Avalanche 101 & The State of the Snowpack @ Weston

Name: Avalanche 101 & The State of the Snowpack @ Weston
Start: 2025-01-08T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Weston

Schedule

Wed, 08 Jan, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Weston | Lakewood, CO

Our Avy 101 Clinic is a free avalanche awareness clinic. Not much science, no warnings to stay out of the mountains, no formulas to memorize. In one hour, you will see the destructive power of avalanches, understand when and why they happen, and learn how you can have fun in the mountains and avoid avalanches. You will learn about the resources used to make smart decisions in the backcountry. We will talk about the gear, using the forecast, and avenues for backcountry education.
We'll follow with our State of the Snowpack which tracks the weather since the beginning of winter and explores its effect on the snowpack for the purposes of traveling and recreating in the backcountry. While this is not a science-based course, we will discuss the reasons that we track storms and analyze the snowpack regularly. Attendees will learn about the state of the current snowpack in the area, how it got to where it is, and what this means as we welcome more snow.