By Alwyne Butler Edited for posting by Eryka Thorley Our Backcountry Babes AIARE Rescue Course was an excellent refresher in avalanche rescue skills and I feel more prepared in the…
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Deep Snow Immersion A lot of locations throughout the west are seeing huge snow totals this week. With big snow comes big problems. Backcountry problems are not just isolated into...
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Colorado's Persistent Slab Problem Its no secret that Colorado typically has an unstable snowpack and this year is no exception. Colorado has a deep persistent slab that has been making...
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Early season snowpack tends to always be a little touchy, but this year we are seeing many areas plagued with a very dangerous persistent layer. Colorado, California, Wyoming and Alaska...
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Thanks to Backcountry Access for putting up some great training videos This video series will give you the basics of how an avalanche rescue works and the steps that are...
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We’re excited to dust off the ski boots, scrape summer wax off the skis and try sliding downhill again for the first time in 6 months. With our gear ready…
Written by Backcountry Babes AIARE Level 2 Scholarship Recipient, Emily Olsen. Emily is an avid backcountry skier based in Leadville, CO and works as the Executive Director at Cloud City…
Are you ready to increase your avalanche detection skills? Have you already taken a Level 1 avalanche course and the new Avalanche Companion Rescue course? Are you a dedicated backcountry…
5 THINGS YOU’LL LEARN IN A BACKCOUNTRY BABES AIARE AVALANCHE COURSE Are you a backcountry skiier or splitboarder? Have you experienced an uncomfortable situation in avalanche terrain? Do you want…
What will I learn in AIARE Level 1 vs. AIARE Level 2? AIARE Level 1 AIARE Level 2 Role: Contributor to a Group Facilitator of a Group Learning Approach:…
