Avalanche 101 + State of the Snowpack with Colorado Adventure Guides
Date: February 13th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Bentgate Mountaineering, Washington Avenue, Golden, CO, USA
Tickets: FREE (Please Sign Up below)
Our Avy 101 Clinic is a free avalanche awareness program. 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 how you can have fun in the mountains and avoid avalanches. You'll also 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.
Our State of the Snowpack 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 also not a science-based talk, we will discuss the reasons that we track storms and analyze the snowpack regularly. Attendees will learn about the state of the current snowpack, how it got to where it is, and what this means as we welcome more snow to the area.