The level one is a 3 day introduction to avalanche hazard management. The course will provide a basic understanding of avalanches, describe a framework for decision making and risk management in avalanche terrain, focus on identifying the right questions, rather than on providing "answers", and give lessons and exercises that are practically oriented, useful, and applicable in the field.

Students can expect to develop a good understanding of how to prepare for and carry out a trip, to understand basic decision making while in the field, and to learn rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person if an avalanche occurs and someone in the party is caught.

Dates:
January 16-18
February 5-7
March 19-21
Fee: $325

Reservations

The Level 2 course is a 4-day program that provides backcountry leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision making skills. This course also includes the introductory and prerequisite components for the professional progression to the level 3 certificate.

The Level 2 builds from the introductory avalanche hazard management model introduced in the level one and adds to it the evaluation of factors critical to stability evaluation.

Level 2
Dates:
February 12-15
Fee: $450 Reservations

Level 3
TBD
Fee $1,100
Reservations

You will improve your technique AND enjoy an adventure in the backcountry with both North American Ski Training Center and SMG. We start in bounds on the slopes of Sugar Bowl Resort, where we clinic with PSIA certified instructors and prepare for the backcountry tour. We?ll then head out on Randonne, Telemark, or Splitboards to find untracked snow and solitude on the flanks of Donner Peak.

Dates
TBD
Fee: $870 (includes 3 days of lift tickets, 3 days of instruction and guiding)
Reservations

These clinics are free to the community and the first step to safe winter travel. Please consider a donation to the Friends of the Mt Shasta Avalanche Center: www.fmsac.org

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(Donation encouraged)
Reservations