I recreate in the backcountry, what course is right for me?

Recreational Level 1: Avalanche Fundamentals (Essential) The foundation course for all backcountry users. Learn to identify avalanche terrain, understand weather and snowpack factors, practice rescue techniques, and make basic go/no-go decisions. Minimum 24 hours with field experience.

Avalanche Rescue (Essential) Hands-on training in companion rescue techniques, transceiver searches, probing, and shoveling. Critical skills that could save lives. Often combined with Recreational Level 1 or taught separately. 8 hours minimum.

Recreational Level 2: Advanced Skills and Leadership (Advanced) For experienced backcountry users ready to lead groups or advance toward professional training. Covers advanced hazard evaluation, group management, decision-making frameworks, and leadership skills.

We’re a SAR team or ski patrol and want to improve our incidence response.

A custom course focused on the needs of your organization will be the best fit. Whether you’re interested in learning advanced search techniques, scaling incident management, vetting your internal avalanche response plans, peer review of operational risk management plans or preparing for the Winter MRA evaluation, ATI can help.

I work in avalanche terrain, what do I need to know to stay safe?

If your job requires you to travel through or work in avalanche terrain, ATI can teach you how to recognize terrain hazards, safe travel habits, snowpack red flags and avalanche rescue. This is a non-ski/splitboard course.