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Great way to get avalanche education, meet other western riders and learn more about riding areas.
October 16th Madison
location: Engelhart Center. 1589 Greenway Cross
Time:6:00pm-10:00pm Thursday
Sign up: Call Sean Kelly 608-204-0149 or
spkelly14@yahoo.com
October 18th or 19th Milwaukee
location: Snowmobile USA Show and Sale. WI Expo Center at State Fair Park
Time:10am-2pm or 4pm-8pm Saturday, 12-4pm Sunday
Sign up: avalanche1.com or duffyww1@aol.com 970-390-9433
Four Hour Avalanche Class
specifically for snowmobilers
Classes are effective, proven to save lives and affordable.
Learn: How to avoid the most common mistakes, what equipment works best, how to rescue effectively, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, analyze stability and increase your skills in the mountains.
Cost $45 Must sign up in advance
Take the class with those you ride with.
Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
Instructor: Mike Duffy. Level I & II Avalanche instructor Colorado Mountain College, rescue/avalanche team leader/avalanche mission coordinator Vail Mountain Rescue Group, instructor Walter Kirch Avalanche Seminars, graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Member American Avalanche Association.
Course content:
-Introduction to avalanches, statistics, contributing factors.
-Avalanche reports.
-Signs of instability/stability analysis.
-Equipment.
-What to carry and what works best.
-Avalanche beacons.
-Fast and effective single and multiple burial searches.
-Rescue
-Avalanche survival methods
-Effective hasty search techniques.
-Mistakes in rescue.
-Group Dynamics/heuristics.
-Slide show: Terrain Evaluation/terrain traps.
-Preparing for your trip.
-What to do if lost or injured.
-Stability tests.
-Scenarios.
October 16th Madison
location: Engelhart Center. 1589 Greenway Cross
Time:6:00pm-10:00pm Thursday
Sign up: Call Sean Kelly 608-204-0149 or
spkelly14@yahoo.com
October 18th or 19th Milwaukee
location: Snowmobile USA Show and Sale. WI Expo Center at State Fair Park
Time:10am-2pm or 4pm-8pm Saturday, 12-4pm Sunday
Sign up: avalanche1.com or duffyww1@aol.com 970-390-9433
Four Hour Avalanche Class
specifically for snowmobilers
Classes are effective, proven to save lives and affordable.
Learn: How to avoid the most common mistakes, what equipment works best, how to rescue effectively, evaluate terrain, avoid terrain traps, analyze stability and increase your skills in the mountains.
Cost $45 Must sign up in advance
Take the class with those you ride with.
Four hour avalanche awareness, avoidance and rescue class.
Instructor: Mike Duffy. Level I & II Avalanche instructor Colorado Mountain College, rescue/avalanche team leader/avalanche mission coordinator Vail Mountain Rescue Group, instructor Walter Kirch Avalanche Seminars, graduate of National Avalanche School, National Academy of Winter Guiding. Mountain Snowmobiler for 20 years. Member American Avalanche Association.
Course content:
-Introduction to avalanches, statistics, contributing factors.
-Avalanche reports.
-Signs of instability/stability analysis.
-Equipment.
-What to carry and what works best.
-Avalanche beacons.
-Fast and effective single and multiple burial searches.
-Rescue
-Avalanche survival methods
-Effective hasty search techniques.
-Mistakes in rescue.
-Group Dynamics/heuristics.
-Slide show: Terrain Evaluation/terrain traps.
-Preparing for your trip.
-What to do if lost or injured.
-Stability tests.
-Scenarios.
