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You can search CAIC's website for forecasts, field reports, blog posts, and information web pages to find current and past weather conditions throughout the state and to learn about avalanche safety in the backcountry.

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Avalanche Rescue
Buena Visa, CO, Sawatch & Mosquito Ranges
Central
Ski, Splitboard, Snowshoe

The Buena Vista Mountain Adventures (BVMA) AIARE Avalanche Rescue is a one-day stand-alone course designed to be retaken regularly. New participants learn companion rescue basics, while returning students expand their skills with advanced techniques. All participants practice realistic hands-on scenarios and receive professional coaching and feedback.

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Avalanche Rescue
Buena Visa, CO, Sawatch & Mosquito Ranges
Central
Ski, Splitboard, Snowshoe

The Buena Vista Mountain Adventures (BVMA) AIARE Avalanche Rescue is a one-day stand-alone course designed to be retaken regularly. New participants learn companion rescue basics, while returning students expand their skills with advanced techniques. All participants practice realistic hands-on scenarios and receive professional coaching and feedback.

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Avalanche Rescue
Buena Visa, CO, Sawatch & Mosquito Ranges
Central
Ski, Splitboard, Snowshoe

The Buena Vista Mountain Adventures (BVMA) AIARE Avalanche Rescue is a one-day stand-alone course designed to be retaken regularly. New participants learn companion rescue basics, while returning students expand their skills with advanced techniques. All participants practice realistic hands-on scenarios and receive professional coaching and feedback.

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Avalanche Rescue
Buena Visa, CO, Sawatch & Mosquito Ranges
Central
Ski, Splitboard, Snowshoe

The Buena Vista Mountain Adventures (BVMA) AIARE Avalanche Rescue is a one-day stand-alone course designed to be retaken regularly. New participants learn companion rescue basics, while returning students expand their skills with advanced techniques. All participants practice realistic hands-on scenarios and receive professional coaching and feedback.

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Level 2
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Buena Visa, CO, Sawatch & Mosquito Ranges
Central
Ski, Splitboard

The Buena Vista Mountain Adventures (BVMA) AIARE 2 is a three-day course for advanced backcountry skiers and splitboarders who have completed AIARE 1 and Avalanche Rescue. Students refine decision-making skills for complex terrain, practice leadership in small groups, and learn to evaluate snow, weather, and avalanche processes to create informed travel plans and basic forecasts.

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Level 2
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Buena Visa, CO, Sawatch & Mosquito Ranges
Central
Ski, Splitboard

The Buena Vista Mountain Adventures (BVMA) AIARE 2 is a three-day course for advanced backcountry skiers and splitboarders who have completed AIARE 1 and Avalanche Rescue. Students refine decision-making skills for complex terrain, practice leadership in small groups, and learn to evaluate snow, weather, and avalanche processes to create informed travel plans and basic forecasts.

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Level 1
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Summit
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides offers AIARE 1 Avalanche Courses in Central Colorado. AIARE 1 Avalanche Course is a 3-day introduction to managing avalanche hazard where you will learn a repeatable process to manage your risk and learn from your experiences in the backcountry. Students will also practice preparing for and carrying out a backcountry trip, keeping track of conditions, communicating, making decisions about hazards while in the backcountry, and learning rescue techniques if an avalanche occurs and someone is caught. 
Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Courses are a minimum of 24 hours within a 3-Day in-person course. Our courses combine advance e-learning, classroom, and field instruction to introduce participants to the hazards of traveling in avalanche terrain. Your education is of upmost importance to us. We make sure that you get the learning time that you need, and we don’t cut corners in delivering the best training to maximize your commitment! We offer a variety of course options and have a vast amount of terrain to choose from. Course formats include our standard AIARE 1 courses held in the Summit County Area and Front Range Area (Loveland to Berthoud Passes), hut-based courses in 5 different huts, lift-accessed courses with our partner Winter Park Resort, splitboard-specifc courses, and women’s-specific courses.

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Level 1
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Summit
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides offers AIARE 1 Avalanche Courses in Central Colorado. AIARE 1 Avalanche Course is a 3-day introduction to managing avalanche hazard where you will learn a repeatable process to manage your risk and learn from your experiences in the backcountry. Students will also practice preparing for and carrying out a backcountry trip, keeping track of conditions, communicating, making decisions about hazards while in the backcountry, and learning rescue techniques if an avalanche occurs and someone is caught. 
Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Courses are a minimum of 24 hours within a 3-Day in-person course. Our courses combine advance e-learning, classroom, and field instruction to introduce participants to the hazards of traveling in avalanche terrain. Your education is of upmost importance to us. We make sure that you get the learning time that you need, and we don’t cut corners in delivering the best training to maximize your commitment! We offer a variety of course options and have a vast amount of terrain to choose from. Course formats include our standard AIARE 1 courses held in the Summit County Area and Front Range Area (Loveland to Berthoud Passes), hut-based courses in 5 different huts, lift-accessed courses with our partner Winter Park Resort, splitboard-specifc courses, and women’s-specific courses.

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Level 1
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Front Range
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides offers AIARE 1 Avalanche Courses in Central Colorado. AIARE 1 Avalanche Course is a 3-day introduction to managing avalanche hazard where you will learn a repeatable process to manage your risk and learn from your experiences in the backcountry. Students will also practice preparing for and carrying out a backcountry trip, keeping track of conditions, communicating, making decisions about hazards while in the backcountry, and learning rescue techniques if an avalanche occurs and someone is caught. 
Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Courses are a minimum of 24 hours within a 3-Day in-person course. Our courses combine advance e-learning, classroom, and field instruction to introduce participants to the hazards of traveling in avalanche terrain. Your education is of upmost importance to us. We make sure that you get the learning time that you need, and we don’t cut corners in delivering the best training to maximize your commitment! We offer a variety of course options and have a vast amount of terrain to choose from. Course formats include our standard AIARE 1 courses held in the Summit County Area and Front Range Area (Loveland to Berthoud Passes), hut-based courses in 5 different huts, lift-accessed courses with our partner Winter Park Resort, splitboard-specifc courses, and women’s-specific courses.

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Level 1
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Front Range
Northern
Ski, Splitboard

Colorado Adventure Guides offers AIARE 1 Avalanche Courses in Central Colorado. AIARE 1 Avalanche Course is a 3-day introduction to managing avalanche hazard where you will learn a repeatable process to manage your risk and learn from your experiences in the backcountry. Students will also practice preparing for and carrying out a backcountry trip, keeping track of conditions, communicating, making decisions about hazards while in the backcountry, and learning rescue techniques if an avalanche occurs and someone is caught. 
Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Courses are a minimum of 24 hours within a 3-Day in-person course. Our courses combine advance e-learning, classroom, and field instruction to introduce participants to the hazards of traveling in avalanche terrain. Your education is of upmost importance to us. We make sure that you get the learning time that you need, and we don’t cut corners in delivering the best training to maximize your commitment! We offer a variety of course options and have a vast amount of terrain to choose from. Course formats include our standard AIARE 1 courses held in the Summit County Area and Front Range Area (Loveland to Berthoud Passes), hut-based courses in 5 different huts, lift-accessed courses with our partner Winter Park Resort, splitboard-specifc courses, and women’s-specific courses.