Intro to Avalanches-$149. 1\24

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This 1-day course is designed for the skier who wants to get into backcountry skiing and is looking for an introduction to avalanche education.

We will demonstrate how to plan a ski tour based on current conditions and go through the process of carrying out a ski tour.  This is a hands on intro course designed to cover all the basic gear and techniques associated with backcountry skiing.

Skills and Learning Outcomes Covered:

Appropriate backcountry gear-clothing, ski equipment, packs.

Avalanche rescue gear-tranceiver, probe, shovel, airbag pack

How to read and intrepret the local avalanche bulletin

Identifying avalanche terrain

Avalanche instability red flags

Uphill and downhill travel techniques

 

When
January 24th, 2015 from  8:00 AM to  4:00 PM
Cost
Intro BC $149.00