Women's Backcountry & Avalanche Mentorship

Develop your backcountry skiing and avalanche skills in the Legendary Mount Baker Backcountry: Women's Mentorship Days

Join Guided Exposure for a 1-day women’s avalanche training mentorship course designed to build confidence and knowledge in the backcountry. This intensive program, led by experienced female guides, combines avalanche safety education with mentorship tailored specifically for women identifying skiers and splitboarders. Participants will gain practical hands-on experience in avalanche terrain while learning critical decision-making and risk management strategies.

As a team, we will review the avalanche forecast and learn how to make a plan that aligns with the current conditions and weather, supported by guides who model decision-making and risk management. Two nights before the tour, there will be an online Zoom meeting to review the plan, discuss conditions, and answer questions.

This women-led avalanche course emphasizes snowpack analysis, avalanche rescue practice, safe route selection, and group leadership. By blending mentorship with technical avalanche training, you’ll walk away with the tools to travel more safely, lead with confidence, and connect with a supportive community of women in the mountains.

Why Choose Our Women's Avalanche Mentorship Day?

• Women Led: Join a group of like minded skiers and riders
• Expert Guidance: Led by seasoned ski and splitboard guides with decades of legacy wisdom.

• One of the only women’s avalanche mentorship programs offered in the Pacific Northwest

• Expert instruction from professional female guides who understand both the technical and social challenges of backcountry travel

• Perfect stepping-stone toward more advanced training like AIARE 1, AIARE 2, or ski mountaineering courses

• Supportive, inclusive environment designed to empower women in backcountry decision-making

Tour Details

• Group Size: Mixed groups of 4 skiers and splitboarders.
• Terrain: Navigate through some of the best lines in Mount Baker's backcountry.
• Scheduling: Full-day tour dates added throughout the winter.

Goals

Participants will develop foundational avalanche awareness and backcountry travel skills, including:

• Understanding avalanche terrain and snowpack assessment

• Identifying avalanche red flags and making safer decisions

• Practicing companion rescue and beacon search techniques

• Building group communication and leadership in avalanche terrain

• Applying terrain management strategies for skiing and splitboarding

• Developing confidence in trip planning and risk assessment

Best for

• Intermediate and Advanced Skiers/Riders: Suitable for those with solid ski area equivalent ability of blue runs or higher.
• Physically Fit Participants: Ability to ascend 3,000+ feet per day.
• Skilled Riders: Comfortable riding 35-degree terrain in a variety of snow conditions with a backpack.

• Women skiers and splitboarders eager to gain avalanche knowledge in a supportive, mentorship-driven setting 

• Individuals new to avalanche education who want an approachable, women-focused introduction to avalanche safety

• Backcountry travelers looking for hands-on training in beacon use, rescue skills, and terrain evaluation
• Skiers and riders preparing that have completed a Level 1 Avalanche Course (AIARE 1) or looking to refresh key skills

• Backcountry riders & sliders who want to connect with a community of women in the mountains while building safety skills

Cancellation Policy

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