AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course Jan 17-19, 2025 Hut Based La Grande

Description

$775.00 

What: New for this winter the WAC is teaming up with local outfitter Eagle Cap Mountain Guides to offer a hut-based AIARE Level 1 Course. Participants will meet Friday at 8 am, and head into the Buck Creek Yurt after a quick breakfast and intro in town. This course is a hybrid design with pre-course online learning that should take on average 8 hours to complete. Students will also be required to participate in a 2-hour Zoom session approximately 1 week before the start of the two field sessions. Pre-course online learning materials will be sent out a month before the course starts. 

Where: The Wallowa Avalanche Center is offering the AIARE 1, on January 17-19, and will take place at the Buck Creek Yurt operated by Eagle Cap Mountain Guides. 

Price Includes: All Meals, Including Breakfast, Lunch, Hot Appetizers, Dinner AIARE Certified Course Leader and Instructors 24-hour course with a 5:1 maximum ratio AIARE field book AIARE certificate of completion 

Participants Must Have: Digital avalanche transceiver, avalanche shovel, avalanche probe (Transceiver should be less than 7 years old) Backpack (airbag pack optional) Backcountry skis or splitboard, boots, poles, skins. 

If you would refer to pay with a check, please email rex@wallowaavalanchecenter.org to be added to the course roster and mail a check to: WAC PO Box 324 Joseph, OR 97846. 

For more information contact rex@wallowaavalanchecenter.org 

Cancellation: We recommend you purchase trip insurance in the event you have to cancel your course. If you need to cancel within 30 days of the start of the course you will not receive a refund. Cancellations more than 30 days of the start of the course will receive a refund minus $50.

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