Outing Club
at the Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center

The BOC Telemark Ski Program

The BOC Telemark Program promotes the lifelong sport of telemark skiing and a passion for being outdoors in the winter. BOC Tele aims to improve students’ telemark skiing ability, no matter their initial level, with a goal to make them proficient on-piste skiers able to translate their skills to the backcountry. We also encourage students to learn the mechanics of the telemark turn and the methodology to teach the sport to others. Students sign-up at an annual autumn info meeting.

Program Highlights

• Use of BOC tele gear: K2 telemark skis, Garmont and Scarpa boots
• Five weeks of Sunday classes at Saddleback Mountain, Rangeley, Maine.
• Opportunity to become PSIA-certified telemark instructors
• Option for a week-long backcountry trip during Spring Break; learn ski tuning, maintenance, and repair; learn telemark/ski-specific fitness training

Upcoming Events

• Telemark Classes (all Sundays):
  • Jan. 29, 2012
  • Feb. 5, 2012
  • Feb. 12, 2012
  • Feb. 19, 2012
  • Feb. 26, 2012
  • March 4, 2012

  Important Class info:

• Pay your BOC dues if you haven’t already
• You’re responsible for proper clothing — goggles, helmet, poles, etc. (we have a limited number of helmets and poles; if you have your own — same as alpine — you’ll ski with those.)
• Trip meeting time: 6:00 AM at the Schwartz. Bus departs at 6:15 sharp, no waiting.

• BOC Telemark Videos

  Click on an image below to watch videos of BOC freeheelers in action.

  The California Sierras, Spring Break, March 2002

  The California Sierras, Spring Break, March 2004

  BOC Tele Class, Sugarloaf/USA, Season '04. A film by Steve Holleran '08