V E N T U R E O U T – 3rd Annual Backcountry Festival

by Kelley | Nov 23, 2022

This women specific backcountry festival. Venture Out Backcountry Festival combines touring with friends, educational workshops & camping next to the fire at Bluebird Backcountry. From Friday, March 3rd through Sunday, March 5th, VNTRbirds brings you days out on...

AIARE Level 1 – Avalanche Education Certification – Monarch Pass

by Kelley | Oct 3, 2022

This is a women specific AIARE level 1 course. DECISION MAKING IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN The AIARE 1 is an introduction to avalanche hazard management. Students can expect to develop a good grounding in how to prepare for and carry out a backcountry trip, to understand...

Backcountry Basics on Monarch Pass

by Kelley | Dec 11, 2020

TICKETS ARE LIVE HERE! This is a 1 day course. January 18th – 8:30am we will meet in the morning on Monarch Pass. We will spend the day outside. Avalanche education is the best piece of gear you can have in the backcountry. Whether you’re snowshoeing,...

Into the Mountains We Climb

by Kelley | Mar 3, 2018 | Articles, Dirt, More, Photos, Rock, Snow

I started snowboarding back in 1998. At eight years old I was gifted an electric orange, Oxygen Joker snowboard for Christmas. Little did I know as I hugged my first snowboard so ecstatically, it was going to pave out how I made all my major life decisions. From whom...

Midnight Tells: Marion Haerty

by Kelley | Jan 21, 2018 | Snow, Videos

In this new, short film, Marion Haerty goes out into the mountains and explores the big lines. Marion is lucky enough to call Chamonix her home and finds it nestled in her backyard. Like many ladies that are now taking over the steep and deep trails, Marion came from...