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We will custom tailor a wilderness medical course to suit your needs!

This could include your staff, your expedition team, your go-to adventure companions and most importantly your environment.

12/07/2025

In honour of Judson Wright, we’re offering one fully funded spot for our upcoming Mountain Rescue (WAFA) course with Kootenay Backcountry Guides.

This program blends a 40 Hr Wilderness Advanced First Aid certificate with essential backcountry rescue skills. With an emphasis on the aftermath of any backcountry incident, we cover first aid skills and techniques that can be used year-round to ensure you are fully prepared for any emergency, any time of the year.

If you share Judson’s passion for community, safety, and the mountains, we’d love to receive your application.
 Apply by Dec 22 — link in bio.

Course Dates: Feb 27–Mar 1
Nelson, BC

12/06/2025

Heading into the winter season with a solid adventure crew?
 Make sure everyone has the skills to respond when the unexpected happens.

In the backcountry, it doesn’t take an avalanche for things to go sideways — Crashes, hypothermia, frost bite and other medical emergencies can escalate quickly.

Join us in Revelstoke for a hands-on Wilderness First Aid course, Jan 10–11.
 Train together. Support each other. Move through the mountains with confidence.

12/01/2025

New course dates announced 🚨
�🗻Mountain Rescue Course (Wilderness Advanced First Aid)�📅 Feb 27 – March 1
📍 Nelson, BC

In partnership with Kootenay Backcountry Guides.
�Judson played a key role in developing this course alongside Mountain Med, and the impact of his vision and teaching continues to shape how we train in the mountains. While KBG itself won’t be the same without him, the work he did with us has helped set Mountain Med up to continue offering the high-quality education he believed in

To honour Judson’s legacy, we’re making one fully funded spot available for someone who would benefit from this training.
�To apply, follow the link
https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsIq9gZ89e4ND7ueobP3ieMkAHAHjPnDCQME-OeIDAPeaq6g/viewform?usp=send_form

Applications will be accepted until December 22nd.

This hands-on course focuses on real-world mountain rescue and medical scenarios for backcountry skiers, riders, and mountain professionals.

11/19/2025

Today, we say goodbye to a truly remarkable human being, our friend and colleague Judson Wright — a devoted husband to Kelly, loving father to Griffin, dog dad to Phaedo, and a pillar of the Kootenay backcountry community. Judson wasn’t just an ACMG ski guide or a CAA Pro. He was a teacher, a mentor, a leader, and a builder of communities

Judson built an extraordinary legacy in the mountain community. He founded Kootenay Backcountry Guides, creating a space to educate and share knowledge with the backcountry community. He played a key role at White Grizzly, helping shape their mountain programs and team culture. He was also a driving force behind State of the Snowpack, helping it grow from a small local gathering at a brewery into a nationwide movement that empowers guides to step up and create a stronger and more educated backcountry community.

For Mountain Med, Judson holds a very special place in our story. He was the first person to believe in our vision and collaborate with us when Mountain Med was just beginning. KBG partnered with us for our very first custom program, and Judson’s support, enthusiasm, and trust helped shape what our courses would eventually grow into. Our ongoing collaboration with KBG has been one of the highlights of our work, and it exists because he believed in us and, more importantly, because of his commitment to building a more educated and prepared backcountry community — a commitment rooted in helping people make good decisions and come home safely.

Our hearts are with his family, his friends, the KBG, White Grizzly, and the STOTS team, the wider Nelson and the mountain community who are grieving this immense loss.

Thank you, Judson, for everything you brought to this world. Your legacy runs deep in the mountain community and in all of us who were lucky enough to work, jam, laugh, dress up and ski ( & shred ) alongside you.

Support for Judson’s Family & Friends

We are asking our community to come together in support of Kelly and Griffon during this unimaginable time. If you are able, please consider contributing to the GoFundMe created to help Judson’s family with immediate and future needs. Donations can be made here: https://gofund.me/a4b468c65

Personal Support Resources
During this difficult time, please remember to take care of yourself, check in on your friends, and find support:
During this difficult time please remember to take care of yourself, check in on your friends, and find support:
Canadian Mountain Community CISM Team - 1-604-670-2772 - hello@mountaincism.ca - https://www.mountaincism.ca/
British Columbia Bereavement Helpline - 1-877-779-2223 - https://bcbh.ca/
https://www.mountainmuskox.com/

11/18/2025

Learn with us as part of the Split//Ski Festival in Revelstoke this winter!

