Come join over 600 patrollers, outdoor industry leaders, and friends from all over North America for an opening reception to kick off 3 days of networking, learning, playing, and—of course—skiing. The evening will include welcomes from NSP board and staff, as well as a special presentation by Kelli and Chauncy Johnson of the #rideanotherday campaign! Food, drinks, music, and yard games will be part of the fun. Let’s set the tone for an exciting Powderfall!

This session provides an introduction to avalanche safety

In this session you will discuss and examine what items should be in your pack when traveling in the back country or on the trail

This session provides and introduction to 8 essential mountaineering knots and how to use them to build rescue systems.

This session will include information and discussion about how to connect with local patrollers, the ski community and prospective ski patrollers through social media. Emphasis will be placed on the most effective social media outlets, timing and frequency of posting.

Learn about the NSP awards and how to submit them to honor patrollers.

Join members of the National Women's Program committee for a light breakfast to talk about current program offerings and share your ideas for new activities.

Would you like to create realistic injuries for your OEC Candidates or for your Refresher? Come learn from some patrollers on how they moulage and how you can make your injuries look real. Get ideas on products to use and how to build an injury.

Wilderness medicine experts will present current information about medical issues related to avalanche, high altitude and drowning. Ample time will be allowed for Q&A about these and related topics.

This session provides an introduction to using avalanche beacons.

In this session you will build various designed expedient sleds, from commercial to improvised.

This session is a review of map scales and coordinate systems, locating points on a map, map-based route-finding techniques, online mapping resources.

This session will include information and discussion about how to connect with local school systems to present on safety messages. Also reviewed will be how these same presentations can be used with ski clubs and competition groups.

Why not start a YAP program at your ski area? Come learn about why YAP programs are important to the future of the NSP, how they can help you recruit members of all ages and can help you on the hill. Learn how to talk with area management and hear about the pitfalls to avoid.

This session focuses on assessment and transportation in a non-winter setting. Proper use of commercial and improvised litters in a rescue setting will be reviewed.

Get the toboggan action shot you have always wanted!

This session will review the six-pack lesson plan, how to give feedback to students, the ADA as it applies to the NSP, and provide instructors with an opportunity to demonstrate a brief six-pack lesson plan. This course will also review changes to the ID program and discuss how administration of NSP programs is now setup. FOR CURRENT NSP CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS ONLY.

Get the skiing/boarding action shot you have always wanted!

This course will be taught by women instructors with women students. Everyone knows women have a physiological difference from men with their lower center of gravity. But not everyone knows how to address it with the toboggan. Come learn some techniques to encourage women and other smaller build patrollers to finesse the toboggan for expert, confident handling. Men and women invited as participants *must be toboggan instructors.

This course will be taught by women instructors with women students. Everyone knows women have a physiological difference from men with their lower center of gravity. But not everyone knows how to address it with the toboggan. Come learn some techniques to encourage women and other smaller build patrollers to finesse the toboggan for expert, confident handling. Men and women invited as participants *must be toboggan instructors

This session provides an introduction to avalanche rescue techniques and process

Can you overnight? Build emergency shelters from what you find and what you have with you.

This sessionis a review of Acute Mountain Sickness, HAPE, and HACE, at-risk populations and acclimatization and assessment techniques.

This session is intended to help ski patrols across the nation spread safety messages. Each topic will have a range of options so patrols will be able to utilize different options based on their budget. Emphasis will be placed on sharing information about local patrol safety initiatives.

Young Adult Patrollers love to socialize, so why not create an event in your area that brings them together. YAP events can teach skills and teach YAP about the NSP in order for them to stay connected and come back to patrolling after or during their college years.

This session provides an overview of the Certified program, including a brief review of each module.

Merit stars can be confusing since there are a number of them and each has different criteria. This session will "unpack" all of those details.

Sometimes area management and/or patrols don't focus on the best person in the right job, but often it is an appointed or 'volunteered' position. This session will highlight the documented methods to align the needed skills with the person who possesses those skills, improving the likelihood of success.

