Snow Sense & Planning Webinar Series

The first event in the Backcountry Accreditation, 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