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:…
We need more Lead AIARE Avalanche Instructors! A post shared by Backcountry Babes (@backcountrybabes) on Sep 29, 2015 at 6:25pm PDT Backcountry Babes, and all AIARE course providers, need a…
Required and Recommended Continued Professional Development for AIARE Course Instructors Of course it’s not learn it once and call it done. Avalanche education is a life-long learning process for every…
At Backcountry Babes, our mission is to inspire more women into leadership roles in the outdoors. Many aspiring instructors ask me….how do I become an AIARE instructor? How can I…
