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Education Resources

Where to go next, whether you are reading your first forecast or booking a course. Everything here is free unless the provider says otherwise.

The CAIC forecast map with a single forecast zone selected and highlighted.

Using the Avalanche Forecast

How to read the daily forecast: danger levels, avalanche problems, and what the map is telling you.
A grid of online avalanche education resources and course listings.

Online Tutorials and Videos

Free online courses, tutorials and videos from CAIC and partner organizations.
Students gathered around an instructor during a field-based avalanche course.

Find an Avalanche Course

Search in-person courses across Colorado by region, type, travel mode and provider.
A CAIC forecaster skinning uphill on a snow-covered slope.

Avalanche Aware

Free eLearning courses, and how to request an in-person awareness presentation for your group.
A backcountry avalanche warning sign at a snow-covered trailhead.

Request Signs and Brochures

Order trailhead signs, posters and printed safety material for your area.
The national avalanche forecast map on avalanche.org, showing forecast centers across the western United States.

Forecast Centers

Avalanche forecast centers across the United States, for travel outside Colorado.
The Know Before You Go To Work program logo.

Know Before You Go To Work

Avalanche awareness for people whose job takes them into avalanche terrain.