Afternoon Fast Track Session: Physics

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Date: Friday, December 11, 2026 from 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm MT
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Event Type: Education Clinic

Location: Diamond Peak (Main Lodge in the Fireside Room (Upstairs to the left of the Bar))

Available Registration Packages (click for more info):
Alpine Registration:
- First Chair Rate: $60.00 (available through Thursday, November 12)
- Second Chair Rate: $75.00 (available through Thursday, November 19)
- Last Chair Rate: $90.00
- CEUs: 3
Snowboard Registration:
- First Chair Rate: $60.00 (available through Thursday, November 12)
- Second Chair Rate: $75.00 (available through Thursday, November 19)
- Last Chair Rate: $90.00
- CEUs: 3
Telemark Registration:
- First Chair Rate: $60.00 (available through Thursday, November 12)
- Second Chair Rate: $75.00 (available through Thursday, November 19)
- Last Chair Rate: $90.00
- CEUs: 3

Prerequisites (exceptions to prerequisites can only be made through petition) :: Current PSIA-AASI Membership

Registration Deadline: Saturday, November 21, 2026, 12:59 am MT

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Course Description:

About This Session

Fast Track Sessions are short-format, high-impact clinics designed to fit into your day without taking all of it. Each session delivers focused, practical content on a single topic. Forces, friction, gravity, and momentum are always at work on snow. This session makes physics practical -- giving you a framework for understanding how forces shape technique and performance.

What You Will Gain

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Describe how key physics concepts apply to skiing and snowboarding

• Connect physics knowledge to technique, terrain selection, and student performance

• Use physics understanding to enhance explanations and demonstrations

National Standards This Event Addresses

This event supports preparation for the PSIA-AASI National Certification Standards in the following skill areas. Not all levels listed below may be applicable to every participant -- focus on the level(s) most relevant to your current certification goals.

Professionalism & Self-Management

LI: Maintains a professional environment by demonstrating self-awareness and self-management.

LII: Contributes to a professional environment by managing behaviors and emotions in response to others.

LIII: Promotes a professional environment by adapting behaviors to positively affect others.

Technical Skills

LI: Applies the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics relevant to beginner/novice terrain.

LII: Adapts the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics for beginner through intermediate terrain.

LIII: Continuously blends the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics across all terrain.

Who Should Attend

Open to all current PSIA-AASI members.

Particularly valuable for members preparing for Tech/MA assessments at any level.

Prerequisites:

• Current PSIA-AASI membership

What to Bring

• Appropriate equipment for on-snow activities

• Helmets are mandatory

Questions?

Contact PSIA-AASI Western Region Member Services: memberservices@thesnowpros.org | (303) 987-9390

Additional Event Details:
Lift tickets are $35/day.

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