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AVALANCHE INSTRUCTION

We offer the largest and most complete avalanche education program in the East. Whether you're just starting your education or you've been skiing in avalanche terrain for years, we have a course to suit your needs.

Some key points to remember when choosing and avalanche course provider:

Our courses teach fundamental knowledge, skills, and judgment to make better choices in avalanche terrain. You'll also learn how to rescue your partner if they are buried.
Our courses all follow the AIARE curriculum, which allows you to take a Level 1 and/or Level 2 with EMS , and then continue your education all the way through Level 3.
Our AIARE instructors all go through special training with AIARE to help them offer a high-quality course focused on student learning outcomes.
Our instructors have years of experience skiing and climbing in many different snow climates. What you learn here will apply anywhere you go.

The Level 1 course is an introduction to and review of the avalanche phenomena, travel techniques, decision making strategies, and avalanche rescue.
Available in North Conway, NH or Lake Placid, NY.

The Level 2 course provides technical and scientific information that improves participants' understanding of how and why avalanches occur, covers the factors that indicate and affect snow stability, and introduces the snow stability analysis and forecasting process.
Available in North Conway, NH or
Gaspe, Quebec.

The Level 3 course incorporates snow stability analysis and forecasting, avalanche hazard analysis and forecasting, and activity/operational planning in a high level decision making framework.

Avalanche Refresher This one day course for those who have taken the AIARE Level 1 and want to refresh their knowledge and gain more field experience. This course takes place mainly in the field.

BACKCOUNTRY SKIING PROGRAMS

Intro to Backcountry Skiing/Snowboarding

Time to leave the ski area behind and move out to the wilds of the backcountry.

Introduction to Ski Mountaineering

If you’ve always wanted to ski Tuckerman’s, and want to learn from the pros how to do it, then this is the course for you.

Ski Ascent/Descent of Mt. Washington

Ski 4300' down the East Snowfields, Tuckerman Ravine or Gulf of Slides, and the Sherburne or Gulf of Slides Trail.

Backcountry Overnights

Spend a night or more in the backcountry and wake up to views of the best terrain around.
Contact us for more information.

NEVER SUMMER YURTS, COLORADO
Join us for a 5 day trip and enjoy great powder, above treeline touring, and steep descents. Enjoy a comfortable wood-heated yurt at night.

BACKCOUNTRY SKI THE CHIC-CHOCS,
GASPE, QUEBEC
The Gaspe peninsula in Quebec offers the most varied terrain in the East, along with a typically deep snowpack. If you'd like to ski there and learn practical ski mountaineering skills and avalanche evaluation skills, give us a call to discuss the possibilities.
Contact us for more information.
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