Backcountry Zero

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Who: Anyone craving time with volunteers and other incident response experts to learn about backcountry risk management

What: An intimate skills workshop on managing big bleeds, assessing critical patients, and using digital mapping tools to navigate backcountry missions

Why: These skills are perishable! And (+ we love bringing together groups of people who can find new people to learn from and adventure with)

•June 25th @ TCSAR Hangar
•5-7pm
•$25 (scholarships available)

Link in bio to register

Thanks to our friends at for sponsoring this event!

Calling all kiddos!

This year’s Winter Youth ‘What’s In Your Pack?’ will teach you how to…

❄️ Pack your winter pack + build a shelter using limited materials

❄️ Manage basic medical incidents + call for help

❄️ Start a fire in the winter to stay warm

3rd through 7th graders — please join us!! This event is free to attend and will provide all participants with pizza and a sweet swag bag.

Register at BackcountryZero.com/Events

This workshop, new this year, was made just for YOU — the backcountry user who took their Avy I or II a few years ago and maybe let their WFR expire…

…The person who has Gaia on their phone but might not use it to its full potential. The one who always scans the forecast before heading out and does a beacon check with their crew…but might forget what nuances they’re actually looking for. The type who knows how to switch their beacon to search mode but hasn’t practiced a proper search in a while. Or…forgets what to do once the probe strikes and the airway is clear.

Join volunteers for this 2-hour hands-on, scenario-based workshop that will give your winter backcountry skills a tune up!

Stations will cover:

1. Tools for Planning a Tour w/ .johnston

2. Stages of a Rescue in Avalanche Terrain w/ and .drex

3. Wilderness Medicine and Incident Response w/

📍 TCSAR Hangar (300 South Batch Plant Road)
⏰ Thursday, December 14 from 5:30-7:30 pm
💰 $20 (scholarships available)

Head to BackcountryZero.com/Events to register!

Join founder Dave Mathes for this 2-hour scenario-based course on Digital Mapping and Navigation in Avalanche Terrain.

Dave will prepare you to:

•Use apps like Gaia and FatMaps when route planning and navigating in avalanche terrain

•Leverage the forecast as you make decisions and build your GO/NO GO plan

•Communicate your plan with loved ones back home in case of incident or change of course

📍TCSAR Hangar (300 South Batch Plant Rd, Jackson, WY)
⏰ Wednesday, December 6 from 5:30-7:30 pm
💰 $20 (full and partial scholarships abailable)

Register at BackcountryZero.com/Events

We can’t wait to see you all tomorrow and Saturday for our 9th Annual Wyoming Snow and Avalanche Workshop!

Thank you for your continued commitment to mitigating risk in the backcountry and building community in the process.

Head to the link in our bio to register for Pro and/or Rec Day, see the speaker lineup, and purchase a raffle ticket!

*If cost is prohibitive to your attendance, please DM us for a discount code ❄️

Hey Jackson, don’t miss this talk at WYSAW!

Sophia Schwartz—local freeski athlete, ski mountaineer, and community activist—will go deep into risk vs. reward in the mountains.

During her presentation, will explain how we get meaning from backcountry recreation even when it can be dangerous.

“Spending time sliding on snow can create joy, connection, and growth in our lives,” she says.

“Some of the meaning we get in the mountains is inherently tied to risks, yet some of it is not. The goal of this talk is to use meaning and purpose as a framework to assess how we spend time in the mountains and how to build healthy fulfillment both on and off the slopes.”

Sophia spent three years on the US Freestyle Mogul Team, boppin’ down bumps as a World Cup athlete and National Champion. She transitioned to big mountain skiing in 2017 to follow her love of storytelling in the mountains.

Sophia works on the admin team at Teton Physical Therapy & Rehab as well as a fitness coach for Parkinson’s patients through Rock Steady Boxing. Her favorite days are spent outside with friends and skiing with the Coombs Outdoors crew. Sophia is known for her kind smile and nerdy science facts.

To see Sophia’s presentation on October 21 at , make sure you sign up for WYSAW at the link in our bio.

Thanks to WYSAW presenting sponsors , , and

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We are excited to announce that registration for the 9th Annual WYSAW is now open!

Presented by Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation, Backcountry Zero, Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center, and Central Wyoming College, WYSAW is a two-day event helping backcountry users get their brains tuned up for a safe winter ahead.

Join us October 20th (Pro Day) and/or October 21st (Rec Day) at the Center for the Arts in downtown Jackson.

To see the entire speaker lineup and to register online, visit us at the link in our bio.

Thank you to this year’s sponsors:

Some summer Sprouts snaps w/ 🌱

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Anddddd that’s a wrap!

Thanks for spending time with us this summer to practice risk management, wilderness first aid, and leadership skills!

We can’t wait to hang with you all again this winter and learn less about lightning and more about snow ❄️

This morning we hosted and 3rd graders at the hangar to learn about natural disasters and emergency response.

Thanks to our friend Mike Estes, SAR Coordinator for the Teton County Sheriff’s Office and SAR volunteer since 1993, for taking the kiddos through an extra special lesson in mechanical advantage, pictured here.

Thanks 4th graders for joining us at the hangar last week to learn about assuming lightning position, conducting a primary medical assessment, and communicating incident information/group needs to dispatch!

As always, we had a blast hanging out with you and teaching you new skills☀️

You’re gonna want to listen to this one…

Season 7 Episode 4 is ready for you wherever you get your podcasts.

Thanks and for sponsoring The Fine Line this season!