Alpine Skills International
Backcountry Guide
The ASI program was carefully planned and developed by Bela G. Vadasz & Mimi Maki-Vadasz during undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Recreation and Outdoor Education at San Francisco State University. After years of teaching and program planning through university and continuing education programs they began what is now the ASI program in 1979.
In the past two and a half decades, through continued professional development and association with distinguished colleagues, programs have evolved and have been refined to the existing state-of-the-art program. Much experience has been gained not only from training and certification but from climbing, skiing and guiding throughout many of the greatest ranges of the world. Since the beginning, ASI has made the commitment to blend the best from American outdoor educational values with progressive techniques of climbing and high mountain skiing that are practiced by the most accomplished alpinists throughout the world.
To this day, now 30 years after the beginning of ASI, the educational ideals that the program was founded on remain paramount to work with people who are interested in becoming experts in the mountains. Whether it’s on skis, boots or crampons, to adopt the experiences the mountains have to offer is a part of life as well as a lifestyle. Read more
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Loved taking my Avy1 with them. They are located on the second floor of the Backcountry in Truckee which is also a great spot
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Tom W.
We had a young family of three girls from Florida take a half day rock climbing lesson with Chris Baumann. He knows his stuff and is patient with youngsters. We had no melt downs, a lot of fun and the time of our lives. Our girls walked away with comfort in heights and climbing rocks. And maybe more importantly, they developed trust in other people.
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Larissa Browning
Had great time climbing mnt Shasta via Wintun Hotlum route in our 2 day trip,even though we did not reach the summit, due to rock fall, all 5 of us had a great time trying out our alpine skills in challenging conditions ! Thanks to great guides, Logan and Michael, we safely enjoyed the mountaineering experience! Big thanks again, from trailblazers: Tim, Larissa, Varrun, Gautham and Anirvan
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