🗻Wilderness First Aid (20 Hr) 📍Revelstoke, BC
📅January 10–11, 2026 
We’re excited to bring a two-day Wilderness First Aid course to Revelstoke during the Split//Ski Festival. This training blends essential first aid skills with scenarios focused on backcountry skiing emergencies, giving you the confidence to travel safely and respond effectively in winter terrain.

If you’re spending time in the backcountry this season, this is the perfect way to get prepared. Spots are limited—registration is available via the link in our bio.

10/14/2025

🏔️ Course Spotlight: Sled Med at Grizzly Lodge

Perfect for winter enthusiasts, guides, and sledders who thrive in snowy environments, our Sled Med Wilderness First Responder courses are designed specifically for mountain riders.

From hypothermia to big crashes, you’ll learn critical first aid techniques tailored to real winter conditions — equipping you with the knowledge and confidence to handle sledding-related emergencies when help is far away.

📅 November 20–25, 2025
📍 Grizzly Lodge – Scotch Creek, BC

Courses offered:
• Wilderness First Responder (80hr Hybrid)
• WFR Bridge (40hr–80hr Hybrid)
• WFR Recert Hybrid

➡️ Email info@grizzlylodge.ca to register

10/08/2025

Our first Mountain Rescue course filled up faster than a lift line on a powder day 👀
So… we’ve added another!

🏔️ Wilderness Advanced First Aid (40hr)
📍 Nelson, BC
📅 January 2–4, 2026

Train where it matters most — in the mountains.

🔗Link in bio

10/02/2025

We love hearing feedback like this 🙌
 Our goal is to create a learning environment where mistakes become opportunities and growth happens through practice.
 Huge thanks to this student for their thoughtful words — and to our instructors for their dedication to every class!

🏔️ Wilderness First Responder training that builds confidence, not just competence.

09/30/2025

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Today, we pause to honour the survivors of residential schools, the children who never made it home, and the families and communities forever impacted.

As educators and outdoor professionals, we recognize that the land we learn, teach, and adventure on has deep histories and stories—many of which have gone unheard for too long.

Reconciliation begins with listening, learning, and taking meaningful action. We encourage our community to reflect on whose land you travel on, and how you can be part of creating safer, more respectful spaces for all.

09/24/2025

✨ New Dates✨

Another WFR Recert is on the calendar!

🏔️ Wilderness First Responder Recert (Hybrid)
📍 Kamloops, BC
📅 November 28-30, 2025

Refresh your skills and keep your cert current —register now!

09/11/2025

🚑 Volume Shock Made Simple

What is Shock = When the circulatory system has an inadequate perfusion pressure. In other words- there is not enough pressure to push oxygen into cells

What it’s NOT: Shock isn’t fainting at the sight of blood or from pain — that’s a nervous system response.

🛠️ Think of your circulatory system as:
�❤️ Pump = the heart�
🔧 Pipes = the blood vessels�
💧 Fluid = the blood

1️⃣ Normal System:�The pump pushes fluid through the pipes → steady pressure keeps oxygen flowing everywhere.

2️⃣ Fluid Loss (Volume Shock):�Bleeding, dehydration, vomiting, or diarrhoea = less fluid in the system → pressure drops.

3️⃣ Our bodies compensate for the loss of pressure by: Heart pumps faster → raise pressure and gets oxygen to the important organs ✔️ Breathing quickens → because the pump needs more oxygen to work harder�👉 Mental status stays normal… but only for so long.

4️⃣ Decompensation: We start to loose pressure to the brain - the core organs are more important! - This is when we will see that change in AVPU

⚡Shock is about circulation, pressure, and oxygen delivery.

Recognising the early signs matters most.

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