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Day 1: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Day 2: Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Day 3: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Day 4: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Day 5: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
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Location: Online Eastern Webinar (link in confirmation) (Access links will be provided to each registrant in e-mail confirmation. Unpaid/unverified webinar reservations will be removed. – Links)
Event Code: 325CC1105A
Available Registration Packages (click for more info):
All 5 Webinars:
– Cost: $150.00
– CEUs: 6
Event Prerequisite(s): None
Registration Closes: Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 3:59 pm ET
Online Registration: CLOSED
Offline Registration: Please call the Eastern office (518) 452-6095 during regular hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm EST.
Course Description (EST-Online-Backcountry Series: Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 1):
The first event in the 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
Participants must attend all five webinars and fulfill the assigned assessments to receive 6CEUs.
+ On snow session (check calendar for dates/locations)
+ Participants must download and print this map for work in Session 4: https://easternsnowpros.org/download/ed/TopoMapMWF.pdf
+ Participants will need to have use of a simple compass (such as https://a.co/d/czZ2iqs), for Session 4.
BACKCOUNTRY EDUCATION PROGRAM
- Snow Sense and Planning is the first of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Collecting Data is the second of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Putting It All Together is the third of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
Course Description (EST-Online-Backcountry Series: Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 2):
The first event in the 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
Participants must attend all five webinars and fulfill the assigned assessments to receive 6CEUs.
+ On snow session (check calendar for dates/locations)
+ Participants must download and print this map for work in Session 4: https://easternsnowpros.org/download/ed/TopoMapMWF.pdf
+ Participants will need to have use of a simple compass (such as https://a.co/d/czZ2iqs), for Session 4.
BACKCOUNTRY EDUCATION PROGRAM
- Snow Sense and Planning is the first of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Collecting Data is the second of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Putting It All Together is the third of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
Course Description (EST-Online-Backcountry Series: Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 3):
The first event in the 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
Participants must attend all five webinars and fulfill the assigned assessments to receive 6CEUs.
+ On snow session (check calendar for dates/locations)
+ Participants must download and print this map for work in Session 4: https://easternsnowpros.org/download/ed/TopoMapMWF.pdf
+ Participants will need to have use of a simple compass (such as https://a.co/d/czZ2iqs), for Session 4.
BACKCOUNTRY EDUCATION PROGRAM
- Snow Sense and Planning is the first of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Collecting Data is the second of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Putting It All Together is the third of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
Course Description (EST-Online-Backcountry Series: Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 4):
The first event in the 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
Participants must attend all five webinars and fulfill the assigned assessments to receive 6CEUs.
+ On snow session (check calendar for dates/locations)
+ Participants must download and print this map for work in Session 4: https://easternsnowpros.org/download/ed/TopoMapMWF.pdf
+ Participants will need to have use of a simple compass (such as https://a.co/d/czZ2iqs), for Session 4.
BACKCOUNTRY EDUCATION PROGRAM
- Snow Sense and Planning is the first of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Collecting Data is the second of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Putting It All Together is the third of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
Course Description (EST-Online-Backcountry Series: Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 5):
The first event in the 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
Participants must attend all five webinars and fulfill the assigned assessments to receive 6CEUs.
+ On snow session (check calendar for dates/locations)
+ Participants must download and print this map for work in Session 4: https://easternsnowpros.org/download/ed/TopoMapMWF.pdf
+ Participants will need to have use of a simple compass (such as https://a.co/d/czZ2iqs), for Session 4.
BACKCOUNTRY EDUCATION PROGRAM
- Snow Sense and Planning is the first of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Collecting Data is the second of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
- Putting It All Together is the third of three courses in the Backcountry Education Program.
Additional Event Details:
CANCEL/TRANSFER/NO SHOW POLICY FOR EVENTS:
IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL or TRANSFER from a 1-DAY EVENT:
> Up to 14 days prior to the event: $20.00 fee < During the two weeks prior to the event: $25.00 fee
IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL or TRANSFER from a 2-DAY or 3-DAY EVENT:
> Up to 14 days prior to the event: $20.00 fee < During the two weeks prior to the event: $50.00 fee
**NEW ** IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL or TRANSFER from an EVENT that is 4 or more days:
> Up to 21 days prior to the event: $20.00 fee < During the three weeks prior to the event: 50% of event fee paid
Notice to the office must be made no later than 4:30pm on last business day before the event.
IF YOU DO NOT SHOW AT YOUR EVENT AND DO NOT CONTACT US by 4:30pm on last business day before the event: No refund.
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All 5 Webinars
CEUs: 6
Event Prerequisite(s): None
Registration Closes Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 3:59 pm ET
Package Description: Participants must attend all five webinars and fulfill the assigned assessments to receive six continuing education credits.
This package includes each of the following sections.
All Webinars (Includes the following):
– Webinar – Session 1
November 5, 2024 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 2
November 6, 2024 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 3
November 12, 2024 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 4
November 13, 2024 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 5
November 19, 2024 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET
(6 CEUs total in this section)