{"id":1217,"date":"2020-11-25T15:40:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T23:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwac.us\/?page_id=1217"},"modified":"2021-12-09T17:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T01:07:49","slug":"backcountry-basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwac.us\/backcountry-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Backcountry Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim has-background-gradient is-position-center-center\" style=\"min-height:400px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(3,126,197) 0%,rgb(197,235,250) 100%)\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"612\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1462\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/files.nwac.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/30184521\/New-User-Welcome-Kit-Home-1.png\" style=\"object-position:50% 64%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 64%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.nwac.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/30184521\/New-User-Welcome-Kit-Home-1.png 1366w, https:\/\/files.nwac.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/30184521\/New-User-Welcome-Kit-Home-1-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/files.nwac.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/30184521\/New-User-Welcome-Kit-Home-1-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/files.nwac.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/30184521\/New-User-Welcome-Kit-Home-1-768x344.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong><strong>Basics for Backcountry Winter Recreation<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">At the Northwest Avalanche Center, our mission is to reduce avalanche impacts by equipping you, the community, with mountain weather and avalanche forecasts, education, and data. 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