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
November 2024 Series:
- Thursday, November 5, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time
- Tuesday, November 7, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Eastern time
- Tuesday, November 12, 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