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Avalanche Classes
Specifically for snowmobilers
Avalanche classes coming to Minnesota January 12-14, 2010
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.
Take the class with those you ride with.
(step 1)Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
St. Cloud
Date: January 12, 2010
Location: Bristow’s 4 miles south of St. Cloud on Hwy 10 www.bristowsinc.com
Time: Tuesday 6pm-10pm
To sign up: Email nick@bristowsinc.com or call Nick 320-253-7878 x 108
Cost: $45 Must sign up in advance
Sauk Centre
Date: January 13, 2010
Location: Centre Sports 43164 Co Rd 112 North Hwy 71 Sauk Centre, MN 56378
Time: Wednesday 6pm-10pm
To sign up: Email mark@centre-sports.com or call 877-246-7898
Cost:$45 Must sign up in advance
(step 2)Four Hour Avalanche Beacon and Rescue Field Session
On the snow. Hands-on avalanche rescue class.
Brainerd
Date: January 14, 2010
Location: Ski Gull. www.skigull.com 9898 County Rd 77sw Nisswa, MN 56468
Time: Thursday 6pm-10pm
To sign up: Email duffyww1@aol.com or call 970-390-9433
Cost: $79 Must sign up and pay in advance. Only 10 spots available. May add a day session if needed.
Prerequisite: Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
What to bring:
-Warm clothes and extra gloves. Dress much warmer than you would expect. We have never cancelled a class due to weather.
-Food and water.
-Your avalanche gear: beacon, shovel, probe.
-Good health, please let us know if you have health conditions or concerns. We will be walking/running up and down hills on the rescue scenario and rescue station.
We supply: Beacons, shovels and probes if you do not have them.
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: Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
-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.
Course content: Four Hour Avalanche Beacon and Rescue Field Session
Single and multiple beacon searches.
o Search patterns.
o Walk by test.
o Working as a team.
o Accurate pinpointing.
o Effective shoveling
o Common mistakes in beacon searches.
• Probing
o Finding someone without a beacon
o Effective probing and pinpointing deep burials
• Rescue techniques.
o It not just looking at a beacon.
o Analyzing the avalanche and finding the most likely burial point.
o Coordination and step by step procedures for a fast rescue.
o Leadership and team work.
o probing and probe lines.
o Mistakes in rescue.
• Rescue scenarios.
o Group timed rescue.
Find victims with and without beacons
Specifically for snowmobilers
Avalanche classes coming to Minnesota January 12-14, 2010
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.
Take the class with those you ride with.
(step 1)Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
St. Cloud
Date: January 12, 2010
Location: Bristow’s 4 miles south of St. Cloud on Hwy 10 www.bristowsinc.com
Time: Tuesday 6pm-10pm
To sign up: Email nick@bristowsinc.com or call Nick 320-253-7878 x 108
Cost: $45 Must sign up in advance
Sauk Centre
Date: January 13, 2010
Location: Centre Sports 43164 Co Rd 112 North Hwy 71 Sauk Centre, MN 56378
Time: Wednesday 6pm-10pm
To sign up: Email mark@centre-sports.com or call 877-246-7898
Cost:$45 Must sign up in advance
(step 2)Four Hour Avalanche Beacon and Rescue Field Session
On the snow. Hands-on avalanche rescue class.
Brainerd
Date: January 14, 2010
Location: Ski Gull. www.skigull.com 9898 County Rd 77sw Nisswa, MN 56468
Time: Thursday 6pm-10pm
To sign up: Email duffyww1@aol.com or call 970-390-9433
Cost: $79 Must sign up and pay in advance. Only 10 spots available. May add a day session if needed.
Prerequisite: Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
What to bring:
-Warm clothes and extra gloves. Dress much warmer than you would expect. We have never cancelled a class due to weather.
-Food and water.
-Your avalanche gear: beacon, shovel, probe.
-Good health, please let us know if you have health conditions or concerns. We will be walking/running up and down hills on the rescue scenario and rescue station.
We supply: Beacons, shovels and probes if you do not have them.
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: Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
-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.
Course content: Four Hour Avalanche Beacon and Rescue Field Session
Single and multiple beacon searches.
o Search patterns.
o Walk by test.
o Working as a team.
o Accurate pinpointing.
o Effective shoveling
o Common mistakes in beacon searches.
• Probing
o Finding someone without a beacon
o Effective probing and pinpointing deep burials
• Rescue techniques.
o It not just looking at a beacon.
o Analyzing the avalanche and finding the most likely burial point.
o Coordination and step by step procedures for a fast rescue.
o Leadership and team work.
o probing and probe lines.
o Mistakes in rescue.
• Rescue scenarios.
o Group timed rescue.
Find victims with and without beacons
