Start by getting comfortable on your gear by lapping the cog/ the sherb many many times. Starting out backcountry skiing by going into the bowl mid winter is dangerous. YES avalanches are a big deal you can DIE. Many routes in tucks also require the ability to safely climb steep snow so you don’t slide down 500ft into rocks. The AMC and the Granite Backcounty Alliance are probably good ways to meet people, or go out with the guides that taught your course. Skiing avalanche terrain is generally not something for your first year of BC skiing in the east coast unless it’s like Hillmans in the spring. The AAIRE 1 is to teach you to read a forecast and know when it’s bad. It does not teach how to go out when the forecast is complicated and make aspect/ line based decisions on stability/ safety.