BTBounds x Alpenglow expeditions aiare 1 course
december 17-19, 2024
TRuckee, California
price: $650
INCLUDES: alpenglow expeditions guide instruction, BTBounds goodie bag, coffee and snacks (please pack your own lunch) and celebratory Group dinner after final course day, as well as handouts, AIARE student manuals, AIARE field book, use of avalanche rescue gear and snow science equipment
Course Description
The AIARE 1 is a three-day / 24-hour introduction to avalanche hazard management. The BTBounds x Alpenglow Expeditions AIARE 1 is a women’s-specific course.
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).
More information on Alpenglow Expeditions.
Who Should Take this Course
The AIARE 1 is for snowboarders and skiers who want to recreate in or near avalanche terrain. Participants may have attended some awareness classes or workshops or completed the Avalanche Rescue course, but none are a prerequisite for this course.
Aspiring professionals will need to take the AIARE 1 and Avalanche Rescue as a prerequisite for the Pro 1 course.
Student Learning Outcomes
At the end of the AIARE 1 course, the student should be able to:
Develop a plan for travel in avalanche terrain.
Demonstrate the ability to identify avalanche terrain.
Effectively use The AIARE Risk Management Framework to make terrain choices in a group setting.
Demonstrate effective companion rescue.
Prerequisites
*Students must be competent snowboarders or skiers.*
*Students must have prior experience skiing or snowboarding in the backcountry. (If you have any questions as to your personal level of experience, please contact: info@btbounds.com. You can be very new to the backcountry, that is fine, but need to be able to travel and ride in backcountry conditions.)
Students must be able to travel in avalanche terrain and bring appropriate equipment for traveling on snow to class—ie, splitboard, snowshoes, etc.
LOCATION
Truckee, CA
More information on what to expect, what to bring each day, etc. will be emailed to participants after registering. If you have any questions about this course, please contact info@btbounds.com and info@alpenglowexpeditions.com.