AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course - Cat Assisted Touring - 2 Days
AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course - Cat Assisted Touring - 2 Days
Come on up to CPG for the best backcountry classroom around! Our cat assisted AIARE L1 Avalanche Courses include 2 full field days, an evening lecture, all course materials, transport via snowcat to the CPG zone for field lessons, and a few catski runs to improve your movement through avalanche terrain.
A great value for those wanting to get hands on experience in a true backcountry environment. We utilize the cat to maximize fun factor and get more practice with downhill travel through avy terrain but students will need skis or splitboards with touring bindings and skins. Expect to tour uphill 800-1500’ per field day.
This Trip does NOT include lodging at our yurt, for that course please see here:
Pre-Trip Orientation: Two days prior to your course you will conduct an evening meeting with your instructors. These meetings will run from 6:30-8:30 pm and will review the online materials, get your ready for your first field day, and give you an opportunity to understand the things that instructors doing in preparation for a day of backcountry travel. This will include a review of the weather forecast, current avalanche forecast, tour plan. You will also be given access to your field instructor the evening before your course to ask questions about the field day or follow up on lecture questions.
Day 1: We begin with a review of the current avalanche forecast, and then we head out for a backcountry tour. During our tour we touch on companion rescue and make observations relevant to our tour and tomorrow's objective. Our goal is to make observations relevant to the avalanche problems we are currently experiencing and help us to anticipate avalanche problems we can expect in the future. We end the day with a short planning session in preparation for the next days full-day tour. (8 AM - 4 PM)
Day 2: This day will utilize different terrain than the area where you toured the day before and will build on our understanding of the current and future snowpack as we undertake a longer tour. Our goal is to have you back to your car and moving towards home by 4 pm. (8am - 4 pm)
Pre-trip Study: You will be sent a link to the online learning component well in advance of the course. This is self-paced and can be completed online. Completion of this materials counts towards 6 hours of your total course time.
