WONDERING WHAT ABILITY LEVEL YOU ARE (in the mountains)?
BEGINNER
Your first time on a sled? Maybe second? Or maybe you’ve been sledding for years but only get out once a year? You trail ride, but have never ridden in the mountains? You're thinking of maybe getting into the sport and want to give it a try! You are comfortable with the throttle but have no idea how to get the sled on edge, nor do powder carves in deeper powder. You have never ridden off trail? These are all typical beginners. Here is the riding skills lessons we cover in a beginners clinic:
How to load and unload your snowmobile from the truck
How to get unstuck
Throttle control
Proper body positioning
Powder carving on flat open terrain
Getting the sled on edge on the flats and mellow slopes
And much more…
INTERMEDIATE
As an intermediate rider, your stamina and endurance is now starting to get a little stronger. If you already know the basics like powder carving and are able to link a couple carves in a row (left and right) getting the sled on edge a bit and are really starting to grow a passion for sledding and want to start to actually sidehill and ride a bit more technical terrain. One must understand counter steering to be considered an intermediate rider.
Here is the riding skills lessons we cover in a intermediate clinic:
Throttle control
Proper body positioning
Sidehilling on mellow angled slopes
J Hooks & U Turns in open flat terrain
Powder carving on technical terrain (downhill and around obstacles)
Getting the sled on edge in a bit more technical terrain
How to start “seeing lines outside the box”
And much more…
ADVANCED
As an advanced rider, your stamina and endurance is top shape. You can already sidehill but are really wanting to push yourself with obstacles around you and nailing technical lines. You are ready to start sledding “outside of the box”. This is a clinic that will really push your technical skills in the tree’s, boosting off of features, and nailing “that line” with proper skills and throttle control.
Here is the riding skills lessons we cover in an advanced clinic:
Throttle control
Proper body positioning
Sidehilling in technical terrain with obstacles
J Hooks & U Turns in technical terrain with obstacles
Stopping and going in technical terrain with descending/ascending a slope on edge
How to start spotting technical lines and nailing them around obstacles
How to start “nail lines outside the box” that will push you to be a better rider ie taking the harder line always!
Boosting off of natural features
And much more…