This course is a fun introduction to the sport of backcountry skiing. You will learn about backcountry gear and the basics of touring while actually touring around the backcountry of Snoqualmie Pass with one of the Mountain Bureau’s professional guides. Pairing this course with our AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course is the perfect way to start any backcountry ski obsession.
This course is an expansion on the skills learned in your Introduction to Backcountry Skiing course and/or AIARE 1 avalanche course. We will teach you how to plan efficient and fun trips, further into the backcountry. Learn all of the critical movement skills to be a safer backcountry skier, all under the watchful eye of a Mountain Bureau instructor. This is the perfect next step for people who have been on a couple of tours and want to improve their uphill and downhill techniques.
Read MoreIf you are looking to take your ski touring further or are interested in extending your tours into more remote peaks, this course is for your you. Starting with equipment selection and packing, we will cover all of the basics to get you ready to plan your own overnight ski tours. During our tour, we will focus on up and down movement basics with heavy overnight packs. Once we have reached our selected camp for the day we will work on building solid camps and cooking shelters that are comfortable for the long winter nights.
Read MoreThis is a comprehensive course that will teach you the skills to safely access and manage steep features in the backcountry, including couloirs, features with significant exposure, etc. This course will discuss ways to access these lines, as well as how to manage yourself and your group in these larger, more committing & more consequential lines.
Read MoreThis course is a fun and low commitment introduction to the fundamental skills of backcountry splitboarding. You’ll be exposed to the various skills, useful in managing avalanche risk, as well as movement skills unique to a snowboarder in the backcountry.
Read MoreIn this 2 day course, your Mountain Bureau Splitboard Guide will provide tour planning tools useful in backcountry snowboarding, as well as show you how to find good quality riding conditions while also maximizing safety. This course is unique in that it will discuss skills unique to splitboarding movement to increase fun & efficiency in the backcountry, and will give you the opportunity to be in the leadership role practicing putting all these skills to use on your own with mentorship.
Read MoreThis course is intended for anyone hoping to go further afield with their splitboarding and prepare the advanced backcountry rider to do overnight hut trips and camping trips with their splitboard. This course will focus predominantly on gear selection, how to pack an overnight pack for splitboarding, considerations with winter camping and tour/trip planning tips for being in a wilderness location.
Read MoreThis course is a comprehensive course that will teach you the skills to safely access and manage steep features in the backcountry, including couloirs, features with significant exposure, etc. This course will discuss ways to access these lines, as well as how to manage yourself and your group in these larger, more committing & more consequential lines.
Read MoreThe 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 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 Avalanche Rescue Course is a one-day stand alone course that is intended to be retaken on a regular basis in order to keep abreast of best practices in rescue techniques and gear. New participants will learn the basics of companion rescue, while returning participants will expand their skill set with advanced topics and realistic scenario practice to help improve their skills.
Read MoreThe AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course is a one-day stand alone course that is intended to be retaken on a regular basis in order to keep abreast of best practices in rescue techniques and gear. New participants will learn the basics of companion rescue, while returning participants will expand their skill set with advanced topics and realistic scenario practice to help improve their skills.
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 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.
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