Riding & Avalanche Clinics
Enhance your Backcountry Riding Skills with Riding & Avalanche Clinics!
Riding Clinics
Beginner Riding Clinic
$250
Plus Sales Tax
- Price for Clinic Only - Discounted Sled Rates available
- Avy Gear Required & available to rent.
To reserve a spot in any of our clinics/adventures a 50% Deposit is due at time of booking and the balance is due the day of.
If none of our pre-scheduled clinics fit your schedule, we book 1:1 clinics, small group clinics (minimum of 2), large group clinics (max of 10), and guided adventures anytime, call the office to check availability.
This clinic is designed to learn skills and confidence when navigating off trail, and use of a snowmobile.
Techniques include:
- wrong foot forward
- basics of side hilling
- looking forward and reading terrain
- how not to get stuck
- throttle control & much more!
- avalanche awareness and safety
Clinic Calendar
- January 20th, 2024
- February 3rd, 2024
Advanced Riding Clinic
$350
Plus Sales Tax
- Price for Clinic Only - Discounted Sled Rates available
- Avy Gear Required & available to rent.
To reserve a spot in any of our clinics/adventures a 50% Deposit is due at time of booking and the balance is due the day of.
If none of our pre-scheduled clinics fit your schedule, we book 1:1 clinics, small group clinics (minimum of 2), large group clinics (max of 10), and guided adventures anytime, call the office to check availability.
Prerequisite: Ability and confidence to perform techniques listed in Beginner Clinic.
This clinic will be about riding advanced terrain safely. You will see our instructors do maneuvers in places that most snowmobilers will find unbelievable. You will leave this clinic with a new outlook and appreciation of just what is possible on a snowmobile!
Techniques include:
- advanced side hill control
- down hill turns
- throttle control in light timber
- bull dog & bow tie maneuvers
- elevators & much more!
- avalanche awareness and safety
Clinic Calendar
- February 10th, 2024
Ladies Riding Clinic
$250
Plus Sales Tax
- Price for Clinic Only - Discounted Sled Rates available
- Avy Gear Required & available to rent.
Ladies looking to enhance their Back Country riding skills! We will have multiple guides so skill level will not matter as we can cater to everyone.
- January 27th, 2024
To reserve a spot in any of our clinics/adventures a 50% Deposit is due at time of booking and the balance is due the day of.
If none of our pre-scheduled clinics fit your schedule, we book 1:1 clinics, small group clinics (minimum of 2), large group clinics (max of 10), and guided adventures anytime, call the office to check availability.
If none of our pre-scheduled clinics fit your schedule, you can schedule one that does.
One on One Clinic
$500 plus sales tax
Small Group Clinics
Minimum of 2
Large Group Clinics
Max of 10
- Beginner/Intermediate Clinic - $250 + tax/pp
- Advanced Riding Clinic - $350+ tax/pp
Let the Fun Begin!
Avalanche Clinics
1 Day Avalanche
Awareness/Riding Skills Clinic
$250
Plus Sales Tax
- Avy Gear Required & available to rent.
To reserve a spot in any of our clinics/adventures a 50% Deposit is due at time of booking and the balance is due the day of.
If none of our pre-scheduled clinics fit your schedule, we book 1:1 clinics, small group clinics (minimum of 2), large group clinics (max of 10), and guided adventures anytime, call the office to check availability.
We will be going over avalanche gear, avalanche conditions, and avalanche protocol. Throughout the day we will be working on your riding skills as well.
Skills taught include:
- use of avalanche gear
- avalanche conditions
- avalanche protocols
- back country riding skills
Clinic Calendar
2 Day Avalanche Awareness/Riding Skills Clinic
$499
Plus Sales Tax
- Avy Gear Required & available to rent.
To reserve a spot in any of our clinics/adventures a 50% Deposit is due at time of booking and the balance is due the day of.
If none of our pre-scheduled clinics fit your schedule, we book 1:1 clinics, small group clinics (minimum of 2), large group clinics (max of 10), and guided adventures anytime, call the office to check availability.
We will be going over avalanche gear, avalanche conditions, and avalanche protocols. Students can expect to develop a good understanding in basic decision making while in the field, and to learn rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person. Throughout the two days we will be working on your back country riding skills such as; side hilling, downhill turns, and more advanced maneuvers. The instructors are open to teach whatever you want to work on so communicate with them what that is.
Skills taught include:
- use of avalanche gear
- avalanche conditions
- avalanche protocols
- rescue techniques
- back country riding skills
Clinic Calendar
- Call to Schedule
Our Instructors
My ultimate goal when starting CM Backcountry Rentals & Adventures ten years ago was to be able to share my passion and love for snowmobiling with other people. Being able to see other people experience the sport of snowmobiling and seeing them fall in love with a new adventure is something truly special. I grew up riding snowmobiles from the young age of six years old. From the moment I sat on a seat of a snowmobile, I fell in love with the sport. Growing up, I put snowmobiling first and everything else second. I dedicated my time to become the best snowmobiler I could possibly be. Now that I have been lucky enough to make snowmobiling my career, I push harder and harder every winter to make myself and others around me better. I strive to set an example on the mountain while riding and to show people what they are capable of on a snowmobile. The riding clinics we offer here at CM Backcountry has been a dream of mine for many years, I enjoy teaching people and exploring the backcountry from the seat of a snowmobile. Hope to see you out on the snow this year with CM Backcountry.
Hi, my name is Tim McMahon, aka barbershop. I’m from Helena, Montana in the summer and living the dream here in McCall during winter. I’ve been around snowmobiles ever since I could remember, whether it was wrenching on them or riding them they have been a big part of my life. In the last few years I had started thinking about turning my hobby into a career. I was lucky enough to get a chance to come work for Cody and Shelby at CM Backcountry the last 2 seasons and have loved every minute of it. Being able to guide has been a dream of mine ever since I started the sport and it sure hasn’t disappointed. The first thing I think everybody notices when coming to McCall is how cool the landscape and terrain is. Whether you’re hitting the jungle or heading for a soak at Burgdorf, the views and riding are epic. I am super happy to be coming back for the 2020-2021 season and look forward to all the adventures and fun we have and seeing new and old faces. Have the time of your life and book a trip to ride with us here at CM Backcountry!
