Freeride beginner / Techniques in powder snow

Surfing in powder snow, away from the crowded piste,  is a superb winter sport experience.

Find your new passion in the snow!

Ride your line!

> Learning target at ROCKnSNOW technique courses:

• Correct powder technique learn how to surf
• Freeride tactic
• Your own freeride style
• Learn how to read the snow quality
• Lines check - how to read the line and after then ride it

In intensive training courses we will show you the correct method to achieve your powder success faster to give you more fun while skiing/boarding.  

• Dates: Our freeride, ski & splitboard tours can be booked daily throughout the winter season from November to the end of April

• Details: Meeting point is at 8.40 a.m. in the Insider Sportshop at the Rastkogelbahn in Vorderlanersbach / Tux or at 9.00 a.m. at the valley station of the Hintertux Glacier. We ride all day with or without a lunch break (please bring a drink and a snack). Powder end is around 4.00 p.m. or earlier if you get tired.

• Requirements: Freeride Level 1

• Equipment: Freeride-Ski: Between 100mm - 130mm below binding with front or double rocker + freeride skitouring binding and skins // Freeride Snowboard, the best alternative is a splitboard // Freeride hire: see Insider
  

• Safety equipment: Rent avalanche airbag, avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel

• Our Services: Mountain guide (select the perfect and safest lines depending on snow conditions and avalanche risk) - Technique Tuition - You will receive photos that your guide takes during the day directly on your mobile phone after the tour

Techniques in powder snow - Learn how to Freeride in Zillertal

Yes you can! Surfing the mountain in powder is definitely the highlight of every winter sports enthusiast

With the extra-wide rocker skis, it has become much easier to ski with 2 skies in deep snow. The negative tension of the freeride skier prevents diving. With an excess width of 100mm -130mm under the binding, the skis surf incredibly easily.

The snowboard has always been the powder instrument. I was surfing the powder with my board 40 years ago. The hardest thing for snowboarders to start with is getting up in deep snow. But with the right technology it is no longer a problem. As soon as you flote up, it is 100 times easier than on the icy artificial snow slopes.

Beginner slopes for freeriders are between 15 ° and 35 ° steep. The slopes should be as wide as possible and free of obstacles

Powder snow between 10 cm and 20 cm deep is the best conditions for beginners

With such huge deep snow slopes you are sure to get a powder addicted

Shortly before the impact in the powder snow

Freeriding on the Hintertux Glacier

The sun always rises when powdering