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BEST SCIENCE-BASED AVALANCHE EDUCATION PROGRAM. UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE BACKCOUNTRY SKI GUIDING.

Avalanche Science Guides is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Our training is innovative and designed to empower you to navigate backcountry avalanche terrain safely and with confidence.

Join us on our guided backcountry trips and trainings in Idaho and around the world, where we prioritize mountain safety education while helping you ski sexy lines.

Experience the adventure you’ve always dreamed of with us!

Backcountry Ski Guiding

Best Science-based Avalanche Trainings paired with unforgettable Backcountry Skiing Experiences!

Inspiring backcountry skiers to safely explore avalanche terrain and give them the freedom to choose their line.

Ski sexy lines with avalanche science guides

Venues and dates of courses are carefully selected to offer the best snow and riding conditions for participants. Our unique small class size allow us to provide a unique personalized learning experience and easily satiate your hunger for high quality backcountry touring.

Avalanche Education for backcountry skiers and riders

Avalanche Science's courses are designed for people wanting to ride sexy steep lines in confidence and safely.

Science-based Avalanche Education

Learn about the science of metamorphism and avalanche release physics.

Avalanche Education that is personal

Learning about safe travel in avalanche terrain and companion rescue skills development are enhanced through small group instruction.

Avalanche Education and Human Systems Innovation

Integration of Cognitive Science, Constrained Decision Making, Navigation Tools, and Situational Awareness Systems in Avalanche Science's safety trip planning tools (Bitácora and Bitacorína)

Media coverage of Avalanche Science Guides

Idaho Avalanche Educator Chago Says You Are Not Good Enough At Avalanche Rescue

Backcountry skiing used to largely be a spring sport, and people seldom went uphill during a storm, opting to wait a few days for the weather to clear and the snow to settle.

Santiago ‘Chago’ Rodriguez, an avalanche educator and ski guide based in Boise, Idaho, has been backcountry skiing long enough to witness and experience this change.

Now, he says it is time to change how we approach avalanche education to match the development of backcountry skiing. Chago, the owner of Avalanche Science Guides, has recently departed from the American Avalanche Association model for avalanche education, creating his own progression of avalanche rescue and education courses.

SNOWBRAINS

PBS Terra Documentary of Avalanche Science Research at Idaho City Mountains

Go to 4:10 minute mark for the start of Avalanche Science and BSU research activities at Mores Creek Summit

Austin Travels Magazine

STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE – AND INTO BACKCOUNTRY SKIING

Austin Travel Magazine

Boise Weekly

Excerpt: Rodriguez's commitment to both educate backcountry users and protect his favorite places remains steadfast.

"Just leave the place better than it was before," he said, noting the fragility of backcountry access. "Can you imagine if we all do that?"

Boise Weekly

French Documentary of ASG in Iceland (French TV: Islande, Echappées Belles)

Excerpt: Santiago Rodríguez, designed a microwave radar  for avalanche detection that was installed this winter at the Arcalís station.

DIARI D'ANDORRA

"Top notch Avalanche education from a top notch educator right in your backyard boise! Boise has been needing this for a looooong time."

Greg Call, Professional Photographer

"This guy is a phenomenal instructor and this is a great opportunity to learn about snow."

Dave Bingaman, Avalanche Forecaster

"I learned more during my Avalanche Level 2 course with Chago than in the previous 15 years of backcountry skiing."

Michael Lanza, Creator of TheBigOutside.com

"Chago combines his PhD level snow science background with his deep passion for skiing and people to deliver education that you will not forget. It's not often that courses are as enjoyable as they are educational. Highly recommended!"

Vince Boelema - Ski Instructor and staff trainer. Sem Walls - Ski Instructor Examiner and New Zealand National Demo Team

Skiing with Chago is like purchasing a BMW. You know you are going to be safe and have style"

Ryan Burr - Elementary School Teacher

I just finished a course with these guys. Very passionate and great instruction.
Mores Creek Summit is definitely a hidden treasure you’d get to explore as an added bonus.

Ryan Bentley - Program Manager at Youth Dynamics Adventures and Soldier Mountain Ski Patroller

Chago connected sub-nanometer phenomena (shape and properties of water molecules) through millimeter scale (sintering, faceting) to explain what triggers an avalanche hundreds of meters in size. This was fascinating.

Brendan Flynn - Completed Avi L1 during his first 3-days of Backcountry Skiing ever!

Chago was fun to work with and gave me instructions that made me feel confident and aware.

Lucy Hedges - Completed Introduction to Safe Travel In Avalanche Terrain and Avalanche Rescue Course

"Chago is a great mountain guide. He knows a lot about snow, is very nice and interesting and give you good tools to analyze the terrain." Laureline Magnin, project manager in sustainable development

Laureline Magnin, Sustainable Development Manager, Geneva-Switzerland

Avalanche Science Guides

951 E Front St 307

Boise, Idaho 83712

208-473-6532

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