Avalanche classes in MN,WI,IA,ND,CO

[snowww1]

Here is the schedule for the four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.

Schedule Fall 2008:
Minnesota:
October 24th or 25th Detroit Lakes
location: Club House Hotel, Hwy 10 East
Time: 6:00-10:00pm Friday or 1:00-5:00pm Saturday.
Sign up: TBD, contact MNUSA 763-577-0185
November 21st or 22nd Minneapolis
location: Minneapolis Convention Center Room 213ab
Powersports, RV Boat Show and Sale
Time:6:00pm-10:00pm Friday or Saturday 9am-1pm or 3pm-7pm.
Sign up: Avalanche 1.com or duffyww1@aol.com
Wisconsin:
October 16th Madison
location: Engelhart Center. 1589 Greenway Cross
Time:6:00pm-10:00pm Thursday
Sign up: Call Sean Kelly 608-204-0149 or
spkelly14@yahoo.com
October 18th or 19th Milwaukee
location: Snowmobile USA Show and Sale. WI Expo Center at State Fair Park
Time:10am-2pm or 4pm-8pm Saturday, 12-4pm Sunday
Sign up: avalanche1.com or duffyww1@aol.com
Iowa:
November 23 Waterloo
location: Five Sullivan Center
Time: 12-4pm Sunday
Sign up: Call Gary McVicker 641-425-1375 or email kgmcvicker@fbx.com
Colorado:
October 4 or 5 Denver
location: Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Expo. Comfort Inn Showroom Meeting Room
Time: 9-1pm or 5-9pm Saturday, 9-1pm Sunday
Sign up: avalanche1.com or duffyww1@aol.com
North Dakota:
October 22, 23 Fargo
location: UMotors
Time: 6-10pm Wednesday or Thursday
Sign up: Call Heather 701-232-5000

If you have any questions, please email Mike Duffy: duffyww1@aol.com

Four Hour Avalanche Classes
Specifically for snowmobilers

Classes are effective, proven to save lives and affordable.

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

Cost $45 Must sign up in advance

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. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Member American Avalanche Association.
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
-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.

 

[MNIQR]

Ive taken this class and its well worth the money.
Still planning the full on lvl 1 class at park x mike?

 

[snowww1]

I'm planning on doing a four hour beacon and rescue field session up there, but I'm having a hard time getting anyone to call back or respond to emails. I'll let you know as soon as I find out. Feedback was that the four hour session would fit into people's schedule better. Thanks for the interest, Mike

 

[snowww1]

Classes this week

Still some spots available in Fargo, Detroit Lakes and Milwaukee.

I'm arranging the date for the rescue and beacon field session at Quadna Mountain Park. Looking at January. Mike

 

[skierh2o]

Myself and a few guys are taking the course in Fargo next week, and I am wondering what to bring..if anything?

Anyone having taken the course have suggestions?

Thanks
Skier

 

[shortstop20]

what would it take to get one of these in SD? Is there not enough people interested?

 

[snowww1]

I'm looking at Sioux Falls for early December. Would that work for you? Mike Duffy

 

[shortstop20]

Possibly. can't tell ya for sure yet.

 

[snowww1]

What to bring to class:
I supply a course booklet, bring a pen and paper to take notes. Also, if you have any questions about your beacon, bring it and I can help you out. Mike Duffy

 

[skidooboy]

mike, any update on the minneapolis class, exact date, is the class full? would fly from lansing michigan to the cities for the class. ski

 

[Qreiff]

I am amazed that there is a lack of interest / response in some areas. People if you sled (especially out west) and you HAVE NOT taken an avy course.............You need to take one for yourself AND for your riding buddies. Bring your riding buddies with you. The more educated and trained people you ride with the better your survival rate is if a "situation" occurs.

I attended and LEARNED an incredible amount from Mike Duffy's course in Colorado earlier this month. Been riding for the better part of 30 years........kidding myself.........that I could actually be affective if the time came. Well, the fact is I wouldn't have been effective at all and I still have more to learn. That is why I am now looking forward to one of Mike's course's out on the snow!

TAKE THE CLASS. It is some of the best $$ spent.

Enjoy.

Quinton

 

[joker8]

Avalanche Classes

Anyone Interested in Classes near Sioux Falls, SD?

 

[chadincolo]

You need to take one for yourself AND for your riding buddies.

TAKE THE CLASS. It is some of the best $$ spent.

Quinton

I agree. People will spend $1000 on riding gear. People will spend anywhere from 2-12 hours driving to ride. But they won't spend $45 and a few hours to start learning how to recognize when not to get on the hill, and how to give yourself the best chance to live if you are caught, and how to save your riding buddies if they are caught...

Sitting in class for a few hours is well worth it if it means you don't have to wake up every morning for the rest of your life and remember the helpless feeling of having a buddy buried, thinking you know what to do and ending up attending a funeral...hate to be a downer, but seriously, it could be that situation...