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Avalanche Class at Albany Lodge

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The Snowy Range Snowmobile Club Presents
Four Hour Avalanche Class with Mike Duffy
Specifically for snowmobilers

Classes are effective, proven and affordable.

Learn: How to avoid the most common mistakes, what equipment works best, human factors involved in avalanche accidents, how to rescue effectively, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, analyze stability and increase your skills in the mountains.

Cost $40 Must sign up in advance. Discount on avalanche gear for participants.

Take the class with those you ride with.

Date: January 31, 2010 Sunday
Location: Albany Lodge, Albany Wyoming
Time: Sunday 9am-1pm

To sign up: jseverson@gmail.com or call Jason @ 307-701-0195.

Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.

Instructor: Mike Duffy. Level I & II Avalanche instructor Colorado Mountain College, rescue/avalanche team leader/avalanche mission coordinator Vail Mountain Rescue Group, instructor Walter Kirch Avalanche Seminars, graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding, AVPRO. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Member American Avalanche Association. Trained by BCA and Ortovox.

Course content:
-Introduction to avalanches, statistics, contributing factors.
-Avalanche reports.
-Signs of instability/stability analysis.
-Equipment.
-What to carry and what works best.
-Avalanche beacons.
-Fast and effective single and multiple burial searches.
-Rescue
-Avalanche survival methods
-Deploying avalanche airbag packs
-Effective hasty search techniques.
-Mistakes in rescue.
-Group Dynamics/heuristics.
-Slide show: Terrain Evaluation/terrain traps.
-Preparing for your trip.
-What to do if lost or injured.
-Stability tests.
-Scenarios.
 
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Thanks to the Snowy Range Snowmobile Club for hosting the class and the Albany Lodge for providing the meeting room. Special thanks to Craig Barthelmes and Jason Severson for all the work they put into making the class a success. I enjoyed coming up to teach and riding after the class.
 
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