This full-day course is geared towards folks who are familiar with their touring gear, can skin uphill in terrain of varying steepness, and can comfortably ski or splitboard most of the terrain at Bluebird Backcountry. This lesson covers trip planning basics and introduces observations about current conditions, as well as more advanced skinning and downhill movement. You’ll leave this course feeling prepared to learn about avalanches and how to avoid them (because you’ll know enough about backcountry travel that it won’t be a distraction) in your AIARE course.