Silverton Avalanche School RECREATIONAL LEVEL 1 AVALANCHE COURSE

The Backcountry is always telling us a story. Are you Listening?

Reading and understanding winter’s seasonal narrative, as written across mountain slopes, backcountry bowls and understanding where avalanches lurk, is both a learned skill and a practiced art. Silverton Avalanche School’s REC Level One Avalanche Course introduces students to the ways we ritualize our planning, observations and assessments and highlights the critical importance of “Reading the Story of Winter” each and every day, in order to minimize risk traveling through avalanche terrain.

In SAS’s 3 Day, REC Level One, students engage in a hands on curriculum designed to develop a personal understanding and applying a set of tools to help navigate avalanche terrain safely.  Tools are applied through the course, such as the avalanche bulletin, utilizing the Avalanche Triangle, employing a backcountry field notebook and incorporating field observations, and applying online resources and digital applications. Our courses exceed the requirements set by the American Avalanche Association for avalanche education. This course has a mix of online and in person learning. The outcome is a an understanding of when where and how to safely navigate avalanche terrain.  Our curriculum is based on national guidelines published by the American Avalanche Association.

SAS courses occur in the Silverton area, Taos NM area and Southern Colorado. SAS is permitted to operate on public lands with the USFS.

If interested please contact Silverton Avalanche School