Expert Instructors
at the Best Resorts and Ranges
in the World

SINCE 1994 – BASED IN LAKE TAHOE
ALL-MOUNTAIN CAMPS & AIARE CLASSES

WHY NASTC

Our staff are the “top guns” in the world of ski instruction — the teachers of ski instructors. These “PhDs” of ski instruction have made careers teaching skiing and helping people truly improve in all conditions and terrain. With over three decades under our belt running our ski clinics, we know how to deliver a top-notch adventure travel experience. We chose the best resorts, hotels, and leadership to help you finally bring your skiing to the next level.

Each year we rotate our resorts, choosing from a total of over 30 around the world. We curate an adventure ski training vacation for you and give you access to small group all-mountain camps led by our best-in-class staff.

We are also Tahoe/Truckee’s oldest AIARE school — the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education. In an era of more people than ever skiing in the backcountry, we recommend taking your AIARE Level 1 and the 1-day AIARE Rescue Course. We offer the AIARE 1, AIARE 2 and the Rescue Course. Just like our ski camps, our AIARE instructors are the best in class. They are AIARE Instructor Training Leaders, Course Leaders, and Course Instructors.

When you come to NASTC, you don’t just “take a camp” and leave. You will truly improve, take home things to work on, and become part of a huge skiing-loving family. You will leave with a roadmap for further improvement. You will get personalized advice from your instructor. And you can use NASTC as a resource as you progress down the road of advanced and expert skiing technique and tactics. Most camps are 75% alumni, and there is a good reason for that!

We don’t pick our resorts at random.

OUR STORY

In 1993, Chris and Jenny Fellows, and our friend the late Mike Sodergren (“Soddy”), had a dream to create a total immersion ski school along the lines of the great Austrian and French Academies where students immersed themselves for multiple days improving their skiing in all conditions: steeps, bumps, powder, chutes, spring corn, trees…whatever challenged them most. Both Chris and Soddy had attended the Austrian Bundessportheim. They believed that in order to improve our bodies need to repeat new movements over and over, so let’s create multi-day camps.

So, in 1994 we founded NASTC with 6 camps at Donner Ski Ranch, Sugar Bowl, and Whistler-Blackcomb. In 1995 we added Portillo, Chile, and Kirkwood, CA. We are grateful to our early supporters and followers.

The dream quickly became a reality as intermediate, advanced, and expert skiers flocked to the popular courses led by PSIA Alpine Team members. We responded by adding destinations our students asked for year after year. Tragically in 1997 Soddy and his wife were killed along with 16 others when their building collapsed in the Thredbo, Australia landslide.

NASTC succeeded in creating a high-performance ski school where “students of the sport” could get the advanced training they sought and have the opportunity to experience greater adventure at ranges around the world. As of 2026 we have taught thousands of skiers just like you. Bring your passion to NASTC, we can’t wait to ski with you in the best mountains of the world!

Come Ski With Us

Not sure where to start? Call us anytime, and let’s figure out how best to improve your skiing. Come join us – and see your world in skiing, the mountains, and deep snow open up like never before.

We are eager to ski with you at Palisades Tahoe, Sugar Bowl, Big Sky, Grand Targhee, Powder Mountain, Aspen, Kicking Horse, St Anton, Chamonix, the Dolomites, Zermatt, Andermatt, Iceland Sail/Ski, Niseko, Portillo, Corralco and more.

Chris and Jenny Fellows, Founders/Directors

“Incomparable”

“I was stuck at advanced intermediate. This is the best clinic I’ve ever been to! It felt like I discovered a secret. Highly recommended!”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Kaylan Patel

“Why Did I Wait?”

“The personalized treatment at NASTC is unique. The ratios are tiny, and you get to ski with the best instructors in the world. I cannot emphasize enough – call NASTC!”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Chantel Freeman

“So much fun!”

“I have always loved skiing and travel but my friends/family didn’t want to combine the two. The Portillo camp was the coolest experience! I’ll be back for sure.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jim McAllister

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We’d love to hear from you! We’re here to answer your questions or help you plan your next mountain adventure.

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