How do you support TCSAR Volunteers and have a chance to win awesome gear? Buy a raffle ticket or 20 for this weekends Backcountry Basecamp raffle. They’ll be giving away over $10,000 in swag in a huge raffle Saturday night and the proceeds benefit Teton County Search & Rescue.
Buy your tickets at the Pink Garter this Friday night, at the event tents at JHMR this Saturday, or online right HERE! (Need not be present to win.)
About the event…
From beacon searches to guided tours, come participate in avalanche forecast and trip planning workshops and uphill how-to clinics during Backcountry Basecamp at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort this Saturday and Sunday, January 23rd and 24th.
Join Backcountry Magazine staff as they showcase the newest equipment, including skis, skins, splitboards, beacons, shovels, probes and airbag packs. Also, Arc’teryx will be on hand all weekend showing off their technical outerwear and packs. AIARE educators will conduct demos and classes each day, and Jackson Hole Guides will take visitors on complimentary backcountry tours with an emphasis on safety education.
On Saturday at 5 p.m., BASECAMP hosts a huge party and huger raffle at the Alpenhof Lodge with proceeds benefitting Teton County Search and Rescue.
Schedule:
Daily, Saturday and Sunday, January 23-24
9:00 – Avalanche forecast and trip planning workshop; Uphill how-to clinic
10:00 – Guided trips depart
11:00 – AIARE demonstration; Airbag demo; Uphill how-to clinic
1:00 – Guided trips depart; AIARE demonstration; Uphill how-to clinic
3:00 – AIARE demonstration; Airbag demo; Uphill how-to clinic
5:00 – Party and raffle at the Alpenhof Lodge and Bistro (Saturday only)
Find out more at http://backcountrymagazine.com/backcountry-basecamp-2016/