women’s aiare avy2 Hut course + Equanimity w/ Dani Reyes-Acosta

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Women’s AIARE Level 2 hut based course+ Equanimity Curriculum Overview

SAN JUAN EXPEDITIONS WOMEN’S AIARE LEVEL 2 + EQUANIMITY AVALANCHE COURSES

All Women’s Equanimity and AIARE 2 AVALANCHE COURSE based in the San Juan Mountains

We are so excited to be offering an all women’s AIARE Level 2 Course for women this winter. We also want to extend a warm welcome to trans gender, cisgender, and any non-binary skiers/split-boarders whom center their education in women-focused spaces and consider themselves apart of the women’s community. We will be connecting in the mountains together through inclusivity, strength, endurance, and education. We will learn from each other and create confident partners in the mountains. And most of all…we will have a heck ton of fun while doing it.

The Addie S Hut

This course runs four full days out of the Addie S Hut on Red Mountain Pass. This backcountry ski hut has four single beds and four queen beds with one couch. Depending on the number of couples in your group of friends, this hut can sleep up to 12 people. Lodging, breakfasts, and dinners are included in this course.

What is involved with the AIARE 2 Equanimity Avalanche Course?

The AIARE 2 builds on the introductory avalanche hazard management model introduced in the AIARE Level 1 and adds to the evaluation of critical hazard assessment factors. You will learn how to describe and discuss the weather, snowpack, and avalanche processes, and identify how these processes related to observations and travel within the avalanche terrain.

We are very lucky to have Dani Reyes-Acosta, Mountain Athlete, storyteller, and Equanimity founder. Equanimity will help you learn how to translate empowerment found in this course into your daily lives. AIARE 2 Equanimity helps pair avalanche management with personal goals and endeavors which will support the next generation of leaders in the outdoors. You will learn how to be confident in decision making but also use your voice. Speak up, stand proud, and trust yourself.

This course will help you analyze more complex avalanche problems by introducing you to a basic forecasting framework, to be used in conjunction with and in the absence of a local forecast.

When you take your level two with San Juan Expeditions you will get hands-on experience analyzing the avalanche hazard and using your observations to make decisions in the field. We are committed to providing both tools for understanding the avalanche problem and the terrain management skills you can only get from observing an experienced guide.

Our course leaders are both AIARE certified instructors and AMGA (American Mountain Guides Association) trained guides. So when you take one of our courses you know you will be under the mentorship of an experienced and qualified guide.

Why take a San Juan Expeditions Women’s AIARE Level 2 Avalanche Course?

1. With an all women’s course with San Juan Expeditions, you will be led by a knowledgeable, energetic, and inclusive team of talented female guides. You will be provided a comfortable, safe space to learn and to grow as a backcountry skier. We’re all about bridging the gap between intimidating environments and confident decision making.
2. Taking an all women’s course will also connect you to other women, non-binary, and trans/cis gender skiers and split-boarders that can possibly become life long partners in the mountains. Mentorship is always offered with our guide as well.
3. We are based in Silverton, Colorado- The premier location to receive avalanche education in the United States with a history of avalanche research.
4. Our AIARE Avalanche Instructors are also trained by the AMGA (American Mountain Guides Association). We are not just avalanche instructors but also guides with experience in a variety of terrain and snowpacks all around the world.
5. You will get exclusive access to our all women’s alumni groups and mentorship days here at San Juan Expeditions.

Difficulty

Duration

The first morning of the Women’s AIARE Avy 2 Course we will have a meeting at San Juan Expeditions HQ.  We will go over the itinerary for the next three days, you will meet your guides, we will be sure all liability waivers have been completed and then we will head straight out into the field. After the first day of the course, meeting locations may vary depending on the tour plans for the following days. All this information will be shared with you by your guides and instructors.

– Three days with an AMGA certified & trained guide

– Federal land usage surcharge (USFS/BLM)

– Avalanche rescue equipment (beacon, shovel, and probe)

– AIARE Field Notebook

– Equanimity Course Curriculum

Waiver

Anyone participating in our programs must fill out a waiver beforehand. If you are under 18, please have your parent/guardian complete.

cancellation

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