Backcountry Essentials - Backcountry Touring Development Series

 

Details:
A workshop series for current or aspiring backcountry skiers and riders looking to gain fundamental avalanche awareness and applied field skills for wintertime backcountry travel.

Each workshop will focus on a set of skills surrounding a specific topic related to wintertime backcountry travel. This series will cover what to pack for a backcountry tour, partner rescue basics, weather, snowpack, digital mapping tools, backcountry travel technique, and assessing human factors to assemble your tour group. This series will culminate in an optional guided mentorship day tour in the Ogden backcountry to apply these workshop tools to the field.

Price: $10 per session || Timing: 6:00 - 8:00pm 

Nov 13 ||  ||What's in the Pack? 

Unpacking the guide pack and reviewing all of the essentials you need to pack with you and plan for a day of backcountry ski touring. This includes discussions on repair kits, medical kits, layering, food & hydration, navigation and safety gear. 

Dec 4 ||  || Deeper Dive into the Public Backcountry Avalanche Bulletin and the Weather Forecast

A review on how to read and utilize all of the tiers of information associated with the Public Backcountry Avalanche Bulletin for safe backcountry travel. We will also review digital weather resources and how to tie the bulletin together with local weather forecasts to make the most informed decisions for your backcountry tours. 

Jan 8 ||  || Planning a Ski Tour

A review on how to use various mapping software and digital products to plan a backcountry tour. This evening session will review how to read and understand topo lines and terrain features on 2D maps, and then overlay specialized functions like slope angle shading and sun exposure to create a robust tour plan structured for the conditions. 

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Skill Level: All skill levels welcome!

Fitness Level: N/A

Ready for the next step?? Check out all of our seasonal offerings, as well as AIARE 1 and AIARE Rescue courses

If you are interested in diving deeper into avalanche education, check out , by Ogden Avalanche!

Register for this trip today or book a day of private backcountry powder skiing by contacting hayleyprine@weber.edu   

Please email (preferred), call, or stop by if you have any questions. 

Pre-Registration

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 hayleyprine@weber.edu  | 1352 Village Dr, Ogden, UT, 84408