Participants will gain an understanding on the relationships between first responders at the scene of an emergency at your area. We will cover topics that patrollers should be aware of in a multi-agency response.

Get hands on training in improvised austere wilderness first aid. Strengthen your OEC skills, and be prepared to respond outside of an Alpine ski area environment.

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This session provides an overview of the Certified program, including a brief review of each module.

This course will be taught by women instructors with women students. Progressive toboggan means we will start on moderate terrain and move up with group level if desired. We’ll focus on all aspects of toboggan handling with opportunities to experiment with in/out of the handles and tail rope techniques. Women participants only, NSP certification required

This course teaches the basics for effective instruction in the NSP regardless of the discipline being taught. This is a highly interactive course that depends upon the students having previously completed the on-line portion of the course. The course will be both fun and challenging for the participants. FOR NSP MEMBERS ONLY. MUST COMPLETE ONLINE INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE PRIOR TO PARTICIPATING

The session will expose you to the recently updated aid room module of the Senior Program. A full overview and some specific exercises will be included so participants get a true flavor of what the module entails. Also included will be discussion on how to host a program and how to be successful.

This workshop is designed to highlight relevant teaching principals and practices as it relates to meeting the continuing education requirement for OEC instructors. Strategies that engage learners will be introduced, practiced and reviewed. Use this as a chance to bring back some renewed ideas to you teaching tool box.

Take a close look at your toboggan skills and get a video analysis of your strengths and weakness.

Become an alumni - bridge a gap in your service if life is getting in your way of active patrolling or if you’re contemplating retirement. Retain many of the benefits of your NSP membership, access catalog and pro deal benefits, as well as camaraderie in the NSP - learn how!

This session will help participants understand what to do when working with and around helicopters, including discussion of the common pitfalls and perils. Aircraft safety, LZ safety and patient safety issues will also be reviewed.

There are several large, prestigious awards given by the NSP, including membership in the Hall of Fame. This session will assist patrollers with understanding these awards and how to promote them.

Retain, attract and promote active alumni at your patrol, region or division level. Ideas, methods and best practices on how to use the skills, talents and energy of an active alumni membership.

Retain, attract and promote active alumni at your patrol, region or division level. Ideas, methods and best practices on how to use the skills, talents and energy of an active alumni membership.

Learn about the NSP awards and how to submit them to honor patrollers.

In this session, learn from the experience of others who have established bike patrols at ski areas, including what to avoid and current best practice.

Open conversation with National Medical Advisor, David Johe, regarding recent updates from the Medical Committee.

This session will focus on how the ski patrol can best interface with 911 operations, and what are the "best practices" that ski patrols should following to ensure a seamless integration with 911 technology, including text-to-911.

This is an integrated clinic that incorporates realistic content from Avalanche, MTR, Nordic/BC, and XOEC, taught with an experiential education model. Participants will need a lift ticket and be able to carry food, water, extra clothes and basic supplies. They will need skins and N/BC/AT/splitboard touring equipment.

This session will be focused on fundraising at the local patrol level. It will be conducted by several prominent NSP fundraisers who will share their successes for replication

Merit stars can be confusing since there are a number of them and each has different criteria. This session will "unpack" all of those details.

This session provides an overview of the Certified program, including a brief review of each module.

This course will be taught by women instructors with women students. We will focus on all aspects of toboggan handling with opportunities to experiment with in/out of the handles and different tail rope technique in the steep/deep/bumps. Women participants only, NSP certification required

This course will be taught by women instructors with women students. Everyone knows women have a physiological difference from men with their lower center of gravity. But not everyone knows how to address it with the toboggan. Come learn some techniques to encourage women and other smaller build patrollers to finesse the toboggan for expert, confident handling. Men and women invited as participants *must be toboggan instructors.

The TES is a thorough review and guided practice of toboggan handling procedures. It is designed to provide instruction and guided practice on proper usage and handling of alpine rescue toboggans.

This session will provide opportunities for fundraising leaders at all levels to become familiar with National Office fundraising programs, tools and resources.  Emphasis will be placed on tools such as grants, pledges, charitable estate planning, and employer matching among others.

