Provided by Utah Mountain Adventures
Salt Lake
Saturday, January 31, 2026
UMA's Level 1 Refresher is a single-day, field-based review of key Level 1 concepts and skills. Given that Avi 1 is such an intense, 24-hour download of information, it's wise to brush-up annually! Cost: $239 plus tax
Register here
This compact course is well worth the cost and time. Focus is on information-gathering, appropriate terrain selection, and effective decision-making for Level 1 graduates.
Broadly experienced UMA guides share with students the practical tools they actually use to make consequential up and downhill route-finding decisions efficiently.
Learning Outcomes:
- Review of the types of Avalanche Problems and how to treat them
- Understanding scale of terrain; paths & specific features; mapping snow cover
- Relating current structure and layering in the snowpack to realistic tour planning
- Review of snow surface changes, metamorphism and formation of Persistent Weak Layers (facets, depth hoar, surface hoar)
- Understanding and correct use of most current snowpit practices: hardness, shears, tests (CT, ECT, PST, DTT)
- Effective interpretation of test results (strength, structure, propagation; red lights, lemons)
- Prioritizing snowpack tests and observations based on current snowpack issues
- Applying tests, terrain selection & decision-making skills to current avalanche problems
- Use of safe travel protocols & communication to mitigate human factor risks (group size, diversity & goals)
- Awareness of best backcountry practices in up and downhill travel & etiquette
Available Dates:
- Sunday, Nov 30, 2025
- Saturday, December 20, 2025
- Saturday, January 31, 2026
Register here or contact Utah Mountain Adventures:
Cost: $239 plus tax
email: uma@utahmountainadventures.com
phone: 801-550-3986
web: www.UtahMountainAdventures.com