Private Backcountry Skiing

Name: Custom Backcountry Skiing
SKU: 2942
Availability: InStock

Private and group custom backcountry skiing & ski mountaineering instruction and guided trips are available from Synnott Mountain Guides anytime during the winter/spring season. They are a great option if you or your group would like targeted backcountry skiing instruction or have a specific route/location in mind. We’ll work with you to spell out the details, tailor the course or trip to fit your needs, or do whatever is necessary for you (or you and your party) to meet your goals.

The rates on this Custom Backcountry Skiing offering apply to most local backcountry skiing options that fit within a normal (8 hour) day. Backcountry skiing options that are advanced, remote, or take up a long (8+ hour) day may be billed at a higher rate and be capped at a 2:1 skier to guide ratio. Please see the Standard & Extended Rates section further down the page for more info.

Additionally, if our listed online options don’t meet your needs, please email [email protected] or call (603) 733-8416 to book your backcountry skiing instruction or guided trip.

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Date*

Online booking is available 2 days from today (please call or email to inquire about earlier dates; we can often accommodate last minute requests). If you are booking for multiple days, this will be your starting date.

Details*

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Policies*

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Online Bookings
Online bookings are subject to guide availability and other factors such as weather and climbing conditions. After receiving your online booking, we will get back to you within 1 business day via phone or email to confirm your booking. In the event that we cannot accommodate your booking, you have the option of having your payment refunded or applied to a future booking.

Payment
SMG accepts credit cards, PayPal, checks, and cash. Payment is due in full 7 days before a booking (or at time of booking confirmation when a course/trip is less than 7 days away). An exception is made for payment by check or cash...in these cases, payment is due in full at or before the course/trip.

Cancellations
If you have to cancel your booking, please give us as much notice as possible. If you cancel 30+ days before the booking, we’ll apply the deposit/payment towards another booking at a later date or you can request a refund. If you cancel from 14-29 days before the booking, we’ll apply the deposit/payment towards another booking at a later date. If you cancel 13 days or sooner from the booking, for any reason, the deposit/payment is forfeited.

Weather & Winter
Winter courses/trips are rain or shine. If SMG cancels a booking due to weather, we will reschedule you for an alternate date of your choice.

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Climbing Monroe Brook in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire for backcountry skiing. Photo by Jim Surette.

Course Information

Please contact us to talk about your instruction/route goals and we’ll go over options.

Standard & Extended Rates
Examples of standard rates:

Backcountry skiing on trails and glades in and near the Mount Washington Valley.
Sherburne Trail and Gulf of Slides Trail on Mount Washington.
Exploring lower angle areas at the bases of Gulf of Slides, Tuckerman Ravine, and Huntington Ravine.
Cog Railway (lower section, below treeline) on Mount Washington.

Rates and examples of locations/objectives where extended rates may apply:

Private (1 person) – $425 per day, Group of 2 – $280 per person per day.
Backcountry skiing above treeline on Mount Washington and other areas of the Presidential Range.
Steep ski descents in the Gulf of Slides, Tuckerman Ravine, and Huntington Ravine.
Advanced ski descents in Crawford Notch, NH.
Remote glades or slides in the White Mountains.
Backcountry ski objectives that require technical equipment (ropes, harness, etc.).

Feel free to contact us anytime if you have questions about rates or would like a quote.