Mountain Adventure Skills Training
Outdoor Adventure Leadership
Spend more of your time out of the classroom and right in the action, and turn your education into an adventure! Our Mountain Adventure Skills Training (MAST) program provides first-hand outdoor adventure experience and you can earn professional certifications for the adventure tourism industry, all while while you enjoy the Canadian Rocky Mountain lifestyle.
Our instructors include highly skilled guides in avalanche safety, rock climbing, mountaineering, whitewater kayaking and rafting, backcountry skiing, backpacking, canoeing, and wilderness hiking. You can earn industry certifications in avalanche skills training, ski/snowboard instruction, swiftwater rescue, and more. You can also gain university credits towards a degree in Adventure Tourism.
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Planning on enrolling in MAST for 2012/2013? Apply early! Seats are limited.
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National Geographic has selected Fernie as a top 10 winter destination for 2012, and The Globe and Mail has also "discovered" some of what Fernie has to offer. Fernie has also been named one of the "World's 25 Best Ski Towns," by National Geographic. Look for the quotes from Brian Bell, our MAST instructor.
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