Join Northwest Avalanche Center’s staff and learn the fundamentals around travel in the wintertime backcountry. Each week focuses on a skill that helps you build a travel plan and understand your resources for traveling in avalanche terrain. Workshops are dynamic and interactive, providing opportunities to ask all your questions of the professionals at NWAC.

This four week virtual class will run on Wednesdays beginning January 10, 2023. Classes run from 6:30-8:30 PM over Zoom.

Joining late? All registered students will automatically receive recordings of all four sessions.

Dates: January 2024
Wednesday January 10, 2024: Equipment and Avalanche Rescue Gear
Wednesday January 17, 2024: Mountain Weather Forecasts
Wednesday January 24, 2024: NWAC Avalanche Forecasts
Wednesday January 31, 2024: Planning for Winter Mountain Travel

Cost: $80 (NWAC members receive a 20% discount)