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Snowmobile specific avalanche class in Dubois Jan 6 & 7

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Four Hour Avalanche Class
Specifically for snowmobilers

Avalanche class coming to Dubois!

Classes are effective, proven 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 $40 Must sign up in advance

Take the class with those you ride with.

Date: January 7, 2009
Location: Headwaters Conference Center 20 Stalnaker St. Dubois, WY 82513
Upstairs in Gallery. www.headwaterscenter.org
Time: Wednesday 6pm-10pm.
To sign up: Email Mike Duffy: duffyww1@aol.com or call 970-390-9433

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.
 
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Jim,
I'm trying to gauge interest right now and also if anyone has any ideas for a location. I'll let you know what kind of response I get and then we can start signing up. Mike
 
Lodges

I know a few people that would come to it.
I would guess one of the lodges would work for classroom work and still be close for field work.
Plus the draw of people to their lodge should be enough for them to let you have it for 4 hours.
Id say one of the Lodges on the Union Pass side. (Sawmill, Crooked Creek, etc)
 
Mike, is the Dubois class still in the works? Wife and I are definitely interested and one friend/riding partner if he can get time off from work. If it's still a go we'll continue to spread the word.
Thanks, Butch
 
Details on Dubois avalanche class and sign up.

Four Hour Avalanche Class
Specifically for snowmobilers


Avalanche class coming to Dubois!

Classes are effective, proven 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 $40 Must sign up in advance

Take the class with those you ride with.

Date: January 7, 2009
Location: Headwaters Conference Center 20 Stalnaker St. Dubois, WY 82513
Upstairs in Gallery. www.headwaterscenter.org
Time: Wednesday 6pm-10pm.

To sign up: Email Mike Duffy: duffyww1@aol.com or call 970-390-9433

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.
 
Sending Mike an email to register Wife and I for sure and working on a couple of riding buddies to come with us.

Going to be at Lava Mtn Lodge for the New years 31st- 4th.
Looking seriously at picking up those avy beacons we've been putting off buying before we head up.

See you on the 7th.

Butch

'06 M6 153"
Wife on '06 M5 144"
 
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