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Avalanche education for mountain riders.
Four Hour Avalanche Classes
Specifically for snowmobilers.
Classes are effective, proven and affordable.
Upcoming classes:
Minnesota:
February 10 Fosston
location:Lengby Fosston Knight Riders Club House. Fosston, MN
Directions: 2.5 miles east of Fosston on Hwy 2, turn right (south) on 360th Ave, 1st building on left. Big brown building.
Time Monday 6pm-10pm.
Cost: $49 Cash/check at time of class.
Sign up: Call Josh 218-280-3562 or email: polkcountyidiots51@gmail.com
Learn: How to avoid the most common mistakes, what equipment works best, human factors involved in avalanche accidents, how to rescue effectively, increase your chances of surviving an avalanche, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, recognize trigger points, analyze stability and increase your survival skills in the mountains.
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 Silverton Avalanche School. Graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding, AVPRO. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Provided training for Polaris, Ski-Doo and Arctic Cat. Member American Avalanche Association. Trained by ABS, BCA, Snowpulse and Ortovox.
Course content:
-Introduction to avalanches, statistics, contributing factors.
-Avalanche reports.
-Signs of instability/stability analysis/trigger points.
-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.
-Riding progression in avalanche terrain.
-Slide show: Terrain Evaluation/terrain traps/trigger points/escape routes/islands of safety.
-Preparing for your trip.
-What to do if lost or injured.
-Stability tests.
-Scenarios.
Avalanche1.com
Avalanche education for mountain riders.
16 years avalanche instructing experience.
Avalanche education for mountain riders.
Four Hour Avalanche Classes
Specifically for snowmobilers.
Classes are effective, proven and affordable.
Upcoming classes:
Minnesota:
February 10 Fosston
location:Lengby Fosston Knight Riders Club House. Fosston, MN
Directions: 2.5 miles east of Fosston on Hwy 2, turn right (south) on 360th Ave, 1st building on left. Big brown building.
Time Monday 6pm-10pm.
Cost: $49 Cash/check at time of class.
Sign up: Call Josh 218-280-3562 or email: polkcountyidiots51@gmail.com
Learn: How to avoid the most common mistakes, what equipment works best, human factors involved in avalanche accidents, how to rescue effectively, increase your chances of surviving an avalanche, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, recognize trigger points, analyze stability and increase your survival skills in the mountains.
All participants
receive a discount on avalanche gear.
receive a discount on avalanche gear.
Fosston MN February 10, 2014
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 Silverton Avalanche School. Graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding, AVPRO. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Provided training for Polaris, Ski-Doo and Arctic Cat. Member American Avalanche Association. Trained by ABS, BCA, Snowpulse and Ortovox.
Course content:
-Introduction to avalanches, statistics, contributing factors.
-Avalanche reports.
-Signs of instability/stability analysis/trigger points.
-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.
-Riding progression in avalanche terrain.
-Slide show: Terrain Evaluation/terrain traps/trigger points/escape routes/islands of safety.
-Preparing for your trip.
-What to do if lost or injured.
-Stability tests.
-Scenarios.
Avalanche1.com
Avalanche education for mountain riders.
16 years avalanche instructing experience.
