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Practice Sites

Three new beacon training centers

This season we are fortunate to have not one, but three avalanche beacon training centers. Two are provided by Wasatch Backcountry Rescue, in cooperation with the host resorts of Snowbird and the Canyons. The Utah Avalanche Center and Backcountry Access have also installed a "Beacon Basin" at the Nobletts Trailhead in the Western Uintas, south east of Kamas.

WASATCH BACKCOUNTRY RESCUE
RESCUE TRAINING CENTERS:

The RTC is to help people improve search skills with an avalanche transceiver. The park is free of charge and open to the general public. The person using the park will go to the control panel and hit beginner, intermediate or expert. At that time 1, 2, or 4 targets will start transmitting a signal. The searcher will then search and probe strike the target. Then the control panel will log the search time and a light and siren will go off to let the searcher know that they made a find. they can continue to search for the other targets up to 4 total.

	Snowbird: If you go up Little Cottonwood Canyon to Snowbird Entry 4 take the bypass road and the RTC is located on the left side of the road just before the Powderbird's Heli-port.The second training park will be in summit county near the Canyons ski resort. Wasatch Backcountry Rescue hopes that the park will not only improve the transceiver skills of backcountry riders but encourage them to call the forecast center before heading into the mountains and also motivates them to take an avalanche class to improve mountain awareness and safety.

	Canyons: Located about 300 feet above the base area (see map). Currently this is out of order (1-16-05), contact Wasatch Backcountry Rescue or The Canyons Patrol to check on current status. The Rescue Training Center is funded through Wasatch Backcountry Rescue, a volunteer organization made up of snow safety professionals and their avalanche rescue dogs from eight Utah resorts, UDOT, Park City Powdercats, the Utah Olympic Park and Wasatch Powderbird Guides working with Salt Lake, Utah and Summit county sheriff's offices. Wasatch Backcountry Rescue member resorts are Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude, Park City, The Canyons, Deer Valley and Snowbasin. For more information on the Rescue Training Center, contact Dean Cardinale at (801) 933-2156 or go to www.wasatchbackcountryrescue.org. For information on Backcountry Awareness Week, contact Roger Kehr at (801) 450-0454 or go to http://www.backcountryawareness.com.
	Solitude Mountain Resort Found on the west end of the Moonbeam Lot
	Nobletts: This facility consists of eleven buried transceivers. To operate first open the control panel, insert batteries (be careful to make sure positive end is pushed into contacts), turn on the desired number of beacons by moving any switch (1 to 11) forward. Novices should practices with a single beacon exercise first.
	There should be extra batteries in the lid. DO NOT DIG UP THE BURIED BEACONS! There is a strike plate above each transmitter. When you hit this with your probe or shovel, you have found the beacon. Report any problems to Craig Gordon.
	Snowbasin This site is located 100' NW of the Ski Patrol building in the NW corner of the Base area.