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Here is an official avalanche course to help you gain awareness
this doesn't mean that after doing this you'll be set to do backcountry, but it's a good start and you'll know a little bit more about why it's not so smart to go into the backcountry without any proper knowledge or gear.
This stuff is trustworthy, Hopefully this will get stickied because often threads are posted on avalanche safety but they're not always accurate and/or incomplete
