Begin your avalanche education right with our AIARE 1 Avalanche Course. The course utilizes the Baker Backcountry adjacent to the Mount Baker Ski Area and exceeds the highest standards in avalanche education. Designed to provide backcountry travelers with a thorough introduction to avalanche hazard management, the AIARE 1

Hone your avalanche rescue skills with our AIARE Avalanche Rescue Course. This one-day course meets the highest standards in avalanche education and provide backcountry skiers and riders with skills to get out into the backcountry with respect and appropriate caution.

Continue your avalanche education with our AIARE 2 Avalanche Course. This three-day course meets the highest standards in avalanche education and provides backcountry travelers with opportunities to hone their skills in decision making, terrain management, and tour planning.

Don’t let your avalanche education end at course close. At Cascade Mountain Ascents, we believe that a community driven approach to avalanche education makes our sport more safe and fun.

Get a strong and fun start to your backcountry skiing or riding career with an introductory level course with Cascade Mountain Ascents. Our one-day Intro to Backcountry course teaches students how to choose and use their gear, travel up and downhill, and plan a day of backcountry skiing or

​​Looking to step your backcountry skiing or riding up a notch? Hone your steep ski techniques and open up more terrain in your home zone. Cascade Mountain Ascents’ steep ski and snowboard mountaineering course is the perfect introduction to secure, efficient and fun travel in high angle terrain.

With the most glaciated terrain of any mountain range in the Lower 48, much of the North Cascades can feel off limits to backcountry skiers and riders. Learn the skills to open up new terrain with a Glaciated Ski Mountaineering course with Cascade Mountain Ascents.