class details:
Avalanche Classes
Specifically for snowmobilers
Avalanche class coming to Kalispell, MT
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.
Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
Kalispell, MT
Date: January 18, 2010
Location: Penco Power Products 2310 South US Hwy 93
Time: Monday 6pm-10pm
To sign up: Email
pencoaccessories@centurytel.net or call Brock Bolin 406-755-6229
Cost: $45 Must sign up in advance
up in advance. Limited space.
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.
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