Next Level Women’s Freeskiing Camp

Taught by a pair of big-mountain skiers, Ingrid Backstrom and Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn, who is also an Alaskan heli-ski guide, this clinic on Jan. 7 and 8 helps skilled women tackle Squaw’s notorious double-black-diamond runs. “We really focus on a whole mountain approach — how to read terrain, how to pick lines and execute them and how to ski a little faster,” Ms. Backstrom said. Toward the end of a previous camp, for example, all the women hiked to the top of Granite Chief, a peak at Squaw that rises above chairlift level, and skied the steep face. “I don’t think any of the women had thought they were going to be able to ski it at the beginning of the camp,” Ms. Backstrom said.

 Cost: $633; includes two days of instruction and lifts, 30 minutes of daily yoga, breakfast, lunch, individualized video review and gift bags.