Burrell Adventures

AIARE 1

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These courses will feature a zoom classroom session along with 2 field days at Mount Baker.

The AIARE 1 is a three-day / 24-hour introduction to avalanche hazard management.

Students can expect to develop a good grounding in how to prepare for and carry out a backcountry 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).

Learning Outcomes

Develop a plan for travel in avalanche terrain.
Demonstrate the ability to identify avalanche terrain.
Effectively use The AIARE Risk Management Framework to make terrain choices in a group setting.
Demonstrate effective companion rescue.

Itinerary

Day 1: Virtual Classroom Session

Day 2: Field Day based at Heather Meadows

Day 3: Field Day based at Heather Meadows

Gear List

Clothing
Base Layer	Men’s	Women’s
Thermal Bottom	O.R. Alpine Onset Bottoms	O.R. Alpine Onset Bottoms
Thermal Top	O.R. Alpine Onset Crew	O.R. Onset Crew
Ski Socks

Mid Layer	Men’s	Women’s
Soft Shell	O.R. Ferrosi Hooded Jacket	O.R. Ferrosi Hooded Jacket
or	or	or
Fleece Jacket	O.R. Vigor Fleece Hoodie	O.R. Vigor Hooded Jacket

Outerwear	Men’s	Women’s
Lightweight Waterproof Jacket	O.R. Skyward II Jacket	O.R. Skyward II Jacket
Lightweight Waterproof Pants	O.R. Skyward II Pants	O.R. Skyward II Pants

Warm Hat, Beanie	O.R. Beanie	O.R. Beanie
Sun Hat, Ball Cap, Visor	O.R. Swift Cap	O.R. Swift Cap
Lightweight Gloves	O.R. Extravert Gloves	O.R. Stormtracker Gloves
Ski Gloves	O.R. Arete Glove	O.R. Arete Gloves

Insulation	Men’s	Women’s
Down	O.R. Transcendent Down Jacket	O.R. Transcendent Down Jacket
or	or	or
Synthetic Jacket	O.R. Refuge Hooded	O.R. Refuge Hooded

Personal Gear
Day Pack 25-40L	Mammut Pro X 35L	Mammut Pro X 35L
Water Bottles	2 1L Wide Mouth or Hydration system
Lunch and Snacks
Sunglasses	Adequate for Snow Travel
Goggles w/ Spare Lens Or 2^nd pair of goggles	Low Light and Sunny Lens
Sunscreen	SPF 25+
Lip Balm	SPF 15+
Buff	O.R. Echo Ubertube	O.R. Echo Ubertube
or	or
Balaclava	O.R. Option Balaclava	O.R. Option Balaclava
Headlamp

Ski or Snowboard Gear
Skis or Splitboard	Weston Backcountry Splits and Skis
Ski Boots
Ski Poles	Black Diamond 3 Piece Poles (140cm)
Climbing Skins	Touring Skins

Avalanche Safety Gear
Transceiver/ Beacon	Black Diamond Powder BT
Shovel	Transfer 3
Probe	Quickdraw 280cm Ski pole probes are not acceptable

Optional Items	We highly recommend these but do not require them to participate.
Airbag Packs
Snow Saw	Primomo Snow Saws
Basic Snow study Kit	BCA Snow Study Kit
Notebook and writing utensil	Rite in the Rain 374 and Pencil
Winter Snow Boots- Parking Lot	Sorel Style Boots
Thermos	Vacuum Style for Hot Tea or Cocoa
Compass	Adjustable Declination
Altimeter	Suunto Watch
Map Case or Goggle Protection	Zip Loc
Maps	Caltopo or GAIA

Cancellation Policy

Domestic trips and courses cancelled before 14 days receive a full refund, 7 days before trip departure will be given a credit minus a $75 processing fee, and within 7 days or shorter no refund will be given. International trips have a 30 day cancellation.