What: This course is a hybrid design with pre-course online learning that should take on average 8 hours to complete.  Students will also be required to participate in a 2-hour Zoom session approximately 1-week before the start of the two field sessions.  Pre-course online learning materials will be sent out a month before the course starts.

Where: The Wallowa Avalanche Center is offering the AIARE 1, Feb 15-16, 2025, and will take place near Joseph, OR.

Participants Must Have:
Digital avalanche transceiver, avalanche shovel, avalanche probe
Backpack (airbag pack optional)
Backcountry skis, splitboard, or snowshoes

OR SnoPark Pass

Price Includes:
AIARE Certified Course Leader and Instructors
24 hour course with a 6:1 maximum ratio
AIARE field book
AIARE certificate of completion

Cancellation: We recommend you purchase trip insurance in the event you have to cancel your course.  If you need to cancel within 30 days of the start of the course you will not receive a refund.  Cancellations more than 30 days of the start of the course will receive a refund minus $50. 

If you would refer to pay with a check, please email rex@wallowaavalanchecenter.org to be added to the course roster and mail a check to: WAC PO Box 324 Joseph, OR 97846.

For more information contact rex@wallowaavalanchecenter.org