Course Schedule
Sledders: Avalanche Skills Training 2 (AST2)
Date: February 21, 2019 9:00 am to February 24, 2019 6:00 pm
Learn more about travelling safely through avalanche terrain.
AST 2 Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Use the Avaluator 2.0 as a filtering tool to determine when additional planning and travel techniques are required to travel safely.
- Be familiar with Avalanche Danger Ratings vertification techniques for personal use on a local scale.
- Be faimilar with the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) technical model as a means to develop personal, local terrain ratings.
- Use routefinding to take advantage of nuances in terrain to manage personal risk.
- Use travel techniques in avalanche terrain appropriate to the avalanche conditions.
- Proficiently carry out a companion rescue.
- Understand the limits of their training.
For more information, head to Avalanche Training Course Descriptions.
Course cost: $660 plus GST
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Course location to be determined.
Instructor is Dave Merrit