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Avalanche education for mountain riders.
Four Hour Avalanche Classes
Specifically for snowmobilers
South Dakota:
November 12, 2011 Aberdeen
location: Ramkota Inn 1400 8th Ave NW. Aberdeen, SD 57401
Time: Saturday 2pm-6pm
Sign up: Call First Place Parts: 1-800-396-7034
Classes are effective, proven and affordable.
Learn: How to avoid the most deadly mistakes, what equipment works best, how to rescue effectively, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, analyze stability, survive the night out and increase your skills in the mountains.
All participants
receive a discount on avalanche gear.
Cost $49. Must sign up in advance, limited space.
Take the class with those you ride with.
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, Snowpulse, 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.
On the snow rescue classes in CO, WY, MN and MI (starting in December. Prerequisite is 4 hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class).
Details will be posted on:
Avalanche1.com
Avalanche education for mountain riders.
Four Hour Avalanche Classes
Specifically for snowmobilers
South Dakota:
November 12, 2011 Aberdeen
location: Ramkota Inn 1400 8th Ave NW. Aberdeen, SD 57401
Time: Saturday 2pm-6pm
Sign up: Call First Place Parts: 1-800-396-7034
Classes are effective, proven and affordable.
Learn: How to avoid the most deadly mistakes, what equipment works best, how to rescue effectively, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, analyze stability, survive the night out and increase your skills in the mountains.
All participants
receive a discount on avalanche gear.
Cost $49. Must sign up in advance, limited space.
Take the class with those you ride with.
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, Snowpulse, 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.
On the snow rescue classes in CO, WY, MN and MI (starting in December. Prerequisite is 4 hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class).
Details will be posted on:
Avalanche1.com
Our goal is to reduce avalanche accidents among snowmobilers and to save lives.
These classes make it easy to get avalanche education.
Sixteen years avalanche education teaching experience.
These classes make it easy to get avalanche education.
Sixteen years avalanche education teaching experience.
