Nordic Quick Tips

• Technique
  • Advance your XC skiing technique and speed
  • Stretching your abdomen before nordic skiing
• Equipment
  • Tips on buying nordic skis
  • Getting a good ski boot fit
  • Sizing of ski poles
  • Maintenance of skis
• Knots
  • Clove hitch knot
  • Figure-8 knot
• Winter camping
  • Keeping water bottles from freezing
  • Lighting a fire in the snow

Mountains, Weather, Snow and Skiing

Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center - CSAC
Westside Avalanche Network
Forest Service National Avalanche Center
Aspen Meadow Weather Forecast (NWS)
Pinecrest Weather Forecast (Weather Underground)

Telebabe: Telemark Skiing Tips and Instruction Homepage
Ostrander Ski Hut
CalTrans Road Info
Snow Pack Information
Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Backcountry Skiing Section
Snowlands Network

Forest Service

United States Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Region

Stanislaus National Forest
Summit Ranger District
Stanislaus Nordic Skiing

Ski Patrol Sites (Not all are official)

National Ski Patrol
The Far West Division of the National Ski Patrol

Regions in the Far West

Southern California Region
Mother Lode Region

Educational Program Based Patrol Sites

Eastern Sierra Region Automated Class Reservation System
Wilderness Emergency Care

Other Ski Patrols in the Pinecrest Area

Dodge Ridge National Ski Patrol

Other Nordic Patrols

Lake Alpine Nordic Ski Patrol (California)
Mt. Pinos Nordic Ski Patrol (California)
California Winter Search and Rescue Team (South) (California)
California Winter Search and Rescue Team (North) (California)
Mammoth Basin Nordic Backcountry Patrol (California)
El Dorado Nordic Ski Patrol Inc. (California)
Tahoe Backcountry Ski Patrol (California)
Anchorage Nordic Ski Patrol (Alaska)
Bryan Mountain Nordic Ski Patrol (Colorado)
Nordic Ski Patrols in the Midwest

Miscellaneous Patrol Links

The Patrol Pages
Ski Patrol Web
Dodge Ridge Ski Area
Mountain Rescue Association

First Responder Links

Red Cross CPR Refresher

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