Overview

Motorized AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Skills Course

Baker Mountain Guides motorized avalanche skills courses are designed to offer high quality avalanche education for all snowmachine riders. Our curriculum is designed to help you and your group make better decisions on where and how you ride. The mountains we call our classroom are world class and provide the ideal setting and terrain for motorized avalanche education.

Baker Mountain Guides offers Motorized AIARE Avalanche Rescue, Level 1, and Level 2 courses. Motorized AIARE course leader, Jeff Hambelton, has taught avalanche courses for over 25 years and has motorized lead instructor certifications in both the US and Canada.

Itinerary

Baker Mountain Guides offers a 24-hour, hybrid Motorized AIARE Level 1 & 2 Avalanche Skills Course with both online learning and field sessions. Motorized AIARE Avalanche Rescue Courses are one day in the field.

  • Pre-Course: Online Learning

    Two weeks in advance students will receive an email with instructions on how to access AIARE's Level 1 Online Learning curriculum. The online learning curriculum takes approximately 5 hours and must be completed before students may attend the pre-course zoom class.

  • Pre-Course: Zoom Class

    The course will meet from 6:00 - 9:00 PM on Zoom the Thursday before weekend field sessions. Your instructor will provide a brief review of online learning concepts, facilitate group learning activities, and prepare students for the field sessions.

  • AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course

  • Day 1: Avalanche Rescue and Field Observations

    Plan on a full day in the field. In the morning, we’ll cover beacons and avalanche rescue. Students will have the opportunity to run several practice drills. In the afternoon, we’ll dig snow pits, and introduce standardized weather and snowpack observations.

  • Motorized AIARE Level 1 Day 1

  • Day 2: Snowmobile Tour and Decision Making

    Students will complete a pre-trip hazard assessment and plan a tour. Our final day will be spent riding the backcountry. Students will work together to choose appropriate terrain for the current avalanche conditions under the mentorship of your instructor.

  • Motorized AIARE Level 1 Day 2
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Northwest Avalanche School

Northwest Avalanche School

The Northwest Avalanche School is the natural evolution of Baker Mountain Guides' avalanche education program and reflects our commitment to developing the best avalanche instructors, and therefore the best avalanche instruction in the Pacific Northwest. Baker Mountain Guides' AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course is now branded as a Northwest Avalanche School program.

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Program Information

  • Season

  • December - February

  • Duration

  • 8 - 24 Hours

  • Locations

  • North Cascades

     

    Mount Baker National Rec Area

     

    Bearpaw/Excelsior

     

    Glacier Creek

  • Max Ratio

  • 6 Students to 1 Instructor

  • Equipment
  • Schedule

  • 2026 - 2027 Winter Season


    *Please select 1st field day when booking online


    AIARE Avalanche Rescue

    • Dec 12

    AIARE Level 1

    • Zoom Class: Jan 14 - Field: Jan 16 – 17

    AIARE Level 2

    • Zoom Class: Feb 25 - Field: Feb 27 – 28
  • Cost

  • AIARE Level 1 & 2

     

    $600 / Person

     

    Cost Includes

    • AIARE Level 1 Student Manual
    • AIARE Field Book

    AIARE Avalanche Rescue

     

    $250 / Person

     

    Cost Includes

    • AIARE Rescue Card

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