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Level 1
Summit County
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides is now offering a 1-day avalanche refresher course. This field based course is intended for individuals who have taken an AIARE or A3 (American Avalanche Association) avalanche course and will help you to hone in and refresh on the topics covered in a Level 1, Level 2, or Avalanche Rescue course. These classes will be ran as private courses so get your touring partners together and let the seasoned instructors and guides at CAG help to refresh your backcountry avalanche skills this winter! Did you take an avalanche course years ago and need some refreshing? Have you taken an AIARE or A3 (American Avalanche Association) avalanche course recently and want help applying all of the information to actually getting out and making decisions in the backcountry? Dial in your decision making framework, snowpack assessment skills, terrain management, group dynamics, avalanche rescue skills, and more! Get a few of your regular backcountry touring partners together and book a a day with guide/instructor for private learning and touring. The day can be tailored to the skills you want to spend the most time on, from trip planning to route selection, field observations to snowpack analysis, or simply just learning how to execute a ski tour from beginning to end and finding the best conditions. If you took your AIARE 1 or 2 with us, take an extra 15% off of your trip cost!

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Level 1
Summit County
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides teaches AIARE AVALANCHE RESCUE. In this one-day (8-hour) course, new participants will learn how to rescue a companion caught in an avalanche. We’ll focus on the gear and responding. Returning students will expand their skills and knowledge with advanced topics and realistic scenario practice. This class should be retaken regularly to keep abreast of the best practices in rescue techniques and gear.

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Avalanche Rescue
Summit County
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides teaches AIARE AVALANCHE RESCUE. In this one-day (8-hour) course, new participants will learn how to rescue a companion caught in an avalanche. We’ll focus on the gear and responding. Returning students will expand their skills and knowledge with advanced topics and realistic scenario practice. This class should be retaken regularly to keep abreast of the best practices in rescue techniques and gear.

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Avalanche Rescue
Summit County
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides teaches AIARE AVALANCHE RESCUE. In this one-day (8-hour) course, new participants will learn how to rescue a companion caught in an avalanche. We’ll focus on the gear and responding. Returning students will expand their skills and knowledge with advanced topics and realistic scenario practice. This class should be retaken regularly to keep abreast of the best practices in rescue techniques and gear.

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Avalanche Rescue
Summit County
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides teaches AIARE AVALANCHE RESCUE. In this one-day (8-hour) course, new participants will learn how to rescue a companion caught in an avalanche. We’ll focus on the gear and responding. Returning students will expand their skills and knowledge with advanced topics and realistic scenario practice. This class should be retaken regularly to keep abreast of the best practices in rescue techniques and gear.