Join our community of instructors for 2½ days of multi-discipline snowsports clinics and après-ski to get you primed for the season. Sessions focus on what it takes to be a great instructor — on-snow skills, teaching, creativity, alignment, kids, and other ways of sliding on snow. The team leading sessions includes current and alumni National Team members and many of NRM's Education Team.
Packages
Packages include all on-snow events, a shirt, swag, and après-ski events. They do not include lodging or lift tickets. Listed prices are first-chair pricing and increase as the event gets closer. Sunday offers core group sessions in the morning only (no afternoon electives).
Lodging
Contact Big Sky Resort at 800-548-4486, Option 2, and mention PSIA-NRM 2025 for special pricing.
Huntley (2 Queen): $172 single or double. Rates do not include daily breakfast, or tax and service fees (27%). Add $25 per person per night beyond double occupancy.
Lift tickets
Discounted tickets are available to registered participants. About a week before Fall Fest you'll get an email with a unique link to buy tickets online through December 4.
No discounts on site — purchase online.
Add-ons
Physical therapy ski assessments (new) — Lone Peak Physical Therapy offers 30-minute indoor sessions on Friday, Dec 4: range-of-motion and alignment screening, strength testing, force-plate loading and dynamic balance. No extra cost; sign-up required (sign-up link coming soon).
Boot fitting with Brent Amsbury — new boots, hot spots, liners or footbeds? Email Brent directly at pcputah@gmail.com. He books up quickly, so reach out early.
Sessions & electives
For more on individual sessions, read on. Register for the festival on the national site.
Core: Alpine, Snowboard, Telemark & Children's Specialist
Fri, Sat & Sun AM · all disciplinesSlide and work with the same group each morning. Groups are divided by speed the first morning and stay together each day with the same trainer, so you build on your own improvement and make new connections.
Intro to CARV
Fri & Sat PM · AlpineCome along with CARV ambassadors Brenna Kelleher and Katie White to learn how to use CARV with clients and in your own training, or work with a pro to improve your scores. Units provided for a set number of people — sign up to reserve a spot.
CARV Pro
Fri & Sat PM · AlpineHave your own CARV unit and want a better score? Bring it fully charged and work through roadblocks and the technical skills behind the movements. For people with their own CARV units and accounts.
Recognizing Misalignment through Equipment
Fri & Sat PM · AlpineWith Master Boot Technician Brent Amsbury. Learn to recognize alignment issues that come from equipment, understand their impact on a skier's movements, and how to begin to correct them. Not a boot-fitting appointment.
Pattern Breaking
Fri PM · Alpine & SnowboardStart the season strong with a clinic on changing your movement patterns. Whether you are pursuing a new certification, working through an injury, or exploring your range, these afternoon sessions move you toward your more efficient self.
Ski and Ride with the Legends
Fri PM · all disciplinesFor over 60 years NRM has been home to many of the pioneers and leaders of snowsports education. Spend the afternoon with some of these legends of PSIA-AASI, who we are proud to have as NRM members.
Snowsports Leadership
Fri PM · all disciplinesWant to move up in the industry? Slide and learn with our own supervisors and managers as they share how they prepared for those roles — lesson distribution, tough parent meetings, and tangible steps toward supervision and beyond.
Learning Through Movement
Sat PM · all disciplinesA round-table clinic focused on using movement to introduce and reinforce skills without rehashing the same drills. Bring your tried-and-true bag of tools and learn what others carry in theirs.
Intro to Freestyle
Sat PM · all disciplinesA true introduction to freestyle skiing and riding. Use flatland maneuvers to build toward introductory park features and the skills to feel comfortable moving into the park. Starts outside the terrain park; not for those going beyond Freestyle Specialist Level 1.
Safety First
Sat PM · all disciplinesHow do you break through the fear students show up with? This clinic works through the mental side of skiing and snowboarding, helping students (and ourselves) overcome fear and learn to trust themselves.
XC Skate Skiing
Fri PMAll levels welcome — bring your own equipment. Join the NRM XC staff to refine your skate-skiing technique and get pumped for a winter of fitness.
MA and Video
Sat PM · AlpineWant to improve your movement-analysis skills, for your clients or your certification journey? Spend an afternoon doing just that, using phone cameras with your clinic leaders.
Dynamic Telemark vs Alpine Carving
Sat PM · Telemark & AlpineA multidisciplinary carving clinic on the similarities and differences between carving on Telemark and Alpine equipment. Bring whichever gear you prefer and hone your carving.
Questions? info@northernrocky.org · 406-581-6139