| Webinar – Backcountry Snow Sense and Planning Series – November 2025 | Back to Calendar |
Day 1: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Day 2: Thursday, November 6, 2025 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Day 3: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Day 4: Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm ET
Day 5: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 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. – Registration)
Event Code: 326MU1104A
Available Registration Packages (click for more info):
All 5 Webinars:
– First Chair Rate: $150.00 (available through Monday, October 13)
– Last Chair Rate: $175.00
– CEUs: 6
Spots Remaining: 30 (as of 49 minutes ago)
Event Prerequisite(s): Current PSIA-AASI Membership
Registration Closes: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 11:59 pm ET
This is a highlighted event that is anticipated to be very popular.
Online Registration: Click here to register.
IMPORTANT WAITLIST NOTE: For events that reach capacity, we encourage you to ADD YOURSELF TO THE WAITLIST by completing the online registration process and clicking WAITLIST. If there is enough interest on waitlist and we have staff available, we could open another group. When and if a spot opens up, waitlisted registrations will be automatically added to the event and your card will be charged at that time. You will get a confirmation email when your card is charged and your registration confirmed. Please understand we will do our best to get you into the event if possible, but please don’t make any firm plans unless you get a confirmation that you’re officially registered for the event. If you want to be removed from the waitlist at any point, you can do so in “My Events” in your member portal, or please call the Eastern office (518) 452-6095 during regular hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm EST. Thanks so much!
Offline Registration: Please call the Eastern office (518) 452-6095 during regular hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm EST
Course Description:
The 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 6 CEUs.
+ Participants will need to 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/5ZwWjQm), for the work in Session 4.
CANCEL/TRANSFER/NO SHOW POLICY FOR EASTERN EVENTS:
PLEASE NOTE: For the 2025-2026 season events, we have a new Unified Cancellation Policy.
IF YOU NEED TO TRANSFER or CANCEL: you can cancel your registration in your member portal at members.thesnowpros.org or call us at (518) 452-6095. To transfer your registration to a different event, please cancel this registration and register for the new event.
- Up to 3 weeks prior to the event start: Full refund of the cost of your event registration.
- Less than 3 weeks prior to the event start: 50% refund of the cost of your event registration.
- Less than one week prior to the start date and time of your event, event registrations are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Certain premier regional and national events follow a cancellation policy different from the standard cancellation policy outlined above. Please refer to those events directly for the applicable event cancellation policies.
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- If you need to cancel a premier event that is 4 or more days:
- Up to 3 weeks prior to the event start: Full refund of the cost of your event registration.
- Less than 3 weeks prior to the event start: 50% refund of the cost of your event registration.
- If you need to cancel a premier event that is 4 or more days:
Please note that no refunds will be issued for events once attended. We encourage members to review event details carefully before registering to ensure a satisfactory experience. Extenuating circumstances (medical or bereavement) will be considered for a refund if notification is given at the earliest opportunity, and the request is received within one week after the start of the event.
Our goal is to ensure all events run as scheduled, however, there are times, with very little notice, that we may have to cancel or move an event due to factors beyond our control. We encourage you to consider this possibility when making travel plans.
All 5 Webinars
Package Price:
– First Chair Rate: $150.00 (available through Monday, October 13)
– Last Chair Rate: $175.00
CEUs: 6
Event Prerequisite(s): Current PSIA-AASI Membership
Registration Closes Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 11:59 pm ET
This package includes each of the following sections.
All Webinars (Choose 5 options):
– Webinar – Session 1
November 4, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
– Webinar – Session 2
November 6, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
– Webinar – Session 3
November 11, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
– Webinar – Session 4
November 13, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
– Webinar – Session 5
November 18, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
* Information on number of spots remaining was last updated 49 minutes ago.
– First Chair Rate: $150.00 (available through Monday, October 13)
– Last Chair Rate: $175.00
CEUs: 6
Event Prerequisite(s): Current PSIA-AASI Membership
Registration Closes Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 11:59 pm ET
This package includes each of the following sections.
All Webinars (Choose 5 options):
– Webinar – Session 1
November 4, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
– Webinar – Session 2
November 6, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
– Webinar – Session 3
November 11, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
– Webinar – Session 4
November 13, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
– Webinar – Session 5
November 18, 2025 from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm ET (30 spots left) *
* Information on number of spots remaining was last updated 49 minutes ago.