Provided by American Avalanche Institute
Salt Lake
Saturday, February 15, 2025
This course is offered in the Wasatch Range just outside of Salt Lake City. For backcountry users who have completed the Avalanche Level 1 course and are ready to go deeper with their snow and avalanche knowledge.
3 Consecutive Field Days.
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The Avalanche Level 2 course is designed for backcountry recreationists with level 1 avalanche skills who want to go deeper with their snow and avalanche knowledge, as well as travel in more complex terrain. On this course, we spend time expanding student’s knowledge of the science of snow metamorphism, and apply this knowledge to have a better understanding of the season snowpack history and the nature of existing avalanche problems. We utilize the AAI Backcountry Avalanche Checklist as a system for sorting and prioritizing information in the field, setting a tone of teamwork, and minimizing human factor traps.
Forty percent of the course is online/classroom based and the other sixty percent is field based. We will travel in the backcountry, in and around avalanche terrain.
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An additional online meeting will take place the night before your course to coordinate logistics. By completing this course with the American Avalanche Institute, you will receive a certificate of completion from AAI and join a network of Level 2 avalanche training graduates.
For 50 years, the American Avalanche Institute has provided one the most successful professional and recreational avalanche training programs. At the recreational and professional levels, their courses and curricula are fully approved by the American Avalanche Association (A3). AAI’s guides, avalanche professionals, and educators create the best recreational and professional avalanche courses in the world.
Cost: $749