Provided by American Avalanche Institute
Salt Lake
Friday, January 3, 2025
This course is offered in the Wasatch Range just outside of Salt Lake City. This course is a focused day of field learning and practicing avalanche companion rescue skills and techniques. Evening Zoom + 1 Field Day
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This course is a focused day of rescue practice and learning. This course will cover rescue fundamentals, such as survival statistics, survival strategies, and first response tactics. We will take time to demonstrate and then practice transceiver searches, airbag deployment, strategic shoveling, and team rescue response. We will discuss what to carry in the field, recommended training for backcountry travel, and emergency response strategies. This is a great opportunity to learn or hone your avalanche rescue response skills. This course will take place 100% in the field.
This course is a pre-requisite for the Professional Level 1 course.
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For 50 years, the American Avalanche Institute has provided one the most successful professional and recreational avalanche training programs. At the recreational and professional levels, their courses and curricula are fully approved by the American Avalanche Association (A3). AAI’s guides, avalanche professionals, and educators create the best recreational and professional avalanche courses in the world.
Cost: $279