Snow Sense & Planning Webinar Series
The first event in the Eastern Backcountry Education Program, Snow Sense and Planning, is currently offered in a five-part webinar series.
This course covers the following topics.
- Avalanche Awareness: Weather, Snowpack, Terrain, Aspect
- Safe Travel and Rescue: Transceiver, Probe, Shovel, Route decisions, Reading snowpack
- Snow Analysis: Hasty, analysis along the route, Pit analysis, Pit tools and reporting, Physics and chemistry of snowpack
- Orienteering: Bearing/check, Pace, Reading features, maps, Triangulation, GPS and phone
- Equipment/Clothing/Fuel-H2O/Athleticism: Discipline equipment, Skinning and equipment, Moisture management, Endurance pacing and ability
November 2024 Series:
- Tuesday, November 5, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time
- Wednesday, November 6, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time
Thursday, November 14, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time- Tuesday, November 12, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time
- Wednesday, November 13, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time
Thursday, November 14, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time- Tuesday, November 19, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time
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Participants must attend all five webinars at the times allotted and fulfill the requested knowledge-check assessments to receive six continuing education credits.
EASTERN BACKCOUNTRY EDUCATION PROGRAM
- Snow Sense and Planning is the first of three courses in the Eastern Backcountry Education Program.
- Collecting Data is the second of three courses in the Eastern Backcountry Education Program.
- Putting It All Together is the third of three courses in the Eastern Backcountry Education Program.