In January I attended an avalanche course/hut trip in Leadville so I could get my avalanche Level 1 certification. Although I haven’t really been able to use my training yet since all our backcountry skiing has been low angle, it did give me more confidence when we skied Quandary. I wrote about my trip on WildSnow.com which was posted yesterday: http://www.wildsnow.com/1730/sangree-hut-aiare-avalanche-class/