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Day 1 (evening session) will
begin with introductions, course goals and a case study
Friday evening. We will spend several hours establishing
a vocabulary and baseline understanding for students
about avalanche types and characteristics.
Day 2 will begin indoors with
the main focus being terrain analysis. We feel this
is the key element to staying alive in avalanche terrain.
Additional study of the mountain snowpack, travel techniques
and rescue theory will follow. We will move outdoors
next to cover all of the ins and outs of understanding
and using beacons. We will get very in depth in the
phases of avalanche rescue. The afternoon will focus
on practicing with our beacons in a variety of exercises
and rescue scenarios. By the end you will a competent
and confident beacon operator and an asset to any rescue
situation.
There will be an evening session after a late afternoon
break . Here we will begin a discussion of trip planning
as well as discussing the oft underestimated human factor.
This will prepare the group for the following full day
in the field.
Day 3 will be a full day in
the mountains. We will leave town early and head out
for a full day of backcountry touring. Here we will
cover such topics as terrain analysis and route selection,
safe travel techniques, and snow stability evaluation
tests. We will run through several rescue scenarios
as well. This will be a full day with lots of information
and small group workshops.
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