Help page showing Arc Guiding backcountry ski touring ability levels.
Our ski touring courses in Scotland refer to the following ability levels. Also check the Ski, Hiking and Winter mountaineering levels (links below).
View details and courses:
From the blog:
Read the blog post Essential Ski Touring Skills. You might also want to read Ski touring in Scotland: a brilliant backcountry classroom.
What’s the difference between ‘backcountry’ and ‘sidecountry’?
Backcountry skiing involves off-piste descents that are technically ‘out-of-bounds’, ie: without any form of uplift or ski patrol. Sidecountry, on the other hand, involves in-bounds off-piste descents which start and finish at an uplift. Being in-bounds, they ARE normally covered by ski patrol.