Snake River BASE Academy Courses
Course fee: $1495
Prerequisites: Basic canopy control skills, familiarity with basic parachute terminology, ability to pack a skydiving canopy
Snake River BASE Academy’s introductory course is much more than a “first jump” course. A full four days, Fundamentals of BASE takes a student from experienced skydiver to self-sufficient BASE jumper, able to make jumps without supervision, and equipped to make good decisions about what jumps are appropriate for their skill level. Students typically make 12-15 jumps, and receive around 20 hours of classroom instruction. All jumps are recorded in high resolution for jump debrief. Students will receive video files. All gear is provided. Full course information here.
Course fee: $1195
Prerequisite: Fundamentals of BASE
Object strike, usually resulting from an off heading opening near the object, is the leading cause of critical injuries and deaths in BASE jumping. Our four day Object Avoidance course gives students training in the critical safety skills for jumping solid, slider down objects. This course helps students prepare for the many legal cliff jumps in the Western USA.
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Course fee: $1195
Prerequisite: Fundamentals of BASE
Landing accidents under fully open canopies are the leading cause of injuries in BASE jumping today. Even something as simple as a broken leg or sprained ankle can quickly end a jumping trip. This four day course offers training in landing skills to help jumpers minimize their chance of injury as they advance to objects with more technical landing areas.
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Course fee: $1195
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of BASE, Object Avoidance
Approaching a new site is the biggest challenge a BASE jumper can face. Many complex factors confront jumpers who want to jump unfamiliar sites. Opening new sites can be an even bigger challenge. This course teaches jumpers the fundamentals of Object Evaluation, exposing the students to new sites and guiding them through the evaluation of unfamiliar jumps.
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Course Fee: $1195
Prerequisites: Familiarity with basic parachute terminology, ability to pack a skydiving canopy or instructor approval
Many basic rigging tasks can be completed on a home sewing machine, without the need for shipping gear or long waits, and without losing use of the rig for weeks. Our four day Rigging Skills course teaches jumpers to identify which maintenance and repair tasks should be sent to a professional rigger or gear manufacturer, and which can be completed at home. Participants will learn to complete simple repair and maintenance tasks on home equipment, including line replacements, simple patches, bridle construction and stash bag construction.
All work will be done on home sewing machines, and machines will be available for purchase at end of the course.
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Safety Skills Training: Introductory Big Wall Tracking
Course fee: $1195
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of BASE, 500 skydives or 200 Skydives and Instructor Approval, 20 tracking skydives with a tracking suit
Tracking is the most important safety skill for slider up jumping. Moving away from the object creates a critical safety margin in the event of off heading openings. This course will focus on initiating the track as early as possible and tracking as efficiently as possible to create maximum separation from the object.
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Safety Skills Training: Intermediate Big Wall Tracking
Course fee: $1195
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of BASE, 500 skydives or 200 Skydives and Instructor Approval, 20 tracking skydives with a tracking suit
Tracking is the most important safety skill for slider up jumping. Moving away from the object creates a critical safety margin in the event of off heading openings. Initiating a track early in the jump is increasingly important on shorter delays, and will be the focus of this course.
All students will be required to use a tracking suit. No wing suits will be used on this course. Snake River BASE recommends the Squirrel Sumo and Phoenix Fly Power Track Suit, and as a dealer can help students place orders for either of these. Any other purpose built tracking suit is also acceptable for this course.
This course will follow the Introductory Big Wall Tracking course. Students can enroll in both courses back to back, but students who’s performance is not sufficient to jump in Lauterbrunnen will not be allowed to continue, and no refunds will be given.