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Dates: Saturday, December 12, 2026 – Sunday, December 13, 2026 from 8:45 am – 4:00 pm ET (2 Days)
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Location: Garnet Hill XC (NY) (Plan to meet your group on snow at the starting time listed above. If we are notified of any change, we will email and/or text updated information to you. – Outdoor Registration)
Event Code: 327CC1212B
Registration Information:
– Second Chair Rate: $180.00
– CEUs: 12
– Spots Remaining: 10 (as of 10 minutes ago)
Event Prerequisite(s): None
Additional Fee for Non-Members: $25.00
Registration Closes: Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 11:59 pm ET
Online Registration: Click here to register.
Offline Registration: Please call the Eastern office (518) 452-6095 during regular hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm EST
Course Description:
Ready to refresh your cross country skiing and teaching while staying current with the latest developments from PSIA-AASI? This clinic blends personal skiing improvement with opportunities to explore effective teaching strategies. Participants may choose to focus on classic, skate, or both techniques, based on their goals and available equipment. Using the Cross Country Fundamentals and XC Technical Model, you’ll develop your skiing while connecting technical understanding to student-centered lesson design. Along the way, you’ll explore current concepts, share ideas with peers and education staff, and leave with updated tools you can apply to both your own skiing and your teaching this season.
Learning Experiences:
Specific activities will vary depending on the group’s needs, equipment choices, and environmental conditions and typically include:
• Personal skiing improvement in classic and/or skate techniques
• Exploration of current technical concepts through varied terrain, activities, and tactics
• Teaching activities and scenarios with opportunities for peer and clinician feedback
• Discussion and practice connecting technical understanding and movement analysis to effective lesson design
• Q & A with education staff on current teaching, technical, equipment, and organizational updates
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, successful participants will be able to:
• Apply current PSIA-AASI Cross Country technical concepts to improve personal classic and/or skate skiing
• Use the XC Technical Fundamentals to identify opportunities for performance improvement
• Apply current teaching concepts to create engaging, student-centered learning experiences
• Connect technical understanding and movement analysis to effective teaching strategies
• Adapt skiing and teaching approaches to different student needs, terrain, and conditions
Prerequisite(s):
Registered Members
Recommended Learning Resources:
• PSIA-AASI Cross Country Technical Manual
• PSIA-AASI Teaching Snowsports Manual
Equipment/Materials Needed:
Personal cross country classic and/or skate equipment.
CANCEL/TRANSFER/NO SHOW POLICY FOR EASTERN EVENTS:
IF YOU NEED TO TRANSFER or CANCEL: you can cancel your registration in your member portal at members.thesnowpros.org or call us at (518) 452-6095.
To transfer your registration to a different event, please cancel this registration and register for the new event.
If you need to cancel from an Eastern event:
- Up to 3 weeks prior to the event start: Full refund of the cost of your event registration.
- Less than 3 weeks prior to the event start: 50% refund of the cost of your event registration.
- Less than one week prior to the start date and time of your event, event registrations are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Certain premier regional and national events follow a cancellation policy different from the standard cancellation policy outlined above. Please refer to those events directly for the applicable event cancellation policies.
If you need to cancel an Eastern premier event (an event that is 4 or more days):
- Email or call us at (518) 452-6095, as member portal cancelation is not available for premier events.
- Up to 3 weeks prior to the event start: Full refund of the cost of your event registration.
- Less than 3 weeks prior to the event start: 50% refund of the cost of your event registration.
- IF YOU DO NOT SHOW AT EVENT REGISTRATION AND DO NOT CONTACT US by 4:30pm on last business day before the event: No refund.
Please note that no refunds will be issued for events once attended. We encourage members to review event details carefully before registering to ensure a satisfactory experience. Extenuating circumstances (medical or bereavement) will be considered for a refund if notification is given at the earliest opportunity, and the request is received within one week after the start of the event.
Our goal is to ensure all events run as scheduled; however, there are times, with very little notice, that we may have to cancel or move an event due to factors beyond our control. We encourage you to consider this possibility when making travel plans.