Women's Backcountry & Avalanche Mentorship

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

This women-led 1-day mentorship tour is designed for skiers and splitboarders who plan to or have completed an avalanche course and want to continue developing skills in terrain with support from experienced female guides.

We’ll practice route planning, terrain assessment, snow and weather observations, and emergency response skills while traveling in avalanche terrain. Along the way, we’ll refine both uphill efficiency and downhill riding techniques to help you move confidently and smoothly in the backcountry.

Walk away with stronger decision-making, practical touring experience, and a supportive community of women progressing confidently 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.
  

• 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

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