There are several large, prestigious awards given by the NSP, including membership in the Hall of Fame. This session will assist patrollers with understanding these awards and how to promote them.

Dogs are used in many aspects of ski patrol daily. This session bring to light how every ski area can use dogs in some way to promote safety. There will be a demonstration by a local avalanche dog finding a buried skier.

This session focuses on assessment and transportation in a non-winter setting. Proper use of commercial and improvised litters in a rescue setting will be reviewed.

Participants will gain an understanding on the relationships between first responders at the scene of an emergency at your area. We will cover topics that patrollers should be aware of in a multi-agency response.

Get the toboggan action shot you have always wanted!

This course will be taught by women instructors with women students. We will focus on all aspects of toboggan handling with opportunities to experiment with in/out of the handles and different tail rope technique in the steep/deep/bumps. Women participants only, NSP certification required.

This course will be taught by women instructors with women students. Progressive toboggan means we will start on moderate terrain and move up with group level if desired. We’ll focus on all aspects of toboggan handling with opportunities to experiment with in/out of the handles and tail rope techniques. Women participants only, NSP certification required

Senior level scenarios (5-6 points) will be staged out on the snow for participants to come and work the scene with other patrollers from across the organization. Improve your OEC skills with this additional practice and see how these scenarios are more than just about OEC. Participants should bring basic first aid equipment (what would be in their packs including gloves).

Take a close look at your skiing/boarding and get a video analysis of your strengths and weakness.

This session provides an introduction to avalanche safety.

This session will include information and discussion about how to connect with local patrollers, the ski community and prospective ski patrollers through social media. Emphasis will be placed on the most effective social media outlets, timing and frequency of posting.

Learn about the NSP awards and how to submit them to honor patrollers.

This session focuses on assessment and transportation in a non-winter setting. Proper use of commercial and improvised litters in a rescue setting will be reviewed. This session focuses on assessment and transportation in a non-winter setting. Proper use of commercial and improvised litters in a rescue setting will be reviewed.

Participants will learn specific strategies for communicating with guests who have disabilities, including cognitive impairment, deafness and blindness. There will also be hands-on activities for participant involvement.

This instructor continuing education clinic includes a review of the key principles for training the adult learner and discipline-specific concepts. Must be a current NSP Avalanche, Nordic/Backcountry or MTR instructor to participate.

This session provides and introduction to 8 essential mountaineering knots and how to use them to build rescue systems.

This session will include information and discussion about how to connect with local school systems to present on safety messages. Also reviewed will be how these same presentations can be used with ski clubs and competition groups.

Why not start a YAP program at your ski area? Come learn about why YAP programs are important to the future of the NSP, how they can help you recruit members of all ages and can help you on the hill. Learn how to talk with area management and hear about the pitfalls to avoid.

This workshop is designed to highlight relevant teaching principals and practices as it relates to meeting the continuing education requirement for OEC instructors. Strategies that engage learners will be introduced, practiced and reviewed. Use this as a chance to bring back some renewed ideas to you teaching tool box.

This course will be taught by women instructors with women students. Everyone knows women have a physiological difference from men with their lower center of gravity. But not everyone knows how to address it with the toboggan. Come learn some techniques to encourage women and other smaller build patrollers to finesse the toboggan for expert, confident handling. Men and women invited as participants *must be toboggan instructors.

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In this session you will discuss and examine what items should be in your pack when traveling in the back country or on the trail.

This session is intended to help ski patrols across the nation spread safety messages. Each topic will have a range of options so patrols will be able to utilize different options based on their budget. Emphasis will be placed on sharing information about local patrol safety initiatives.

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Young Adult Patrollers love to socialize, so why not create an event in your area that brings them together. YAP events can teach skills and teach YAP about the NSP in order for them to stay connected and come back to patrolling after or during their college years.

This session will be focused on fundraising at the local patrol level. It will be conducted by several prominent NSP fundraisers who will share their successes for replication.