Field trip: Avalanche Aware // Avalanche Terrain Avoidance - Denver
Field Day – Jones Pass Road
This field day is to be completed after the online material and the in-person classroom session. The classroom session and field day are ideally completed on the same day. If you need to split them up, please contact me.
Contacts
Connor Jacobs
Primary Leader
- Sat, Feb 13, 2027
- Denver
- Avalanche Education
- Adults
- Easy
- Mileage: 3.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 600 ft
- High Point Elevation: 10,850 ft
- 19 (20 capacity)
- Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
- Thu, Feb 11, 2027 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This completes the learning taking the online components and applying them in the field.
The field exercise allows students to use slope meters to determine potential avalanche-prone terrain and non-prone avalanche terrain as well as to determine route findings. These techniques can be taught with or without snow conditions.
15605 West 32nd Avenue, Golden, CO 80401.
We will determine carpool groups after the classroom session booked on the same day that ends at 11am.
Roster
Route/Place
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- Snowshoes
- The ten essentials adapted for winter conditions in the field.
- Specific winter items may be specified for each session depending on the weather forecast.
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