Friends of Berthoud Pass and the Winter Wildlands Alliance present the best work from a variety of grassroots film makers. Come enjoy a selection of short and longer award-winning films featuring the best human-powered, deep-powder skiing on the planet. Proceeds to promote and preserve winter wildlands and a quality human-powered snowsports experience on public lands, and to preserve the legacy of human-powered winter recreation at Berthoud Pass.

Saturday, 2/6/2010, 8:00pm, The Oriental Theater, $5.00 at the door

Friday, 2/12/2010, 8:00pm, The Oriental Theater, $5.00 at the door

The Oriental Theater (4335 w.44th Ave, Denver 80212)

A rare and dreaded black danger rose was issued today by our Friends at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center for the San Juan mountains. After more than 50 inches of snow in 50 hours, the CAIC warns that “human and natural avalanches are certain.”

We’re definitely of two minds here. We love the idea of enormous avalanches plundering down steep mountainsides like a horde of bloodthirsty white dragons unchecked and wild with blood lust. But that scares us a little bit too.

2010 On-Snow avalanche awareness classes will be held at Berthoud Pass February 6th and 7th. Trained facilitators will lead small groups into the backcountry to cover the basics of route finding, stability assessment, safe travel protocol and rescue scenarios. Read the rest of this entry »

This very nice endorsement came from a participant at last night’s avalanche class.

“Just wanted to give a shout out to the entire FOBP Crew. Attended their Avalanche Training Classroom session, and it was probably the best $10 I ever spent.

There were over 150 people there last night and besides being tons of fun, it was a really great introduction to snow safety, avalanches, and the vast field of snow research. Incredibly educational and a great way to begin the process of properly training yourself for safe travels in the BC, something I really need as a BC newbie.

People seriously need to jump on this next year. You won’t regret it. Really great program and the organization is without a doubt, one of the best run non profits out there and is providing a superb service to the public. Thanks again FOBP Crew, keep up the incredible work!”

Registration for the on-snow class on FEB6 and FEB7 will be announced very soon.

Become a FOBP member (or renew your dues online) to receive priority email notification.

We expect both days to fill quickly, so don’t miss out.