Learn to explore the backcountry safely with our avalanche training classes. The classes offer training for every level of backcountry user (including aspiring ski mountaineering guides seeking certification from the American Mountain Guides Association). Our classes feature experienced instructors specially trained by the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education, PowerPoint presentations, small classes and information on the latest research throughout the USA.
AVALANCHE AWARENESS LECTURE 2011
Friday, December 9th 2011, 6pm at White Pine Touring
The White Pine Touring Avalanche Awareness Class is designed for skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers and snowmobilers of all ages as an introduction to the backcountry world and the phenomena of avalanches.
Level I Avalanche Course
A must for everyone who travels in the backcountry in the Wasatch. This three day, 24 hour course emphasizes awareness and avoidance of avalanche terrain. We teach and provide a checklist for basic decision-making strategies. The course includes travel techniques, basic rescue procedures and information that should be known by anyone traveling with or without a guide in the backcountry. Students can expect to develop a good grounding in how to prepare for and carry out a trip, to understand the basic decision making, and learn to rescue a buried person (if an avalanche occurs and someone in the party is caught). This course includes both classroom and field work and is based in the Park City area.
DATES:
Course 1: Cancelled due to snow conditions*
December 15th 2011, 6-9pm
December 16th 2011, 6-9pm
December 17th 2011, 8am-5pm
December 18th 2011, 8am-5pm
Course 2: Cancelled due to snow conditions*
January 6th 2012, 9am-5pm
January 7th 2012, 8am-5pm
January 8th 2012, 8am-5pm
Course 3:
February 2nd 2012, 6-9pm
February 3rd 2012, 6-9pm
February 4th 2012, 8am-5pm
February 5th 2012, 8am-5pm
Course 4:
DATES:
March 2nd 2012, 8am-5pm
March 3rd 2012, 8am-5pm
March 4th 2012, 8am-5pm
COST: $250.00
Click here to download the AIARE Level 1 description.
* Due to snow conditions, we have cancelled the Level 1 avalanche courses scheduled for
December 15th-18th and January 6th-8th 2012.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. In almost 11 years of
running avalanche courses this is the first time we have ever cancelled a course, let alone two in one
season.
Our top priority is your safety and providing you with a great education. Given the current
conditions we cannot provide either. We will not be rescheduling these courses, but hope to be able
to hold the remaining Level 1 courses in February and March as scheduled. Please call White Pine
Touring, 435-649-8710, to arrange for your refund. Please visit the Utah Avalanche Forecast Center website for a list of other courses in the area.
Level II
The level 2 course is a 4-day program that provides backcountry leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision making skills. This course also includes the introductory and prerequisite components for the professional progression: the level 3
certificate.
The Level 2 builds from the introductory avalanche hazard management model introduced in the level one and adds to it the evaluation of factors critical to stability evaluation.
DATES:
February 23rd 2012, 8am-5pm
February 24th 2012, 8am-5pm
February 25th 2012, 8am-5pm
February 26th 2012, 8am-5pm
COST: $595.00
Level III
This 5-day course, run by AIARE, has been designed primarily for ski and mountain guides and meets the AMGA prerequisite for candidates seeking to enter ski mountaineering and alpine certification exams. Of course all enthusiastic backcountry travelers can join the course to further educate themselves. This course continues from Level II in recording stability analyses as well as forecasting in the international recording standard, as well as operational planning and decision making in complex terrain and group management situations.
DATES:
January 21 - 25, 2012 Lamoille, NV (Ruby Mountains Heli-Ski)
February 23 - March 1, 2012 Hatcher Pass, AK
March 9 - 15, 2012 Silverton, CO
COST:$1200.00
Contact AIARE for more information and to register.
Click here to download the AIARE Level 3 description.
To sign up or for more information on these courses please call us at (435) 649-8710 or stop by our retail store located at 1790 Bonanza Dr.
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