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Avalanche Courses

Women's AIARE 1 + Rescue Avalanche Course

North Lake Tahoe, California

Touring Experience

Women's AIARE 1 + Rescue Avalanche Course

Maximize your time and gain all of the fundamental avalanche awareness and rescue skills in our innovative three days course.

A skier rips a turn on deep day in the Tahoe backcountry.

North Lake Tahoe, California South Lake Tahoe, California

Beginner - Intermediate

Avy Pass

A series of courses throughout the season to develop skills to understand risks and make smart decisions in the backcountry.

Snowboarders hiking a ridge during an AIARE 1 avalanche course with Blackbird Guides in North Lake Tahoe

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 Avalanche Course in Tahoe

Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Course features two full days in the field and an online course built by Blackbird Mountain Guides.

AIARE 1 + Rescue Avalanche Course

North Lake Tahoe

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 + Rescue Avalanche Course

Maximize your time and gain all of the fundamental avalanche awareness and rescue skills in our innovative three days course.

Skiers setting a skin track in the Italian Alps

North Lake Tahoe, California

Touring Experience

AIARE 2 Avalanche Course

Dive deeper into weather, snow, route planning, human dynamics, and avalanche terrain with the Blackbird AIARE 2

Lift Accessed Avalanche Rescue Course Participants performing a mock avalanche rescue at donner ski ranch

North Lake Tahoe, California

Touring Experience

Lift-Accessed AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course in Tahoe

Our innovative lift-accessed course gives you more practice in more realistic avalanche terrain, making you a better backcountry partner.

Intro to Backcountry Private in California

Intro to Backcountry Private in California

A fun, fast way to learn all of the skills and techniques you need to start exploring in the backcountry.

An AIARE 1 avalanche course participant at Snoqualmie Pass, WA surveys avalanche debris from a hard wind slab avalanche

Mt Baker & Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 Avalanche Course in Washington

Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Course features two full days in the field and an online course built by Blackbird Mountain Guides.

AIARE 1 + Rescue Avalanche Course Washington

Mt Baker & Snoqualmie Pass, WA

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 + Rescue Avalanche Course Washington

Maximize your time and gain all of the fundamental avalanche awareness and rescue skills in our innovative three days course.

Lift Accessed Avalanche Rescue Course Participants performing a mock avalanche rescue at donner ski ranch

Mt Baker & Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Touring Experience

AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course in Washington

Our innovative course gives you more practice in more realistic avalanche terrain, making you a better backcountry partner.

AIARE 1 Private Avalanche Course in California

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 Private Avalanche Course in California

Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Course features two full days in the field and an online course built by Blackbird Mountain Guides.

Intro to Backcountry in Washington

Snoqualmie Pass / Mt Baker

Intro to Backcountry in Washington

A fun, fast way to learn all of the skills and techniques you need to start exploring in the backcountry.

Women's Intro to Backcountry

Women's Intro to Backcountry

A fun, fast way to master all of the skills and techniques you need to start exploring in the backcountry.

Skiing Powder and slashing turns in British Columbia’s Monashee Range on a BC Lodge Ski touring Week at Sol Mountain Lodge

Intermediate Advanced

Avalanche Skills Tour

Refresh and sharpen your skills while learning from the decisions your guide is making at every turn

AIARE 1 Private Avalanche Course in Washington

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 Private Avalanche Course in Washington

Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Course features two full days in the field and an online course built by Blackbird Mountain Guides.

Students from an AIARE 1 Avalanche course perform snowpack tests in the Truckee, Lake Tahoe area during their avalanche level 1 course.

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 Avalanche Course in Mammoth

Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Course features two full days in the field and an online course built by Blackbird Mountain Guides.

AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course in Mammoth

Mammoth Lakes, California

Touring Experience

AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course in Mammoth

Our innovative course gives you more practice in more realistic avalanche terrain, making you a better backcountry partner.

Skier making a pow turn on a sunny day in the Tahoe backcountry

Intro to Backcountry Private in Washington

A fun, fast way to learn all of the skills and techniques you need to start exploring in the backcountry.

AIARE 2 Private Avalanche Course in California

AIARE 2 Private Avalanche Course in California

Dive deeper into weather, snow, route planning, human dynamics, and avalanche terrain with the Blackbird AIARE 2

AIARE 2 Private Avalanche Course in Washington

AIARE 2 Private Avalanche Course in Washington

Dive deeper into weather, snow, route planning, human dynamics, and avalanche terrain with the Blackbird AIARE 2

An AIARE 1 avalanche course participant at Snoqualmie Pass, WA surveys avalanche debris from a hard wind slab avalanche

Mt Baker & Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 Avalanche Course in Washington

Our AIARE 1 Avalanche Course features two full days in the field and an online course built by Blackbird Mountain Guides.

AIARE 1 + Rescue Avalanche Course Washington

Mt Baker & Snoqualmie Pass, WA

Touring Experience

AIARE 1 + Rescue Avalanche Course Washington

Maximize your time and gain all of the fundamental avalanche awareness and rescue skills in our innovative three days course.

Lift Accessed Avalanche Rescue Course Participants performing a mock avalanche rescue at donner ski ranch

Mt Baker & Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Touring Experience

AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course in Washington

Our innovative course gives you more practice in more realistic avalanche terrain, making you a better backcountry partner.

Intro to Backcountry in Washington

Snoqualmie Pass / Mt Baker

Intro to Backcountry in Washington

A fun, fast way to learn all of the skills and techniques you need to start exploring in the backcountry.