AIARE Level 1 Refresher is an 8-hour course that revisits the AIARE Decision-Making Framework through hands-on field practice. You'll plan and lead a backcountry tour, alongside guides from Snowbird Mountain Guides, while assessing snowpack, applying safe travel techniques and making decisions in real-world terrain.

Register for AIARE 1 Refresher

Snowbird Mountain Guides' avalanche courses follow the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Curriculum, as standardized by the American Avalanche Association.

Gear Up: As part of our partnership with Mammut, avalanche gear is available to demo for students enrolled in Snowbird Mountain Guides' Avalanche Education courses. Come check out Mammut's touring backpack, Barryvox transceiver, avalanche probe and avalanche shovel. 

• Ages: 16+
• Dates:
  • December 13, 2026
  • December 20, 2026 (Women's Specific)
  • January 9, 2027
• Schedule:
  • In-person days: 8 am - 4 pm
• Meeting Location: Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon and Big Cottonwood Canyon field locations, conditions dependent
• Prerequisites: Students must be able to travel in backcountry terrain and have an advanced-intermediate level of downhill skiing or snowboarding in off-piste conditions. AIARE 1 or another Level 1 American Avalanche Association-approved course is a required prerequisite.
• Required Equipment: Touring backpack, transceiver, shovel, probe (Mammut demo included if requested beforehand), ski poles, skis/splitboard with uphill capability, climbing skins cut and fitted for day 1
• Price: $225 (Mammut demo gear and lift tickets included)

Private courses are available upon request; please call Snowbird Mountain Guides at 801.933.2096 for rates and to book.