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AIARE MOTORIZED AVALANCHE LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION COURSE

Quick Details

  • Duration: 2 Day - On The Snow, 8 Hours Online - At Your Own Pace
  • Ages: Ages 16 + (Guardian Required)
  • Duration: Eight Hours Per Day
  • For who: For recreational riders, pros, guides, and search and rescue teams.
  • Capacity: Up To 12 People Per Course

Person

$ 650

Description: 

The AIARE 1 is a three-day / 24-hour introduction to avalanche hazard management. It includes a Zoom classroom session and two days of on the snow in person training.

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).

Who should take this course? 

Aspiring professionals will need to take the AIARE 1 and Avalanche Rescue as a prerequisite for the Pro 1 course.

The Motorized AIARE 1 is for snowbike and snowmobilers, who recreate in or near avalanche terrain. Participants may have attended some awareness classes or workshops or completed the Avalanche Rescue course which are helpful, but this course is a more substantial training around the basics needed to make better decisions and be better prepared when riding in the back country.

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 able to snowmobile or snowbike. There are no other prerequisites.

The AIARE 1 is a two day course that provides an introduction to using decision making tools to help a group manage risk while traveling in avalanche terrain. 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 basic rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person (if an avalanche occurs and someone in the party is caught). Course days are 10 hour minimum.

Instructors: DJ Osborne and Adam Pulley

Course Dates: Jan 10-11

Class Location: Uinta Mountains, UT

Precourse Work: Done at your own pace, the earlier you sign up the more time you have to complete the precourse work.