James "JB" Brown Memorial Scholarship applications accepted through Saturday – South Tahoe Now
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Sierra Avalanche Center will be accepting applications for avalanche education scholarships from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, 2025, 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.
The Sierra Avalanche Center’s avalanche education scholarship program was started in the winter of 2017-2018, and the nonprofit has awarded over $100,000 in scholarships since the program started. Last season, the Sierra Avalanche Center awarded $23,000 in avalanche education scholarships. Scholarships were awarded for fifteen Recreational Level One avalanche courses, five Pro One courses, eight Recreational Level Two courses, three Pro Two courses, and one Pro Rescue course.
James JB Brown Memorial Scholarship applications can be submitted through the Sierra Avalanche Center’s website at www.sierraavalanchecenter.org. The application period began Oct. 1 and will end Nov. 1. Scholarship recipients will be notified of the scholarship award via email following the application deadline.
The Sierra Avalanche Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that partners with the U.S. Forest Service to fund daily avalanche advisories and avalanche education programs in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Learn more or donate to SAC at www.sierraavalanchecenter.org.
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