We’re come to the end of our latest video tutorial series here at Whitelines: Powder Basics with James Stentiford.

Now that you’ve mastered turning, standing up, slashing and dropping cliffs it’s time to start earning your turns: this week James Stentiford teaches you the most efficient way to hike up a face to score the goods.

It includes some valuable advice about delayering before you ascend, how to set the boot pack and what to do with your snowboard on the way up.

If you missed any of the powder basics we posted, just follow the links below to catch up or re-visit earlier episodes.