Winter Backcountry Education & Skimo

AIARE Level 1

Avalanche safety courses are for anyone 15 years or older who want to develop their toolset and skills to participate in and/or manage backcountry traveling groups. Courses are accredited through the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE). Participants must attend all sessions to receive a completion certificate for the course.

The AIARE 1 is a three-day, 24-hour introduction to avalanche hazard management.
Students can expect to develop a sound grounding in how to prepare for and carry out a backcountry trip, to understand basic decision making while in the field, and to learn rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person (if an avalanche occurs and someone in the party is caught). Find more information HERE (https://avtraining.org/aiare-level-1/)

Each course consists of classroom time (varies) and 2 field days.

December 4-6
December 4, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Classroom session at Olympian Hall, Howelsen Hill
December 5, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Field Session at Rabbit Ears Pass
December 6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Field Session at Rabbit Ears Pass

December 19-21
December 19, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Classroom session at Olympian Hall, Howelsen Hill
December 20, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Field Session at Rabbit Ears Pass
December 21, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Field Session at Rabbit Ears Pass

January 29-31
January 29, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Classroom Session at Olympian Hall, Howelsen Hill
January 30, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Field session at Rabbit Ears Pass or other local area.
January 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Field session at Rabbit Ears Pass or other local area.