Avalanche Education
Winter 2025
Mount Shasta & Bear Valley, CA.
Diamond Lake, OR & Las Vegas, NV
Avalanche Education is instructed by professional members of the American Avalanche Association.
SWS is a recognized provider of the American Avalanche Association
A3 Certified Recreational Avalanche Level 1
$625.00 per person / 3 Days
Mt Shasta & Bear Valley CA,
Diamond Lake, OR. Mt Charleston, NV.
A3 Certified Recreational Avalanche Level 2
$775 per person / 3 Days
Mt Shasta & Bear Valley CA,
Diamond Lake, OR. Mt Charleston, NV.
Continue your Avalanche Education with Avalanche Level 2 Course consists of 8 plus hours of instruction in lecture, video, discussion, and field study in the Mt. Shasta or Bear Valley Backcountry. At least 16+ hours of which will be spent learning hands-on in the snow. Avalanche Level 2 Course is designed to build on the necessary information and skills developed in the Avalanche level 1 course and then explore deeper into the up-to-date science behind avalanches. The goal is to give students a more technical understanding of how avalanches develop and release so that they might be able to make safer life-saving decisions.
A3 Certified Recreation Avalanche Rescue Clinic
$295.00 per person / 1 day
Mt Shasta & Bear Valley CA,
Diamond Lake, OR. Mt Charleston, NV.
A3 Avalanche Rescue Course is a new component of the American Avalanche Associations’ (A3) progression of avalanche education. The fundamental goal of the course is to give participants the skills necessary to safely perform a companion or team rescue in the event of an avalanche incident. A3 Avalanche Rescue Course revolves around four core curriculum areas: Avalanche Rescue Principles, Avalanche Equipment and Applications, the Companion Rescue Process, and Avalanche Victim Basic Care.