Sign up for Dean Cummings’ H2O Big Mountain Camp or the “Mountain Experience” at Snowbird. Hosted by Dean, the camps outline the skills and knowledge necessary to safely access the backcountry and wild terrain unique to the Alps, Alaska, and many top U.S. resorts, including Snowbird. You better hurry before the slots are gone.
Dean has talent, backed by 16 years of experience guiding in the Chugach Range of Alaska, and voted by Powder Magazine as one of the world’s 48 most influential people of the past 35 years. His creds include the U.S. Ski Team, winner, the 1995 World Extreme Skiing Championships, and 36 feature-length films. The camps at The Bird combine lift, backcountry, and heli access in Utah’s Wasatch Range over a four-day/four-night event for experts ages 16 and up. Session 1 is Jan. 9-12, 2008; session 2 is Feb. 6-9. The cost of $2,891 includes instruction, three days of lifts, one day of heli-skiing with the Wasatch Powderbirds, and a banquet dinner.

Snowbird has implemented Dean’s Big Mountain concept into their ski school, if you can't make the camp. Now you’re never too good for ski school. Class size is limited to six for the expert skiers and riders class. Dean and his guides will share their expertise in terrain management, mountain aspect, snowpack analysis, accessing the steep and the deep, learning to utilize back country tools (peeps, probe, shovel), and personal skiing improvement. Not to mention you get to ski with some of the best in the biz. Sign up any day for the “Big Mountain Experience” for $180 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. inbounds at the resort. Send Dean an e-mail dean@h2oguides.com, or call the Snowbird Mountain School (801) 933-2174 for dates and more details.