Format:

2 part classroom component + 2-day field component

Student to instructor ratio 4:1

Class size: 12 participants

Date | Location: 

Classroom Component | Tuesday 2.8.22 & Thursday 2.10.22 | Zoom Virtual Classroom  6 – 10 PM MST | 8 Hours Total

Field Component | Saturday 2.12.22 & Sunday 2.13.22  | Lolo Pass Backcountry 8 AM – 4 PM MST | 16 Hours Total

Price: $450.00

Avalanche Level 1

The Avalanche Level 1 course curriculum is designed for current and aspiring backcountry travelers. This course focuses on developing a solid foundation in avalanche knowledge and backcountry travel skills. Following the American Avalanche Association (A3) guidelines, instructors cover systematic approaches for sorting and prioritizing information in the complex decision-making environment in the backcountry. Forty percent of the course is classroom-based, and sixty percent is field-based. Participants complete two evening classroom sessions and spend two full days traveling in and around backcountry avalanche terrain.

This course focuses on the following:

• Basic avalanche terminology
• Recognizing avalanche terrain
• Travel procedures in avalanche terrain
• Formation of the mountain snowpack
• How weather changes the snowpack
• Human factors and how they can influence decision-making
• Interpreting the avalanche forecast and advisory
• Tour planning
• Avalanche transceiver use and rescue skills
• Field observations of terrain, snowpack, and weather
• Use and interpretation of stability tests
• Prioritizing information, working as a team, and minimizing possible human factor traps
• Next steps

Course includes:

• All workbooks and instruction.

Participants provide:

• Their own Backcountry Skiing or Splitboarding Equipment
• Avalanche Beacon, Shovel, Probe
• Transportation to and from the course location
• Their own food and water on field days 

Course Registration: