Level 1 avalanche course
avalanche fundamentals
The Level 1 will cover the basics of avalanche hazard awareness and stability assessment.
Forty percent of the course is classroom based and the other sixty percent is field
based. We will travel in the backcountry, in and around avalanche terrain.
This course focuses on the following:
• Recognizing avalanche terrain
• Travel procedures in avalanche
terrain
• Avalanche transceiver use
and rescue skills
• Reading and interpreting
the avalanche hazard forecast bulletin
• Understanding the basics
of mountain snowpack formation
• Field observations of snowpack,
weather, and terrain
• Use and interpretation of
snowpack stability tests
• Using the avalanche forecast
and pertinent observations in an effective
decision-making framework.
• Learning how human factors,
or biases, can influence decision-making
time commitment
3 days or 24 hours (2 evenings + 2 days)
cost
$245
recommended reading
Snow Sense, Jill Fredston & Doug Fesler
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, Bruce Tremper
Sample Schedule
DATES & Locations:
Please click on a course to register!
Wyoming
Jackson, 12/11/2009 - 12/13/2009
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
Jackson, 01/07/2010 - 01/10/2010
23 of 24 students enrolled
Jackson, 02/13/2010 - 02/15/2010
11 of 12 students enrolled
Jackson, 02/25/2010 - 02/28/2010
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
Jackson, 03/11/2010 - 03/14/2010
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
Utah
Salt Lake City, 12/03/2009 - 12/06/2009
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
Salt Lake City, 12/10/2009 - 12/13/2009
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
The Canyons, 01/07/2010 - 01/10/2010
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
Salt Lake City, 01/14/2010 - 01/17/2010
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
Salt Lake City, 02/11/2010 - 02/14/2010
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
The Canyons, 02/19/2010 - 02/21/2010
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
Montana
Bozeman, 01/22/2010 - 01/24/2010
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
Bozeman, 02/19/2010 - 02/21/2010
Course Full (Waitlist Info)
YURT BASED LEVEL 1 COURSE
Rendezvous Backcountry Tours & AAI
December 17 - 20, 2009
Reserve with
Rendezvous Backcountry Tours
(877) 754-4887