AWARENESS CLASSES

Visit our websites in October for class dates, times and locations for these important FREE opportunities to learn lifesaving skills. www.mtavalanche.com | www.bozeman.net/recreation

AVALANCHE AWARENESS + BEACONS

The Friends of the Avalanche Center will be hosting a one-hour avalanche awareness talk and one-hour beacon practice at the Bozeman Beacon Park in Beall Park. Topics for this presentation include: avalanche terrain recognition, the effect weather has on avalanche hazard, the development of mountain snowpack, decision-making skills and basic search and rescue procedures. If you have your own transceiver, please bring it.

WOMEN’S SPECIFIC AWARENESS + BEACONS

The Friends of the Avalanche Center will be hosting a women’s specific one-hour avalanche awareness talk and one-hour beacon practice at the Bozeman Beacon Park in Beall Park. Topics for this presentation include: avalanche terrain recognition, the effect weather has on avalanche hazard, the development of mountain snowpack, decision-making skills and basic search and rescue procedures. If you have your own transceiver, please bring it.

SIDECOUNTRY AVALANCHE AWARENESS FOR FAMILIES (AND FRIENDS)

The Friends of the Avalanche Center will be hosting a one-hour avalanche awareness talk with an emphasis on “Sidecountry Terrain and Snowpack.” Topics for the presentation include: avalanche terrain recognition, the effect weather has on avalanche hazard, the development of mountain snowpack, decision-making skills and basic search and rescue procedures. The talk will emphasize the concept of “sidecountry is backcountry snowpack conditions.”