Get the knowledge and training necessary
to be a safer, smarter, and better mountain rider.
The Mountain Riding Lab provides motorized specific avalanche education; professional avalanche services;
skills training; and guided backcountry riding throughout the U.S. mountain west.
Founded in 2016, our team brings 20+ years of experience
in professional backcountry snowmobiling, guiding, and instruction;
and are some of the leading motorized avalanche educators and professionals in the industry.
We are an American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) certified provider
and all of our avalanche courses meet American Avalanche Association (A3) guidelines.
Our AIARE instructors and course leaders are highly trained avalanche professionals
and are members of the American Avalanche Association.
Our goal is to save lives and promote a culture of safety, awareness, and responsibility in the backcountry
by providing the highest quality nationally recognized motorized avalanche training programs
- for riders, by riders.
skills training; and guided backcountry riding throughout the U.S. mountain west.
Founded in 2016, our team brings 20+ years of experience
in professional backcountry snowmobiling, guiding, and instruction;
and are some of the leading motorized avalanche educators and professionals in the industry.
We are an American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) certified provider
and all of our avalanche courses meet American Avalanche Association (A3) guidelines.
Our AIARE instructors and course leaders are highly trained avalanche professionals
and are members of the American Avalanche Association.
Our goal is to save lives and promote a culture of safety, awareness, and responsibility in the backcountry
by providing the highest quality nationally recognized motorized avalanche training programs
- for riders, by riders.
Are you a good riding partner ?
Could you rescue someone in your group if they were caught in an avalanche?
Does your group formulate a plan based on the avalanche forecast
and know how to identify terrain to avoid?
Are you confident that your decisions will keep you and your group safe from avalanches?
Avalanche Courses
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Motorized AIARE 1 is an introduction to avalanche hazard management specifically designed for snowmobilers and snow bikers. This course addresses more than rescue and awareness; it is for those who intentionally want to travel in or through avalanche terrain and want to learn how to work with a group to manage their avalanche risk. Instructors identify and focus on unique elements of motorized backcountry travel, focusing on snowmobilers’ unique use of terrain, speed of travel, and group communication. Using the AIARE Risk Management Framework, this course emphasizes riding time and covers topics such as avalanche rescue techniques and equipment; preparation, planning, and execution of a backcountry ride based on avalanche conditions; how to track the season's snowpack and interpret an avalanche bulletin; avalanche terrain identification, hazard mitigation and safe travel techniques; weather, snowpack, and stability analysis. This is the essential course for any backcountry snowmobiler.
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Motorized AIARE Avalanche Rescue is a one day field course aimed both at new and experienced backcountry riders that covers the essential life saving skills and techniques of companion rescue. Learn how to properly use your transceiver, shovel, avalanche probe, and other gear with focused skills training and realistic practice scenarios. New participants will learn the basics of companion rescue, while return participants can expand their skill set with advanced topics and complex scenario practice. This course is great for standalone learning; to expand on the basic rescue skills in a Level 1; or to begin every season with your riding group to get dialed on your skills and rescue gear.
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Motorized AIARE 2 provides backcountry riders an opportunity to advance their decision making skills in more complicated situations with respect to traveling in avalanche terrain - such as being the leader of a group, riding in complex terrain, and developing a plan where resources are scarce. This course builds on the backcountry decision making process introduced in AIARE 1 and adds to it the evaluation of critical hazard assessment factors with more focus on weather, snowpack, avalanche processes, and how these topics relate to observations and riding in avalanche terrain. This course is essential for any backcountry snowmobiler or snow biker who's skills and aspirations are taking them to more complicated terrain.
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Intro To Avalanches is a one day field course that covers basic avalanche rescue skills - including transceiver searching, probing, and shoveling - as well as avalanche terrain identification and travel techniques to avoid risk; interpretation of an avalanche forecast; and basic snowpack and weather factors that leads to avalanches. This course typically satisfies basic US Forest Service requirements for guides of permitted outfitters. |
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Custom Services
The Mountain Riding Lab can customize an avalanche course, professional service, or guided adventure to fit your needs.
We offer backcountry riding, skills training, consulting, and professional avalanche risk management for individuals, groups, events, and organizations.
We offer backcountry riding, skills training, consulting, and professional avalanche risk management for individuals, groups, events, and organizations.
Contact Us
For any questions or inquiries, please fill out the contact form or give us a call!
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The Mountain Riding Lab
PO Box 7718 Jackson, WY 83002 (307) 200-7929
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