Avalanche talks, field courses, and the backcountry community.
North Cascades Mountain Guides
Winter · scheduled & private dates
📍 Mazama (Washington Pass area)
Learn to tour and ride off-piste in the North Cascades; the guides also run a Women’s Backcountry Series and terrain-assessment tours.
North Cascades Mountain Guides
Winter · multi-day course dates
📍 Mazama (Washington Pass area)
The standard AIARE Level 1 avalanche-safety course; AIARE 2 and Avalanche Rescue are also offered through the winter.
Winter · open Fri–Sun & holidays
📍 Loup Loup Ski Bowl, Hwy 20 (Twisp–Okanogan)
The valley’s family-friendly nonprofit alpine hill — 550 acres, three lifts, lessons, tubing, and an alpine luge; typically open four days a week mid-winter.