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AIARE Avalanche Level 1 Course

AIARE Level I is meant to teach the fundamentals of avalanche safety including reading terrain, choosing safe ascent and descent routes, mitigating hidden dangers, and learning to locate and rescue a buried companion. Although we love the mountains, sometimes the mountains don’t love us, and we want to be sure that we are providing the best way to find and mitigate dangerous situations. The course combines 4-5 hours of self-paced learning, Zoom lectures on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (6-9:30 pm), and two field days (Saturday-Sunday, 7 am-4 pm).

AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course

AIARE Avalanche Rescue is a one-day (7 am-3 pm) stand-alone course that is intended to be retaken on a regular basis to keep up with 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.

AIARE Level 2 Avalanche Course

The AIARE Level 2 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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