
The Northwest Snow and Avalanche Workshop
Join the Northwest Avalanche Center for a day of learning and take the next step in your backcountry education. At the Northwest Snow and Avalanche Workshop (NSAW) you’ll hear from leading avalanche practitioners and researchers as they present on avalanche safety, mountain stories, and technical innovations. Everyone, regardless of their experience, will walk away with new tools for the backcountry.
Dates: October 25, 2025
Location: Cascadia College, Bothell
Ticket sales will go live in August 2025.

Join Northwest Avalanche Center’s staff and learn the fundamentals around travel in the wintertime backcountry via virtual workshops. Each week focuses on a skill that helps you build a travel plan and understand your resources for traveling in avalanche terrain. Workshops are dynamic and interactive, providing opportunities to ask all your questions of the professionals at NWAC.
Joining late? All registered students will automatically receive recordings of all four sessions.
Dates: 2025/26 schedule TBD