TAHOE/TRUCKEE

The Sierra Avalanche Center will be accepting applications for avalanche education scholarships until Nov. 1 and expects to award nearly $20,000 in scholarships to approximately 30 local and regional residents for avalanche education courses this season.

The nonprofit’s James “JB” Brown Memorial Scholarship program is named after the Sierra Avalanche Center’s past president and mountain guide who passed away in 2022. Brown was instrumental in creating the scholarship program and was hands-on with the selection of scholarship recipients in past seasons.

The Sierra Avalanche Center scholarships pay for professional avalanche education courses taught by local and regional avalanche education providers. Each year residents use the scholarships to attend recreational level one and two avalanche education courses, avalanche rescue courses, and pro-level avalanche courses. Over the years the scholarship awards have elevated the level of avalanche education throughout the Lake Tahoe community, and supported local guide services and avalanche education providers.

James “JB” Brown Memorial Scholarship applications can be submitted through the Sierra Avalanche Center’s website at sierraavalanchecenter.org. Scholarship recipients will be notified of the scholarship award via email following the application deadline.

~ Sierra Avalanche Center press release