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Day 1: Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET
Day 2: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET
Day 3: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET
Day 4: Thursday, November 16, 2023 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET
Day 5: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 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: 324CC1102A
Available Registration Packages (click for more info):
All 5 Webinars:
– Cost: $120.00
– CEUs: 6
Event Prerequisite(s): None
Registration Closes: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 3:59 pm ET
This is a highlighted event that is anticipated to be very popular.
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 Accreditation Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 1):
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
Participants must attend all five webinars and fulfill the assigned assessments to receive 6CEUs.
+ On snow session (check calendar at https://easternsnowpros.org/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 ACCREDITATION
- Snow Sense and Planning is the first of three courses in the Backcountry Accreditation.
- Collecting Data is the second of three courses in the Backcountry Accreditation.
- Putting It All Together is the third of three courses in the Backcountry Accreditation.
Course Description (EST-Online-Backcountry Accreditation Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 3):
Course Description (EST-Online-Backcountry Accreditation Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 4):
Course Description (EST-Online-Backcountry Accreditation Snow Sense and Planning Webinar 5):
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 MULTI-DAY EVENT:
>< Up to 14 days prior to the event: $20.00 fee >< During the two weeks prior to the event: $50.00 fee
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.
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: $120.00
CEUs: 6
Event Prerequisite(s): None
Registration Closes Thursday, November 2, 2023, 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 2, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 2
November 7, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 3
November 14, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 4
November 16, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 5
November 21, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
(6 CEUs total in this section)
CEUs: 6
Event Prerequisite(s): None
Registration Closes Thursday, November 2, 2023, 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 2, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 2
November 7, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 3
November 14, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 4
November 16, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
– Webinar – Session 5
November 21, 2023 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
(6 CEUs total in this section)