.
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International/Alaska Ski Mountaineering:

Valdez Ski Mountaineering - The Chugach Range, Alaska
Vadlez, Alaska- 6 days
Come ski some of the most amazing ski mountaineering terrain in North America with us this spring. Couloirs, dry powder & wide open glaciers await us in The Chugach Range of Alaska. Includes a combo of ski touring & heli skiing. A trip of a lifetime for any ski mountaineer.
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The Haute Route Ski Tour - The Alps
Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland - 8 days
One of the most amazing and famous ski tours in the world, period. This classic tour takes us from the Mont Blanc massif in France to the famed Matterhorn in Switzerland across spectacular alpine vistas. Come join CAG owner and IFMGA/UIAGM certifed ski mountaineering guide, Dave Miller, on this years adventure.
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Custom Backcountry Ski & snowboard Tours
We specialize in designing custom guided backcountry ski and snowboard tours & instruction throughout California for you and your group. We can happily arrange your own dates and your own itinerary.