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Intro to Back Country Special Offer 2025

Join our pre-programmed Intro to Backcountry Class: February 5th, 2025

At just $250 this is the best bang for your buck to help you get started on the right ski. Gain the skills you need to get started or progress your skills. Don't have a buddy? No worries, this class is a great chance to meet new friends. Don't have the equipment? No problem, this special offer includes rental equipment. Need Avalanche equipment? We have you covered!

This class is best suited for those ready to transition from resort to backcountry. Ski or snowboard experience in variable snow conditions is required. Moderate fitness is required for this class. Still not sure if this is the best fit for you? Give us a call, we are happy to help guide you.

What to anticipate:

1) A great learning environment

2) Meet new friends learning just like you

3) Intro to Backcountry equipment

4) Intro to Avalanche Safety equipment, and practice

5) Tips and tricks for success

6) Uphill and downhill travel

7) How to identify avalanche terrain

AIARE Avalanche Rescue: Dates TBD

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Details

AIARE Avalanche Rescue is a one-day stand-alone course that is intended to be retaken on a regular basis in order to keep abreast of best practices in rescue techniques and gear. New participants will expand their skill set with advanced topics and realistic scenario practice to help improve their skills. Find the full course description on the AIARE website.

Time Commitment: 1 day (8 Hours)

Required Equipment: Beacon, shovel, probe, and backcountry ski or spit-board. Uphill travel is required.

Rates

$215/per person

Prerequisite: You must be comfortable, efficient, and confident using your uphill travel equipment and riding in deep powder and variable conditions. Please get out into the field before the course. If your ability in the field does not meet these standards, you may be excused from the course without a refund. No snowshoes are allowed in this course.

For Information

Call 801-388-8469 or email basecamp@bearlakeskiguides.com

Yurt-Based AIARE Level One: Dates February 9-11 2025

This is not your typical level 1 course! We will be staging from North Beach Flats in Luxury on day 1, and transitioning to our Beautiful Bloomington Canyon Yurt for day 2/3. This is a low ratio 6-1 course for optimal learning. This course will include sleeping accommodations at the North Beach Flats (condos) on day 1 and Bloomington Canyon yurt on day 2. This course will also include meals and transportation to and from yurt. This course is intended to fully immerse students into back-country skiing/split boarding with fewer distractions. . Let us take care of all the details in luxury

Details

The AIARE 1 is a three-day / 24-hour introduction to avalanche hazard management.

Students can expect to develop a good grounding in how to prepare for and carry out a backcountry trip, to understand basic decision-making while in the field, and to learn rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person (if an avalanche occurs and someone in the party is caught).

At the end of the AIARE 1 course, the student should be able to:

Develop a plan for travel in avalanche terrain.
Demonstrate the ability to identify avalanche terrain.
Effectively use The AIARE Risk Management Framework to make terrain choices in a group setting.
Demonstrate effective companion rescue.

Time Commitment: 3 days

Required Equipment: Beacon, shovel, probe, and backcountry ski or spit-board. Uphill travel is required.

Rates

$850/per person

Prerequisite: You must be comfortable, efficient, and confident using your uphill/ downhill travel equipment and riding in deep powder and variable conditions. Please get out into the field before the course. If your ability in the field does not meet these standards, you may be excused from the course without a refund. No snowshoes are allowed in this course. This course is intended for those who have previous experience, good fitness, downhill ability, and command of touring equipment

For Information

Call 801-388-8469 or email basecamp@bearlakeskiguides.com

AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course/ Exam

Looking to become a certified Single Pitch Instructor? BLMG can help guide you to a program host

The Single Pitch Instructor (SPI) Program teaches climbing instructors to proficiently facilitate and instruct the sport of rock climbing in a single-pitch setting. The SPI is the only internationally recognized single-pitch climbing instructor certification program in the United States. It was developed to fit in the AMGA Rock program. Benefits:

It significantly improves the instructor’s skill sets and integrates into the next level of training, which includes the AMGA Rock Guide Course and the Multi-Pitch Instructor certification.

The program is for current, active rock climbers who have a real desire to teach rock climbing to novices in a single-pitch setting.
The SPI Course is a 27-hour training course that normally runs as three consecutive nine-hour days or day classes with evening sessions.
The SPI Assessment is a minimum of 16 hours run over two days.
Certification lasts for three years as long as the candidate keeps current AMGA Membership and First Aid Certification.
After three years current SPI’s can re-take the SPI Assessment to regain the SPI certification.
Taking any higher level AMGA Course also recertifies the SPI certification for another three years.

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