The AIARE 1 course is a three-day / 24-hour introduction to avalanche hazard management. Students can expect to develop a good 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).
Read MoreThe AIARE 2 is a three-day/24-hour course that provides backcountry travelers an opportunity to advance their decision making skills in more complicated situations such as being a leader within a small travel group, traveling in more complicated terrain, and/or developing a travel plan where resources are scarce. This course builds on the introductory avalanche hazard management model introduced in the AIARE 1 and adds to it the evaluation of critical hazard assessment factors. Students will describe and discuss weather, snowpack and avalanche processes, and identify how these processes relate to observations and travel within avalanche terrain.
Read MoreThe Introduction to Backcountry Ski Touring Camp is designed to give your team knowledge of modern backcountry skiing and the critical movement skills to safely operate in the backcountry, all while touring through classic Pacific Northwest destinations, with one of the Mountain Bureau’s professional guides.
Read MoreTrain your team to climb ice in the high alpine. Our 5 day Alpine Ice Course is deigned to give your team the skills to travel safely in glaciated terrain on the ice peaks in the arctic or the high alpine and around the globe.
Read MoreAre you inspired by the big mountains of the world? Have you always wanted to explore the craggy glaciers of the Cascades? Our 5 day Glacial Mountaineering Course is deigned to give you the skills to travel safely in glaciated terrain on the peaks of the Pacific Northwest and around the globe.
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