Does the Camera Really Add Ten Pounds - a.k.a. Video Clinic

Everyone loves a video clinic! This clinic is a ski lesson with video included—a chance to see “that thing your doing” that people keep telling you about. A clinician will lead you through the AM video of skiing and tasks. At lunch you will view your morning video and discuss it with your group. In the afternoon you will apply the suggestions

Saturday & Sunday or just Sunday

Off Piste Got You Piste Off? - Tactics for off piste skiing

Learn drills and tasks to help you develop your proficiency off piste. Your clinician will guide you in experimenting with different tactics giving you more success in varied terrain.

“Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle” a.k.a. Women's Clinic - Technical and tactical ski tips for women

Led by women for everyone. The day will be spent working on women specific topics as well as individual skiing skills. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about women and their skiing.

Sat - Advanced | Sun - Intermediate

Ski Mo' Better - Ski Lesson with D-Team Member Nick Herrin or a NRM DCE

Use our divisions finest for a day to improve your own skiing. What a great way to kick off your season!

Sat - Intermediate | Sun - Advanced

Just Tell Me Where to Turn a.k.a. The Race Clinic - The first ever Fall Fest race!

Whether you’re an ex-ski racer or never raced before; work on your racing skills and watch it improve your personal skiing.
This clinic will spend time in and out of a set course. Video will be taken and watched on the lunch break.

Expand Your Box - Improve Your Teaching Skills

Take your teaching skills to the next level by understanding how your students learn. Learn to effectively use teaching tools to tailor to your students learning style and goals. Expand your teaching boundaries by experimenting with different teaching styles.

Oh Sure, You're Going to Fall Fest! - Spouse Clinic

Bring your husband, wife or significant other to clinic with a DCE member. They will work on improving their own skiing, but also they will have a better idea of what you do.

Boot Fitting Workshop

Master bootfitter Brent Amsbury will be joining us again this year to help us get aligned, balanced, and ski as pain-free as possible! If you need custom footbeds, alignment adjustments, or shell or liner modifications, Brent can get all of that done and have you skiing better and feeling better the next day. For major projects, such as significant shaping of the boot or setting up a new pair of boots, you’ll need to schedule ahead of time by emailing Brent at pcputah at gmail.com (note - this is a different address than that listed in the print newsletter - use this one).

For small projects like minor adjustments, you can schedule your appointment with Brent once you arrive at Big Sky. Availability is limited, so it’s best to contact Brent to schedule your time in advance. Brent is offering discount pricing for instructors during DCE training and Fall Fest.

You Mean I Don't Know Everything? - After Your Level 3

This clinic will provide professional development for Level 3 instructors. Explore topics that relate to contemporary high-level coaching and skiing. No need to obsess over exam tasks, so you will be free to try out different concepts and let loose! Open to all current Level 3 instructors.

Check Out These Moves - Movement Analysis

Analyze basic movements of the body and determine what muscles and joints create those movements. Affect change in your skiing by identifying where your common movement patterns originate. Use your peers as “guinea pigs” to develop your MA skills for your students.

Freestyle for Dummies - Don’t be afraid!

Develop your personal and instructional freestyle skills.  This clinic will spend time on flat land maneuvers, small jumps, and possibly boxes. 

Do I Have to Go to Fall Fest? It's So "Lame" - Learn the secret to working with tweens and teens

What motivates them? Why are they so moody? How can you convince them to relax and have fun? Come to this clinic and find the answers to these questions and more. So you can stop dreading those painfully awkward lessons and all the teens will finally like you, sort of.

Avalanche Clinic

Take a terrain tour of Big Sky and learn the basics of safe travel, equipment use and terrain evaluation. This clinic will be a basic introduction to avalanche techniques. It is not certification based, but has the goal of introducing basic topics of traveling in avalanche terrain. We will talk about the ALPTRUTH model as we explore the terrain of Big Sky. Open to Level 2 instructors of any discipline.