ABOUT
Know Before You Go (KBYG) and Protect Our Winters (POW) are teaming up to present about how to be responsible outdoor recreators in terms of safety and sustainability in the winter mountains.
KBYG is a free avalanche awareness program. In about an hour, you will see the destructive power of avalanches, understand when and why they happen, and how you can have fun in the mountains and avoid avalanches.
POW helps passionate outdoor people protect the places we live and lifestyles we love from climate change. We are a community of athletes, scientists, creatives, and business leaders advancing non-partisan policies that protect our world today and for future generations
INSTRUCTOR BIO
→ ERYKA THORLEY
Eryka loves Winter. In fact her daughter’s name is Wynter. Growing up along the frigid, arctic-like shores of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Eryka learned the value of nature and outdoor education. Early on she fell head over heels for snow, leading her to undergraduate studies at Montana State in Bozeman. She began patrolling in 2005 at Big Sky Ski Resort and continued in 2012 at Eldora in the Colorado Front Range. Continuing her love for snow, Eryka studied climate change and anthropology in graduate school and is currently studying Sustainable and Resilient Communities at Western in Gunnison, Colorado. Eryka began guiding in 2007 in diverse environments including the Central American tropics, Rocky Mountain rivers, the Cascades and the ice sheets of Greenland. As a 16-year old, Eryka was inspired by watching her mom and ten other women plan and execute the first all-women’s ski expedition from Russia to the North Pole. This was monumental in her life and is a catalyst for her own work in promoting and enjoying the outdoors with ladies. To this day her favorite place is surrounded by a group of women in the winter world.
→ MARIO MOLINA
An avid alpinist, snowboarder, mountain biker, guide, and life adventurer, Molina previously served as international director at The Climate Reality Project, where he designed the organization’s climate leadership trainings and oversaw its post-Paris Agreement international strategy. Prior to his work at Climate Reality, Molina led strategy and programs as deputy director at the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE). (Bio pulled from the POW website.)
AGES
All Ages, geared towards 10+
TICKET COST
FREE!
*SPACE IS LIMITED TO 30 PARTICIPANTS, PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. If registration is closed online, please inquire about late registration by calling us at the Nature Center: (303)-258-0495.