Provided by The Backcountry Pros
Salt Lake
Monday, December 18, 2023
1.5hr evening Zoom session followed by an all-day field session around Alta or Brighton. Please be ready to be out for a full day. Online meeting evening prior 7:00-8:00pm, then ~700am-5pm. $200. 5:1 Ratio.
An early season must do! Polish up on essential skills to help keep you and your partners safe while traveling in avalanche terrain. This one-day field and touring-based course focuses on strategies to help prime your brain for the coming season. We will review and apply skills students learned or missed in their Level 1 course and put the wheels in motion while on a ski tour.
All Backcountry Pros instructors work as professional ski guides and consequently we focus heavily on 'real world application.'
Topics Include:
-Companion rescue review
-Early season stability forecasting
-Snow pit review and application
-Selecting appropriate terrain for the conditions
-Review of avalanche terrain
-Review of safe travel techniques
-Group management
Prerequisites:
Advanced ski or snowboarding ability
Ability to skin a minimum of 2000' at a moderate pace
Avalanche I certification
Course includes Zoom based evening session at 7pm day prior to the posted field day date
Trip Duration: ~9hrs
Student/Instructor Ration: 5:1
$200