FOBP 2012-13 Avalanche Classes

Friends of Berthoud Pass is once again offering free basic avalanche awareness classes this season.  First Class is this coming Tuesday at DU.  If you live in the Colorado Front Range and are interested in backcountry riding, this is a great way to check out what you need to know.  You can also find us on Facebook. 

There are on snow days in February that are also free.  I will update the information as it become available. Get educated.

Friends of Berthoud Pass 2012-13 avalanche classes FOBP is pleased to continue our free series of avalanche awareness classes for the 2012-13 season. We will provide backcountry travelers with a classroom overview of avalanche awareness, avoidance, rescue and forecasting methods and skills. Topics such as route selection, hazard minimization, best practices, preparedness and terrain analysis will be covered in a 2-hour classroom presentation. The course is free and open to the public. Donations are kindly accepted. No RSVP is needed. The class runs from 7:00pm until approximately 9:00pm. Full-day on-snow sessions at Berthoud Pass will be conducted in February 2013. You must attend a classroom presentation in order to register for the on-snow. MORE DATES ARE BEING ADDED, SO CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR UPDATES Tuesday, October 30 - University of Denver, Sturm Hall 281 (Lindsey Auditorium), Denver Thursday, November 15 - Bent Gate Mountaineering, Golden Monday, December 3 - CU-Boulder, location HUMN 1B50, Boulder Tuesday, December 11th - Go Lite Pearl Street Store, Boulder 8:00pm Monday Dec 17 – Denver, Oriental Theater Wednesday, December 19 - Bent Gate Mountaineering, Golden Wednesday January 9 - Wilderness Exchange, Denver 7:30pm Wednesday Jan 16 – Denver, Oriental Theater Wednesday, January 23 - Bent Gate Mountaineering, Golden Monday Jan 28 – Denver, Oriental Theater Wednesday, January 30 - CU-Boulder, location tba, Boulder

It is definitely not a level 1 course.  It does introduce you to many of the concepts taught in a Level 1 course.  It's a good place to start and for many people it can help them decide if they want to spend the time, money, and effort to really get into this aspect of riding. 

Jealous... They don't even offer those types of classes in SoCal.
The ski patrol teach their own.
Mammoth/Bishop is the closest place to us for public classes.

Boulder class is tonight at 7.