DATES and RATES
2026-2027 WINTER
AVALANCHE LEVEL 1 & RESCUE (3 Days, $795)
The Avalanche Level 1 and Rescue course will provide you with a sound understanding of basic avalanche assessment and rescue. You will learn about snowpack assessment, weather, terrain and how these factors contribute to stability. This course is the foundation in the A3 (American Avalanche Association) required avalanche education progression. In addition, participants will learn the basics of companion rescue, become familiar with rescue gear, and will practice realistic scenarios to help improve skills. A Recreation Level 1 certificate and an Avalanche Rescue certificate are provided upon course completion.
Please email ullrinbend@gmail.com to give your first and second course date choices for Level 1.
DEC 18 - 20
JAN 9 - 11
JAN 16 - 18
JAN 23 - 25
FEB 13 - 15
FEB 26 -28
MARCH 5 -7
MARCH 12 - 14 (motorized)
APR 9 - 11
REFRESHER CLINIC: AVALANCHE 1 & RESCUE
($245, one day)
Refresh your Rec Level 1 knowledge and skills! This clinic help you improve your route planning, avalanche terrain recognition, backcountry travel techniques, snowpack stability tests, interpreting avalanche forecasts, snowpack and weather evaluation, avalanche mechanisms, rescue scenarios and equipment, route selection, identifying human factors and how this all influences decision-making, communication and group management in the backcountry. Please email ullrinbend@gmail.com to specify your clinic date choice.
DEC 13, DEC 27, JAN 3,
JAN 30, FEB 24, March 21
INTRO TO BACKCOUNTRY TOURING (SKI or SPLIT, 1 or 2 DAYS $395)
The mountains are calling! Learn the fundamentals of backcountry skiing or splitboarding in beautiful Central Oregon. Learn backcountry gear basics, avalanche awareness, and skinning techniques. Practice your transitions from uphill kick-turns to downhill riding and being an efficient backcountry traveler
Please email ullrinbend@gmail.com to specify your date choice.
JAN 2 -3 (one day or two days)
JAN 29 - 30 (one day or two days)
INTRO TO WINTER CAMPING (3 DAYS $595)
What could be more fun than coming back to a wintery base camp after a tour riding fluffy powder? We'll show you how to winter camp in comfort and style. We'll build quinzhees (a dome-shaped shelter created by hollowing out a large, pre-mounded pile of sintered snow), cook in a group kitchen carved into the snow, eat delicious meals that you make and share stories around a pedestal fire in camp. Explore Central Oregon's backcountry in a pristine way most people don't see.
MARCH 24-26
**CUSTOM COURSE DATES ALSO AVAILABLE**
(min 3 people) Contact us (below) to schedule your personalized course or trip.
