Overview:
AVALANCHE SKILLS ADVANCEMENT WORKSHOP
The goal of the Level 1 refresher course is to update skills and knowledge from Level 1 courses. This refresher is great preparation for a Level 2 course or Professional Level 1 course and is important if the Level 1 was taken three or more years ago. This course will attempt to answer questions that come up after applying Level 1 knowledge in the field.
This refresher will cover:
- AAI Backcountry Checklist application
- Interpreting avalanche forecast bulletins
- Snow metamorphism review
- Snow behavior and avalanche mechanics
- Snowpack stability tests
- Route planning
- Recognizing avalanche terrain, route selection & travel techniques
- Human factors and how they influence decision-making
- Communication and group management in the backcountry
- Rescue scenarios and transceiver practice
Prerequisites
Recommended Reading
- Snow Sense, Jill Fredston & Doug Fesler
- Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, Bruce Tremper
- Avalanche Essentials, Bruce Tremper
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