- Intermediate Skill Level Intermediate
- Ages 18+ Ages Ages 18+
Traveling in a winter environment has inherent risk. Snow conditions dramatically change throughout the winter, affecting snow stability. Learn to recognize avalanche terrain and more.
Quick Details
Our AIARE 2 course provides higher level backcountry training and advances avalanche decision-making skills. The AIARE 2 is a three-day course for those who have taken an AIARE 1 and Avalanche Rescue and have had at least a year of backcountry travel experience.
The AIARE 2 provides backcountry leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision making skills by applying their skills to new terrain and situations. Avalanche Rescue is a prerequisite for the AIARE 2. It is highly recommended that participants gain at least one season’s worth of backcountry travel experience between taking the AIARE 1 and AIARE 2.
Dates for 2023:
January 14 and 22 – This course will be held on 2 non consecutive days. This will offer a unique educational outcome for students. Held at Snoqualmie Pass.
January 28-29 – This course will be 2 consecutive days at Mt Hood.
**All of our AIARE Level 2 courses require attendance at an online pretrip meeting 2 evenings before your course start date. Your instructor will reach out before the course with more information.**
**Please note any course operating within the Mt. Hood National Forest is run through the Northwest School of Survival. Kaf Adventures is a booking agent for their programming**
AIARE 2 Course Itinerary:
This course will be one online learning day, and 2 field days. AIARE is still rolling out details of the online learning day and we will forward those to you as they supply them. Please allow 8 hours for the online learning day.
Online learning day covers:
The Changing Mountain Snowpack
Day 1: Meet in the field 7 am – 6 pm: Making Quality Observations (This is the beginning date showing on our calendar for registration)
Day 2: Meet in the field 7 am – 6pm: Applying Observations to Field Decisions (Fieldwork)
The AIARE 2 is a three-day course for those who have taken an AIARE 1 and Avalanche Rescue and have had at least a year of backcountry travel experience. The AIARE 2 provides backcountry leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision making skills by applying their skills to new terrain and situations. Avalanche Rescue is a prerequisite for the AIARE 2. It is highly recommended that participants gain at least one season’s worth of backcountry travel experience between taking the AIARE 1 and the AIARE 2.
You will need to provide one of the following snow travel tools:
Transportation and times will be coordinated by email when the pre-trip announcement is sent to all registrants.
Consider joining a Skiing/Splitboarding: Intermediate course to spend more time with a professional instructor in the field.