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Alaskan Northern Chugach: where the SGT guides roam

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
July 03, 2013
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Check out this kick ass edit put together by our friends over at Teton Gravity Research featuring the heli ski scene in northern Chugach range of Alaska. SGT head guide Skylar Holgate and our very own mountain operations director Pete...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
June 28, 2013
Comments Off on How to get off the couch and become a backcountry skier and/or snowboarder

Talking to skiers and snowboarders, it is amazing how reticent many of our peers are about getting out the gates of the resorts and into the backcountry. It’s like standing on the top of the high dive where many...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
June 18, 2013
Comments Off on SGT: Reviews of our South American Ski and Snowboard Summer Camp

Testimonials! We’ve always known the first and foremost when it comes to running a backcountry ski and snowboard camp the most important part is creating the best camper experience possible. Without that we have nothing. While we have always...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
June 03, 2013
Comments Off on Backcountry skier’s best friend stomps Corbet’s Couloir

While you sit waiting in between now and shredding Argentina backcountry with us at SGT this summer, we thought we would share this video posted by Unofficial Networks. Check out this dog stomping Corbet’s Couloir at Jackson Hole. This crazy pooch...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
May 28, 2013
Comments Off on NEWS FLASH: It has already started dumping snow at Cerro Catedral!

With less than two months until we start our first session on July 27th, we have received reports that it’s already started snowing at Cerro Catedral! The snow started today and will pick up through Thursday. We thought we’d...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Uncategorized
May 21, 2013
Comments Off on Steps to Make U More Awesome

Check out our program in Argentina! Steps to Make U More Awesome Sign up for SGT Argentina 2013 Follow bad ass guide Hike Crush pow Take Avy Level I Learn Spanish Take wilderness first aid Cut your board in...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
May 20, 2013
Comments Off on SGT Signature Women’s Session Returning to Argentina in 2013

SASS Global Travel (SGT) is proud to announce the return of our Signature Women’s Sessions with guiding and coaching by pro snowboarders Robin van Gyn and Hana Beaman at Cerro Catedral, Argentina this summer. SGT’s Signature Women’s Session offers...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
May 16, 2013
Comments Off on 30 freestyle skiers set the record for largest synchronized backflip in history

Any which way you slice dice and roll it. this constitutes an impressive feat of human ingenuity and athleticism. How many freestyle hours spent on the mountain went into completing something like this…? An unanswerable question, but we surely...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
May 13, 2013
Comments Off on Big mountain backcountry skiing and snowboarding in Argentina this summer? Scientific study proves why the smart decision says “go”

A new scientific study proves that individual mice that explore their surroundings have an increased ability to generate neural connections in the brain. What does that mean? It means that exploring increases the brain’s ability to make connections… Therefore,...

Posted By: Taran Volckhausen
Posted In: Argentina
May 10, 2013
Comments Off on Get ready for backcountry skiing in Patagonia this summer : How not to get injured

If done properly, backcountry skiing and snowboarding are not the most vicious of sports on the body. As a result of hiking the hills you ski, legs become stronger, which will help to prevent knee and leg injuries whilst...