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Location
YurtSki (Near Seeley Lake, MT)
Description
3 day, 2 night all-inclusive women’s only AIARE Level 1 course at YurtSki (Mt. Morrell, Swan Range)
You will stay at the yurts with your instructors, maximizing time in the field during the day with time for discussions and debriefs around the dinner table.
This 24-hour course is an introduction to managing avalanche hazard. You will learn how to use a repeatable process to manage your risk and learn from your experiences in the backcountry. You will also practice preparing for and carrying out a backcountry trip, keeping track of, communicating, and making decisions about hazards while in the backcountry, and learn rescue techniques if an avalanche occurs and someone is caught.
Why Take Your AIARE 1 with Us?
This is an all-inclusive yurt-based course! We provide the meals and lodging so you can focus on the course. Staying at the yurt with classmates and instructors for 3 nights offers more opportunities for discussion while ensuring that you get a few good powder turns in during the course!
Who Should Take this Course
The AIARE 1 is for anyone, regardless of their method of backcountry travel, who wants to recreate in or near avalanche terrain. You should be able to travel off-trail on ungroomed or unmaintained terrain and bring appropriate equipment for traveling on snow, but there are no other prerequisites for this course
The AIARE 1 is a prerequisite for the AIARE 2, as well as the Pro 1 course for aspiring avalanche professionals.
What You’ll Learn
During an AIARE 1 course, you’ll spend time learning these skills, both in a classroom setting and in the field:
- A repeatable process for managing risk in the winter backcountry
- Identifying avalanche hazard
- Developing a plan for travel in avalanche terrain
- Identifying avalanche terrain
- Build habits to maintain awareness, communicate with your group, and make decisions
- Learn and practice avalanche rescue skills
Familiarity and experience with the operation of your backcountry gear (A/T bindings / splitboards / skins) are required for this course since we will be traveling into the backcountry for the class.