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BACKCOUNTRY Course

For Advanced Riders

  • Online courses
  • 5 hours of training
  • 12 Lessons
  • 26 Videos
  • 16 Quizzes
  • Access to the MHF tool
  • 1 Exam
  • Recognised Certification
  • Access to T-Learning
  • Available in EN and FR

Designed for the new generation of riders seeking unique experiences, this training will teach you how to manage and prevent risks effectively. Enjoy privileged access to the MHF© tool, a breakthrough in the self-assessment of human factors. Elevate your ride. Develop your expertise. Define your limits.

OFFPISTE Course

For the weekend warriors

  • Online courses
  • 3 hours of training
  • 10 Lessons
  • 18 Videos
  • 12 Quizzes
  • 1 Exam
  • Recognised Certification
  • Access to T-Learning
  • Available in EN and FR

Where pleasure, freedom, safety, and education come together as one, guiding riders through the fundamentals of mountain safety and avalanche prevention. AVOID, REACT, RESCUE: use our unique A2R© system to learn how to prevent avalanche risks and successfully manage a rescue.

« UPGRADE » Course

Go from OFFPISTE to BACKCOUNTRY

  • Online courses
  • 5 hours of training
  • 12 Lessons
  • 26 Videos
  • 16 Quizzes
  • Access to the MHF tool
  • 1 Exam
  • Recognised Certification
  • Access to T-Learning
  • Available in EN and FR

The UPGRADE is a gateway for WEMountain members who have already completed the OFFPISTE course and wish to move up to the BACKCOUNTRY level.

According to studies, 90% of avalanches are triggered by the victim or a member of their group.

That’s why 80% of our program is dedicated to risk prevention and avalanche avoidance. Your safety starts with education.

What you will learn

Three moves, in the order the mountain asks for them. Avoid first, react second, rescue only if the first two were not enough.

Avoid 80%
React 10%
Rescue 10%

Avoid80 %

How to AVOID and prevent risk

Read the forecast, the terrain and the group before you commit. You learn how snowpack, weather and slope angle combine, how to build a plan the day before, and how to change it when the mountain says something different.

You also learn the human side: the habits, the hurry and the group pressure that quietly move a good decision in the wrong direction.

React10 %

How to REACT positively in an avalanche

What to do in the first seconds, whether you are caught or watching. Escape moves, how to fight for the surface, how to protect an airway, and what to shout so the group keeps a visual on you.

Rehearsed answers are faster than improvised ones. The lessons give you a sequence you can practise before you need it.

Rescue10 %

How to manage a RESCUE successfully

Transceiver search, probing and shovelling as one continuous drill, with the timings that decide the outcome. Who leads, who calls, who digs, and in which order.

Then first aid on the slope and the handover to mountain rescue, so the whole group knows the plan, not only the most experienced rider.

AVOID REACT RESCUE AVOID · PREVENT 80% 01 KNOW YOURSELF 02 KNOW THE ENVIRONMENT 03 HUMAN RISK FACTORS 04 NATURAL RISK FACTORS 05 SPECIFIC TERRAIN 06 ADDITIONAL SOURCES 07 DECISION DO NOT CROSS 08 CRISIS REACT · 10% 09 RESCUE RESCUE · 10%
AVOID REACT RESCUE AVOID · PREVENT 80% 10% 10% 01 KNOW YOURSELF 02 KNOW THE ENVIRONMENT 03 HUMAN RISK FACTORS 04 NATURAL RISK FACTORS 05 SPECIFIC TERRAIN 06 ADDITIONAL SOURCES 07 DECISION DO NOT CROSS 08 CRISIS 09 RESCUE

Don’t Just Take Our Word For It

Riders from London to Verbier, on what changed once the knowledge was theirs.

Marlène Bérard

“I highly recommend the WEMountain training to all mountain lovers and to anyone who wants to fully enjoy the environment while being able to recognize the dangers around them. The online training is both fun and informative. It perfectly lays the foundation for a day in the outdoors. The in-person day is also an opportunity to meet great people and test your knowledge in the field. Thanks to the entire team for your wonderful work and the passion you share!”

Marlène Bérard
Rosie Gosling

“Just a quick note to say that I’ve completed your training and really enjoyed it. As someone living in London and not immersed in the mountains daily, I learned a lot. I found it very interesting that the course places so much emphasis on human decision-making and its influence. It all makes perfect sense now, but it wasn’t what I was expecting. I’m really looking forward to putting all of this into practice during my Haute Route attempt in a few weeks.”

Rosie Gosling
Gael Ribordy

“You can never know too much when it comes to risk management, and you’re never fully up to date either. With WEMountain, I can review effectively at the start of the season and challenge my perception of my practice throughout the winter.”

Gael Ribordy

Who Are Our Avalanche Courses For?

WEMountain courses are designed for mountain enthusiasts over 16 years old who have some backcountry experience and are eager to deepen their knowledge and skills in mountain safety.

Because in the mountains, there is no such thing as zero risk. Safety starts with education.

01

Ride with more safety

Are you looking for an effective hands-on course to become more self-reliant and improve your safety and that of others?

02

Master your equipment

Do you own avalanche rescue gear, and perhaps an airbag? Are you a freerider, backcountry skier or tourer?

03

Combine pleasure, freedom and security

Do you want more fun, freedom and safety while enjoying your mountain activities?

Think you know the mountains?

Test your knowledge in 5 questions and see where you stand. Get the answers and a gift by email.

What makes our courses unique

Built with the people who read snow for a living, and written so that anyone can act on it.

Anytime, Anywhere

Learn at your own pace where and when you want from the comfort of your own home.

Preventing Before Reacting

AVOID, REACT, RESCUE: use our unique A2R© system to learn how to prevent risk as well as how to manage a rescue in case of an avalanche.

At the top of innovation

Identify human factors that lead to risk behaviors and assess yourself with our revolutionary MHF© (Mountaineering Human Factor).

Developed with 50+ experts

Designed with over 50 international specialists: guides, mountain rescuers, doctors, psychologists, meteorologists, snow scientists, and educators.

International terminology

Learn in a simple, accessible and universal language for clear, borderless communication.

Certified training

Validate your learning by passing the final exam and obtain your standardized WEM certification.

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Are you looking for a responsible gift for life?

Do you have mountain lovers and off-piste riders in your life?

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Trusted By Industry Leaders

WEMountain works with HEAD, Patagonia, Decathlon, Verbier, Magic Pass, Swiss Mountain Rescue and more than 30 other brands, resorts and organisations across mountain sport, safety, equipment and education.

We are also the education partner of the Patrouille des Glaciers, alongside its 5,290 participants. Together we are building a more informed, more open mountain culture.

HEAD Dynastar Decathlon Verbier
Magic Pass Secours Alpin Suisse Patrouille des Glaciers

“It’s a winning service that puts knowledge at the very top of the customer experience.”

Adrien Lagache · Director of Services, Decathlon Switzerland

“In the mountain, knowledge is everything, because education is the most important element.”

René Harrer · Vice President Wintersports, HEAD