Avalanche Course Scholarships – Due December 15th

The WAC is offering 1 Motorized and 1 Human Powered scholarships in honor of Kip Rand and Nick Burks.

Kip and Nick worked as Avalanche Forecasters and Educators and passed away in separate incidents while backcountry skiing. Both men put their hearts and souls into educating people on ways to stay safer in the mountains. Their legacies continue to live on through the formation of these scholarships.

We are able to offer these scholarships due to the generosity and support from local businesses. We would like to thank Barley Brown’s for sponsoring the Motorized course.

We are accepting applications until December 15th, and the recipients will be notified in late December. If you have already signed up for a course and are chosen to receive the scholarship, we will refund your money for the course. You MUST reside in Northeast Oregon or Southeast Washington to apply and receive the scholarship.

Here is the link to apply to the Nick Burks Memorial Motorized Scholarship: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnhcY2kl3ssObUdZB32eyDRIf6R3w_PBvGb0tW-XmlafLVhQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Here is the link to apply to the Kip Rand Memorial Human Powered Scholarship: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8QpHoHFBJc3QKUjupPdNUs3PlswA2AvnQ6e80LmIjjviY3Q/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Thanks for your Support!

We would like to take this time to thank everyone who purchased a raffle ticket for the snowmobile giveaway or attended our event at M Crow on November 21st.  All 250 raffle tickets were sold, and we raised over $25,000.  This money will cover all of our avalanche forecasting for this winter.  Thanks again to Outlaw Motorsports for donating the snowmobile!

Please consider signing up for one of our Avalanche Courses this upcoming season, or donating to the WAC.  We are offering a 2-day women’s only snowmobile clinic Feb 28-March 1 out of Catherine Creek snopark.

Everyone, please do your snow dance, so we can all start enjoying the wonderful wintertime activities we love in NE OR.