Avalanche
courses - Winter 2007 - 2008
Monthly
avalanche awareness classes: Cost
$120/person
Dates:
Friday(6-9pm) & Saturday(8am-4pm) December
7 & 8, 2007, Friday(6-9pm) & Saturday(8am-4pm) January
4 & 5, 2008, Friday(6-9pm) & Sunday(8am-4pm) February
1 & 3, 2008 or Friday(6-9pm) & Saturday(8am-4pm) March
7 & 8, 2008
Instruction
includes: Introduction to rescue skills and
avalanche beacon searches, route finding, snow pack evaluation
and minimizing exposure to hazards. Designed as a first
avalanche course, or short refresher, this class is ideal
for backcountry skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers and
snowshoers wishing to make informed route-finding decisions
and mitigate risk while traveling in avalanche-prone
terrain.
Friday’s lectures will encompass snow science terminology,
avalanche types and formation, rescue, hazard evaluation,
terrain, snowpack layering, stability tests, weather, and
the human factor. Instructors will use anecdotes, slides,
powerpoint presentations, and other visual aids to present
these topics. A Q & A forum and plan for the next day
will conclude the evening. The field session will be an applied
review of the above topics. Students will travel on skins
or snowshoes a short distance into the backcountry. Instructors
will work with no more than 6 students each to dig snowpits,
perform stability tests, practice beacon search and rescue
scenarios, travel up and downhill employing avalanche-hazard
mitigation procedures, and teaching safe route-finding skills.
Equipment
list: Click here
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Intro to Backcountry Touring
and Avalanche Awareness Course: Cost
$280/person
Dates:
Friday(6-9pm), Saturday(8am-4pm)
& Sunday(8-4pm) February
1-3,
2008.
Instruction
includes: Add a day of backcountry skiing or
snowboarding to the standard Avalanche Awareness class.
Learn how to use skins and descend variable off-piste
snow and terrain. Then on Sunday be able to concentrate
on snow stability tests, route-finding, and rescue skills.
For those with little or no experience using backcountry
equipment, yet interested in using the gear and gaining
some backcountry experience before participating in the
avalanche course.
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list: Click here
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Level I Avalanche Course: Cost
$190/person
Dates:
Friday(6-9pm), Saturday(8am-8pm) & Sunday(8am-5pm)
December 7-9, 2007, January 25-27 or March 14-16,
2008.
Instruction includes:
Learn safe travel in avalanche terrain and recognition
of weather, snow pack and terrain factors contributing
to avalanche hazard. Dig snow pits and perform field tests
to recognize weak and strong layers in snow pack and practice
efficient rescue with avalanche beacons. No previous avalanche
education necessary
This 24-hour course is sanctioned by the American Avalanche
Association, and students will receive a nationally recognized
certificate upon completion. It is designed for those with
or without previous avalanche education or experience, seeking
a comprehensive and structured course. The schedule includes
lectures in Salt Lake City on Friday evening, and a mix of
field sessions and lectures on both Saturday and Sunday in
Alta and the surrounding backcountry. The graduate of this
course will understand the basics of snow science, stability
evaluation, safe travel, and rescue, and be ready to make
informed decisions in avalanche terrain.
Equipment list:
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Level
II Avalanche Course: Cost
$225/person
Dates:
Friday(6-9pm),
Saturday(8am-8pm) & Sunday(8am-5pm) February
22-24,
2008.
Instruction
includes: Review and expand upon material learned
in Level I. Learn to identify snow crystal types and processes
leading to them; how to record and interpret information
gained from snow pits, stability tests, weather and other
factors contributing to snow strength. Practice complex,
multiple-beacon rescues.
This American Avalanche Association sanctioned course is
oriented toward towards those who have taken a Level I, or
equivalent course, and have significant backcountry experience
under their belt. Ski patrollers, winter search and rescue
personnel, mountain guides, and other serious winter mountain
travelers often enroll in this intensive class. Classroom
sessions will be held in Salt Lake City Friday and in Alta
over the weekend. Field sessions will be in the backcountry
surrounding Alta. EUMA is proud to have some of the top professionals
in American Avalanche Education as instructors on this advanced
course. Their insights and experience will enable graduates
of this course to feel confident to plan and lead backcountry
travel, perform and professionally document test profiles
and other field observations, forecast instability and danger,
address human factors, and conduct multiple-burial companion
recovery.
Equipment
list:
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*Must
have completed Level I avalanche course
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Custom
avalanche courses:
See Rate
Sheet for cost
Exum
Utah Mountain Adventures guides are happy to create a custom
avalanche course that suits your needs and time frame.
Any of the above courses could be offered as private courses
on most any day.
Equipment list:
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*No
previous experience necessary
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