Level 2 AIARE Course
Analyzing Snow Stability and Avalanche Hazard

The Level 2 four-day course is for aspiring backcountry leaders, guides, professionals and backcountry companions desiring greater skills and knowledge.

March 20 - 23, 2010 - Women's Course
February 5 - 8, 2011 Co-ed (offered in 'odd' years)

Photo © Wolf Creek Backcountry

The Level 2 course is a four-day program providing backcountry leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision making skills. This course includes prerequisite components for the professional progression to the Level 3 course. The Level 2 course builds on the avalanche hazard management model introduced in Level 1 and adds to it evaluation of factors critical to stability evaluation. In-depth tour planning, weather, snowpack, and instability observations, snowpack layers and metamorphism, rescue scenario, group management and a minimum of 20 hours of field work constitute the course. Student Instructor ratio: 3:1

Course Location
Field: Wolf Creek Pass
Classroom: Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Dates
March 20 - 23, 2010 (Saturday-Tuesday) Women's Course - includes hot springs pass

Cost
$475 ($489 via paypal)

Required equipment for the course: Equipment List
Prerequisite: AIARE Level 1 course

For more information email or call Sandy @ 970-731-2486.