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Getting stoked for winter? Here's a great opportunity to refresh & refine your tour planning skills with AMGA-certified Splitboard Guide Zack Wentz!Throughout the night, Zack will discuss useful tools to help refine the following skill sets:
Weather Forecasting for Trip Planning, including the following skillsets:
-Learning to use a "forecast funnel" approach, showing tools for large-scale (synoptic scale) forecasting, as well as micro-scale weather forecasting
-Interpreting synoptic-scale weather diagrams to know generally what they mean, & how to pull useful info from them
-Understanding how to interpret reliability & trustworthiness of localized point forecasts
-Finding weather windows nearly 10 days out using fundamental meteorological processes
Use of Modern Navigation & Trip Planning Tools:
-onX Backcountry, CalTopo, etc & how to make the most of each
-Building time plans for your days out touring to ensure every trip is planned effectively, making sure you make it back to the city for important commitments, etc.
The event will be clinic-based & interactive, meeting participants where they're at with their skills. Come out if you're curious to learn & improve your risk management & winter planning process!
About the Speaker: Zack Wentz is the US' 11th AMGA-certified Splitboard Guide, currently living in WA state. He has lived & guided in Washington-state since 2018, & knows Washington's terrain, weather & snowpack intimately. In addition, he is the Snow Safety Director & Guide Trainer for Alaska Heliskiing out of Haines, AK; a Lead Guide for Hokkaido Backcountry Club; & a Lead Guide & Curriculum Developer with BC Adventure Guides. He also studied Snow Avalanche Forecasting at UBC Vancouver, & has an intimate understanding of winter weather forecasting due to this training. Among his largest accomplishments are running Snow Safety for the 2026 Freeride World Tour finals, presenting his undergrad thesis at ISSW 2018, & guiding some of the best skiers & riders on the planet every spring in AK. He believes deeply in promoting opportunities for accessible mountain safety education, & hopes you'll join him on this talk to expand your knowledge for the winter season!
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114 N 36th St, Seattle, WA 98103-8634, United States
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