Get the knowledge and training necessary
to be a safer, smarter, and better backcountry snowmobiler.
The Mountain Riding Lab provides motorized specific avalanche education and skills training
through accredited avalanche courses, awareness and outreach, as well as
avalanche safety consulting and private instruction.
Founded in 2016, our passionate instructors bring 20+ years of combined experience
in backcountry snowmobiling, professional guiding, wilderness medical training, and avalanche instruction.
We are an American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) certified provider; American Avalanche Association (A3) Pro Members;
and all of our avalanche courses and instructors meet AIARE and American Avalanche Association (A3) guidelines.
Our goal is to save lives and promote a culture of safety, awareness, and responsibility in the backcountry
by providing the latest and highest quality nationally and internationally recognized
avalanche training programs for the motorized community -
for riders, by riders.
through accredited avalanche courses, awareness and outreach, as well as
avalanche safety consulting and private instruction.
Founded in 2016, our passionate instructors bring 20+ years of combined experience
in backcountry snowmobiling, professional guiding, wilderness medical training, and avalanche instruction.
We are an American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) certified provider; American Avalanche Association (A3) Pro Members;
and all of our avalanche courses and instructors meet AIARE and American Avalanche Association (A3) guidelines.
Our goal is to save lives and promote a culture of safety, awareness, and responsibility in the backcountry
by providing the latest and highest quality nationally and internationally recognized
avalanche training programs for the motorized community -
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 terrain choices and travel techniques
will keep you and your group out of harm's way?
Avalanche Courses
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Motorized AIARE Level 1 is a 3 day / 24 hour introduction to avalanche hazard management specifically designed for snowmobilers and snow bikers. With a 70/30 field/classroom split, this course emphasizes riding time and teaches the fundamental aspects of the AIARE Risk Management Framework and decision making with respect to backcountry snowmobiling and snow biking in avalanche terrain. Topics covered include 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 - regardless of skill level
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Motorized AIARE Avalanche Rescue is a 1 day / 8 hour 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. New participants will learn the basics of companion rescue, while return participants can expand their skill set with advanced topics and complex realistic scenario practice. This course is a 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 is a three-day/24-hour course that 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 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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Custom Courses
The Mountain Riding Lab can customize and schedule a course or service to fit your needs.
Want to host an awareness event, hold a private course for your riding group, or hire avalanche pros for your event?
Contact us for more info.
Want to host an awareness event, hold a private course for your riding group, or hire avalanche pros for your event?
Contact us for more info.
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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